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Git: Restore deleted file
Here’s a handy alias I nabbed from somewhere, which restores a file accidentally deleted by a commit. In future, just use git restore myfile.ext to restore your deleted file.
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In this how to we’re going to setup an FTP server on our CentOS machine. Now, before we begin, a word of warning. FTP is inherently insecure and may cause your server to become vulnerable to attack. Consider using FTP with SSL, or SFTP, FTP over SSH. Follow this tutorial at your own risk. Install […]
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Tags: CentOS, FTP, VPS
Here’s a quick and simple solution to getting a VirtualBox VM to start on boot in MS Windows. Create a new batch script with Notepad. Enter the following code, changing to include the name of your VM. Save and close your file. Now click and drag it from where you saved it, over the Start […]
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Tags: Batch, VirtualBox, Windows
HOWTO: Gnome CentOS VNC Server
This tutorial will outline how to install and configure a VNC Server on CentOS, similar to the Ubuntu VNC HowTo I did a while back. This is particularly useful on headless servers, where you or other users still want to interact with a GUI. Install the Packages To install the VNC Server, open a terminal, […]
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Tags: CentOS, HowTo, Linux, Server, VNC
Well Its Been A While
Long time so see eh? I’d like to say that I’ve some great reason that this blog has been left so derelict over the last two years, but that’s not entirely true. I’ve gone along way, and done a lot of different things over the last two years. I started college, and am now in […]
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Christmas!
Even though I’ve not updated my blog in quite a while, a suprising number of people drop by every day. Seeing as it’s the season that it is, I just wanted to wish ye all a very Merry Christmas. Eat, drink, be merry, watch re-runs of the Titanic movie, however you celebrate, just enjoy! Thanks […]
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Tags: christmas, evidex
Some Harddrive Tools
Seeing as I’m just rebuilding my server at the moment, I’m starting to remember a number of commands that I’ve not used in quite a while. Here’s three dead handy commands that deal with hard drives and filesystems. Seriously, how I ever forgot them, I’ll never know 🙄 The first is the simplest. It shows […]
Filed under: Debian, Posts, Server | 2 Comments
Tags: df -h, harddrive, hdparm, postaday, reserved space, Server, tune2fs
Another Milestone
Apologies, this is but another brief post. In the last few weeks, even though I’ve not been posting, the site seems to be getting more and more popular. As a result, it’s just rolled over 51,000 views! To everyone who visits, thank you, and I hope to see you back here soon 🙂 Don’t forget […]
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Tags: postaweek2011
Linux Expresso 