SSH: Don’t display motd and banner
karloStop display of motd on login: # On the machine of which you don't want to see the banner $ touch ~/.hushlogin Stop display of banner on ssh login: #…
Reposync errors: empty rpm’s
I recently got empty rpm's back from Red Hat. The system was registered properly. Problem was thet for reposync, I used a different .repo file. This file still had the…
Backup and restore permissions linux (accidental chmod -R)
cd /etc/ chmod -R 664 . *SHIT!* If you find you did an accidental chmod -R, you may be able to restore it. Make sure SSH login keeps working (chmod…
A better todo.txt repeated task inserter
I have a scheduled.txt file like this: # Scheduled tasks for todo.txt # Format: # # a dow, Mon,Tue,Wed,... # b moy, Jan,Feb,Mar,... # d dom, 01..31 # D m/d/y…
Useful ‘command not found’ output for bash
Add this to your .bashrc: clippy() { echo "I see you're trying to use the terminal …"; echo " v "; echo " ╭─╮"; echo " ⌾ ⌾"; echo "…
[SOLVED] Add date (and seconds) to GNOME3 bar/clock
$ gsettings list-recursively | grep gnome.shell.clock org.gnome.shell.clock show-date false org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds false Set via: $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-date true $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds true
[SOLVED] Install native spotify on Fedora (with Spotify apps)(64bit+32bit)
This cost me some hours to find out, but I am currently using the native spotify linux preview under fedora 16, 64 bit: Steps: Make sure you don't use spotify…
My tip: a temporary directory (for temporary files)
My tip: make a temporary directory for all kinds of random stuff. Downloads, quick notes et cetera. I use it a lot. By using a crontab like this, the old…
Import mp3 in audacity (on fedora)
Remove audacity (#yum remove audacity), install audacity-freeworld (#yum install audacity-freeworld ). That's it. You might have to enable RPMFusion.
Clear BASH history
Clear the BASH history easily via: $ >~/.bash_history Remember to log out after doing this.
ifconfig gone (command not found)
Today, ifconfig was not working for me. I think this happened after I installed X11 on my headless server. $ ifconfig bash: ifconfig: command not found It turns out something…
Use $top over SSH
If you want to use `top` over SSH, use the -t option: $ ssh -t servername top This also works if you want to use `tail -f` over ssh: $…