Learn Linux for 2013
2013 has arrived and you may be wondering what to do with the new year that many said would never arrive – well what better than to learn linux now and finally make that...
Category: Linux Tips
How to Become a System Administrator
A common question which sysdmins get is asking how to become a system administrator – the answer is that there are in fact many ways to become a system administrator these days. Clearly people see...
Rescue your server with a little magic
What to do when your server just started malfunctioning with disk errors and the filesystem switches to read only mode? You may also find various files disappearing before your eyes as you try to...
netcat – a handy port scan and more
Here’s a quick and easy way to check if a server port is open to connections.. nc -zv somehost 22 Connection to somehost 22 port [tcp/ssh] succeeded! To check a range of ports you...
How to clone a mysql database
Here’s an easy way to copy or clone a database either on the same server or to a remote server and at the same time search/replace some data in the tables if needed.. All...
Run (multiple) commands on remote servers via ssh
Here’s a quick way to login to servers to run some commands which is particularly handy when you have to do it on many servers.. ssh user@server ‘command1;command2;’ Or to execute a remote command...
How to remove ^M characters from a file
Sometimes you come across a file, maybe a config file for some application you have installed, that has a load of ^M chars at the end of each line.. perhaps because the file at one...
Easy install Subversion 1.6 on Centos 5
The version of subversion included in the default centos yum repos is a little old so to install the latest and greatest, this is all you need to do.. First install the rpmforge repo...
blank php pages – mystified?
A common problem with php applications is the inscrutable blank page. No matter what you do, nothing shows on the page, nothing shows in the apache error logs, nothing in the syslog.. you try...
Installing BF1942 server on linux
Its an old one but good, here’s how to install Battlefield 1942 on a linux server.. First you have to download the relevant files which is easier said than done since many of the...
