13 Jun 2019
4 minutes read
Use OfflineIMAP for Receiving Email
This week’s Unix Tutorial Project is super geeky and fun: I’m setting up text-based email archive system …
How To
12 Jun 2019
1 minutes read
Install Oh My ZSH!
I have just installed ZSH shell using Homebrew to learn some new Unix shell tricks on my Macbook Pro. Next up is Oh My …
17 May 2019
3 minutes read
How To: Install Kernel Source Code in CentOS/RedHat
CentOS Linux From time to time it’s required to compile some Linux kernel specific software on your CentOS/RedHat …
29 Apr 2019
2 minutes read
How to Install TTF Fonts in Linux
I really like the Hack font – it’s used in my terminal apps on MacOS, Linux and even Windows workstations. This …
24 Apr 2019
2 minutes read
How to Check SSH Port Status
Check SSH port 22 with telnet When you’re configuring new SSH server, it’s possible that connection …
18 Apr 2019
1 minutes read
How To: View Windows (CIFS) Shares
I’m working on further configuring the Helios 4 based network storage. Some of network clients I have are Linux …
12 Mar 2019
3 minutes read
Stress Testing CPU With Dd Command
htop showing CPU busy with dd One of the really interesting ways of stress testing CPUs on your system is using dd …
04 Mar 2019
5 minutes read
Automatically Remove Packages in Ubuntu
It is possible that removing some packages on your Debian, Ubuntu or Mint Linux system will leave a number of software …
19 Feb 2019
3 minutes read
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 …
18 Feb 2019
5 minutes read
How To: Install VMware Tools in Ubuntu
I’m testing VMware Workstation 15 on my new laptop these days, and thought it’s a great opportunity to …
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 …