When you run a removal command in Linux with the recursive and force options enabled (rm -rf *), you don't expect to get back a failure message. After all, YOU FORCED IT! However, it just so happens that even with force, you can encounter a situation where the list of Read more…
Every now and then there arises a need to send e-mail from a command prompt. In this case, the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the desire is to have mailx send e-mail to a 3rd party, external system using a relay server. To do this, you need to Read more…
I searched for a while to come up with a method for expanding swap in an online way thinking that it might now be possible given all kinds of disk and file system advances over the past few years. It's been a little bit since I've had to do this Read more…
This is quite the little zinger from time to time so I thought I would jot down a quick post on it, mainly for my memory, and for anyone else who might be looking for a similar solution. For example, when you run the following, you could be required to Read more…
Just a quick reminder for anyone still using Ubuntu One's cloud based file storage service they have decided to close down the service. As of June 1st the file service no longer functions within the operating system and isn't even included in version 14.04 (most recent release). Today, you can Read more…
This set of problems was anything but a fun error to encounter, even though the fix was easy. I troubleshot this problem for the better part of 3 hours before finding the solution. Most importantly noted, is that most of the information currently on the internet was of no help and pointed in Read more…
Debian, rightfully so, retired the lenny distribution some time ago. Unfortunately, every now and then there might be a system sitting out there that still has it running. For security reasons it is very important that you upgrade your system to a newer distribution, sometimes it's necessary to install a package Read more…