To permanently change an Ubuntu 20.04 Server’s name edit the /etc/hostname file: sudo vim /etc/hostname This will show the current server (host) name: Rename Ubuntu 20.04 Server: Change the name to whatever you want to call the server: Save the changes (esc :wq in vim). You will see that the host still has its old […]
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To install vim text editor on Ubuntu 20.04 run the following command: Install vim on Ubuntu 20.04: sudo apt-get install vim A really good vim cheatsheet can be found HERE. For more Ubuntu articles as how too’s click on our Ubuntu Category.
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I bought my son a Raspberry Pi4 as a second gift for xmas and it has stayed in the box until now so I am going to re-purpose it as a web-server for myself to use as a wiki and anything else I want to play around with. The process is really well documented on
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On my Ubuntu 16.04 machine, I had an annoying problem with my Remmina RDP client in that I was not able to paste inside the RDP session from the local host. After a little searching I was able to find the solution on the HERE The solution that worked for me was to install the
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Had a problem on a client´s Ubuntu 14.04 wordpress server. I used THIS site to fix the problem: How To Troubleshoot and Fix WordPress 404 Errors (Plus an Essential Tip on Redirects) by MATT LAWRENCE 24Share 18Share Tweet 4Share A 404 error is generated by your server when a requested URL is not found. This
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Had a problem with a clients wordpress ubuntu 14.04 server and fixed the problem using THIS site: How to Solve WordPress Could Not Create Directory /08 Useful Tips /How to Solve WordPress Could Not Create Directory November 13, 2014 Jeff Reifman 08 Useful Tips 8 Comments If you’re trying to upgrade WordPress or install a
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I had to install osTicket on a clients Ubuntu server this moring. The install was really simple and I was up an running within 10 minutes. I used THIS site for instalation instructions. Install osTicket on Ubuntu 14.04 64 VPS 07 AUGUST 2015 Posted to: Instructions, Videos, Ubuntu by HostingInstructions Support Your clients by Web or Email with osTicket. If your
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Had to create a GPO today to map drives on users desktops, I used THIS site. Public drive mappings typically do not require membership to a particular group. However, sometimes public drive mappings do not provide enough granularity. Most organizations have data specific to business units such as accounting, marketing, or human resources.. Inclusive Group
Had to configure a GPO at a client this morning that added a custom wallpaper to the users desktop. I used THIS site to do it. Group Policy is of course one of the best ways you can lockdown and configure your windows systems in your environment and one of the most commonly configured setting
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I had to install a wordpress server for a client today. I used the instructions from THIS site. How To Install WordPress on Ubuntu 14.04 Apr 24, 2014 WordPress Ubuntu Introduction At this time, WordPress is the most popular CMS (content management system) on the internet. It allows you to easily set up flexible blogs
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Log into the server as root: Log into mysql with the root user and password: # mysql -uroot -u Change to the cacti database: mysql > USE cacti; Change the password: mysql > update user_auth set password=MD5(‘NEWPASSWORD’) where username=’admin’;
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This morning I had to convert a VirtualBox VM to ESXi. I tried using the VMware converter but it was going to take 2 days!!! I then Stumbled across THIS article which saved my week. Import VirtualBox VMs in VMware ESXi Posted on 3 June, 2013 by Cornelius Hald Recently we’ve had a bunch of VirtualBox 4.x
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Found THIS article on the Samba site on how to configure WIndows ACLs for Samba4 shares: Preparatory work Filesystem support To use the advanced features of Samba, it has to be compiled with ACL support (e. g. RHEL requires the libacl-devel to be installed, when compiling). Also you need a filesystem that supports the “user”
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Today I had to change the admin passwords of 2 Windows 2008 R2 servers as some-one changed them from the default password!!!! Luckily I stumbled onto THIS site which shows an excelent method of resetting the password using the windows 2008 cd: Boot from the Micrsoft Windows Server 2008 DVD From the Install Windows menu, click “Next”.
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I have just stumbled onto THIS article on how to change the logos on Owncloud. Will try this later and document it.
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Found THIS blog which explains how to backup OwnCloud with Rsnapshot which is a linux based backup solution that I love to use as it is really efficient and simple to install and configure. The article is below: After getting Owncloud up and running, I wanted to start making backups of the MySQL database and
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I a server hardware fail today and had to swap the hard drive into another server. When I booted up the server it did not have an ip address as eth0 wasnt found. This was a simple fix all I did was delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I then rebooted the server and it greated a new file with
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This morning I was trying to install OwnCloud on a Zentyal 4.0 server. The only problem that I found was with finding the root password for mysql to create the OwnCloud database. I found the solution on THIS site. The solution was way too simple it was literally to run the comand below which displays the
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Today we had to raise the size limit of owncloud to allow for files over 2mb to be uploaded. It is a really easy process: Under Debian or SUSE and their derivatives this file resides at /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini On Windows, you can find this file within C:Program Files (x86)PHPPHP.ini Set the following two parameters inside the
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The Oracle JDK is the official JDK; however, it is no longer provided by Oracle as a default installation for Ubuntu. You can still install it using apt-get. To install any version, first execute the following commands: sudo apt-get install python-software-propertiessudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/javasudo apt-get update Oracle JDK 7 sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
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