19 Feb 2019
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How To: List Files With SELinux Contexts
When running a SELinux based setup, it might be useful to know how to quickly inspect files and directories to confirm …
centos
03 Feb 2019
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List RPM Packages Sorted by Install Date
I had to confirm the most recently installed packages on a Red Hat system recently, and was plesantly surprised that …
04 Jan 2019
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VirtualBox 6.0
Turns out, Virtual Box 6.0 was released on December 18th, 2018. Looking at the release notes I have found the following …
10 Dec 2018
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How To: 5 Ways to Check CentOS Version
Screenfetch running in CentOS 8 One of the very first questions a Linux user asks is about confirming the release (OS …
04 Dec 2018
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SSH Port Forwarding
SSH port forwarding is a feature of SSH protocol that allows client and server to forward additional network connections …
08 Oct 2018
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How To: Update VM Title With Virsh
Use virsh desc command to update VM title in KVM I’m updating and migrating the last few of virtual machines on …
24 Sep 2018
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How to Enable Auto Start for KVM
I had one of my dedicated servers crash the other day and when I fixed it and booted it again, some of my virtual …
19 Sep 2018
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How To: List Files in Ubuntu/Debian Package
If you’re ever looking for a specific list of files included with one of the packages on your Ubuntu/Debian/Mint …
20 Aug 2018
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How to Fix Fonts in X11 Forwarding
I’m installing VirtualBox on one of my remote Linux servers and installed the software from their repository that …
24 Jul 2018
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Use Lsblk Command for Storage Analysis
As I’m working through my very first ebook under the Unix Tutorial brand, I’m learning lots of very …
How to decrypt files with Ansible Vault
ansible-vault decrypt restores an encrypted file …
Just discovered the macOS footprint command
I’ve administered Linux systems for around 25 …
How to Fix Ubuntu Packages Held Back
When trying to run do-release-upgrade on an Ubuntu …
How To Resize Filesystem with resize2fs
Quick note on filesystem resize on a typical …
macOS Tahoe
macOS Tahoe is the upcoming major release of macOS …
Centralized Bash history with timestamps
BASH is my Linux shell of choice (it’s zsh on …
Inspect filesystem operations with fs_usage in macOS
hey Unless you disable SIP, most of DTrace based …