Configure wget to use a proxy server CentOS
Configure wget to use a proxy server CentOS Configure wget to use a proxy server CentOS If you have a proxy between you an the internet, this is a common…
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Using Clonezilla to Image/Clone A Hard Drive
Step-by-step Clonezilla guide to image or clone a hard drive to disk, network share, SSH, or NFS—free Ghost/True Image alternative.
result 32: no such object, ldapsearch -x empty database
Fix LDAP error 32 (no such object) and empty ldapsearch -x results on CentOS 6 after slapd 2.4.23 config and database changes.
Reset LDAP Password Command Line
Reset an LDAP user password from the command line with ldappasswd—basic syntax, bind DN, and tips for scripting directory resets.
Redundant NIC Configuration (bond) CentOS
Configure a Linux NIC bond on CentOS for redundancy and load balancing—step-by-step eth0/eth1 bonding as root.
find shared libraries for binary ldd
Use ldd to list shared library dependencies for a Linux binary—quick root examples under /sbin and how to read the output.
Find Hard Drive IOPS CentOS
Measure hard drive IOPS on CentOS with sysstat’s iostat—install, run, and read idle/user I/O percentages.
Show Line Numbers with Vi
Show line numbers in Vi/Vim with :set number so you can jump to config lines fast—quick tip for Linux admins.
Create Windows Share Oracle Linux
Create a Samba Windows share on Oracle Linux with Active Directory authentication—AD group, smb.conf, and domain-joined server tips.
Configure Fail2Ban on CentOS
Configure Fail2Ban on CentOS Configure Fail2Ban on CentOS Fail2Ban is a nice little piece of software that scans logs, and determines when an IP address needs to be blacklisted, and…