21 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Packt: Data Unlocked
Just realised there’s been something I wanted to mention in my Unix Tutorial digest, but it appears a time limited deal so it won’t wait until the next edition.
Unix Tutorial - technical guides and how-tos on Linux/Unix and macOS
20 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
How to Show LUKS Passphrase Slots
As you might know, it’s possible to add multiple passphrases to the same LUKS encrypted filesystem. This means …
19 Sep 2019
1 minutes read
Linux Ipconfig?
I guess this is a common enough search engine request from Windows users and administrators, looking for guidance on …
19 Sep 2019
3 minutes read
Upgrading to CentOS 7.7
CentOS 7.7 has just been released a few days ago and with any luck CentOS 8 will be released next week.
18 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Install Brave Browser With Homebrew
Part of my dotfiles strategy is to automate most of initial setup in all of my Linux and Unix environments.
17 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Updates to Unix Reference Pages
You may have noticed: I’m finally getting really close to organising the first few technologies of Unix and Linux …
16 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Docker Desktop vs Docker Machine
Docker Containers I’ve been reading about Docker for Mac recently, and realized that there was something I never …
15 Sep 2019
1 minutes read
Show the Day of a Week in Linux
Today is my son’s birthday, and we had a great party with many friends. We’ve been lucky to have his …
14 Sep 2019
1 minutes read
OpenMediaVault Default Login
With Debian 10 Buster release out of the way, next major release of OpenMediaVault – OMV5 – is still on track for …
13 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Confirm Firewall Configuration in RHEL 8
I’m fascinated by the improvements and new features in RHEL 8, plus it’s a primary distro used in most …
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 …