16 Feb 2020
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Systemd Unit Types
I’m catching up on my systemd knowledge, this is almost a note to myself – a summary of the systemd unit types (yes, it’s a lot more than just startup scripts!
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15 Feb 2020
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Tower 4.0 for Mac
Great news! Tower (I still keep calling it Git Tower) released version 4.0 recently, with a number of bug fixes and a …
14 Feb 2020
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Use Visudo to Check SUDO Config Syntax
syntax check with visudo -c I’m working on a longer post about editing sudoers with visudo or editing /etc/sudoers …
13 Feb 2020
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SSH Reference Mindmap
I haven’t shared this on Unix Tutorial before, but I’m a huge fan of mindmaps. I create and use them all the …
11 Feb 2020
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Debian 10.3 Released
Debian Linux Pretty cool! I almost missed that Debian 10.3 got released last week. This is a corrective release, meaning …
10 Feb 2020
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Systemd Startup Times With Systemd-Analyze
Systemd had the goal of optimising startup times from the very beginning. It is therefore no particular wonder that it …
09 Feb 2020
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Project: Password Protect a Website With Nginx
I needed to keep a few older websites online for a short little while, but didn’t want to leave them wide open in …
08 Feb 2020
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Host Key Verification Failed
When reinstalling servers with new versions of operating system or simply reprovisioning VMs under the same hostname, …
07 Feb 2020
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Resume Downloads With Curl
If you’re on an unstable WiFi hotspot or simply forgot about a curl download and shut down your laptop, …
06 Feb 2020
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Run Ansible Tasks for a Specific OS Release Version
Red Hat Ansible I already know and have explained how easy it is to make an Ansible task run only on a specific Linux …
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 …