[root@mbpc-pc mnt]# at now htpc.ksh syntax error. Last token seen: h Garbled time [root@mbpc-pc mnt]# at now at> /mnt/htpc.ksh at> job 12 at 2014-10-12 14:04 [root@mbpc-pc mnt]# [root@mbpc-pc mnt]# ps -ef|grep -i htpc.ksh root 26031 26030 0 14:04 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/ksh /mnt/htpc.ksh root 26042 24646 0 14:04 pts/2 00:00:00 grep -i htpc.ksh [root@mbpc-pc mnt]# For […]
October 12th, 2014 | Posted in NIX Posts | No Comments
This is a short Screen for Unix and Linux: HowTo and Reference for everyday use. This quick screen tutorial and reference guide aims to provide the most commonly used features of this very useful utility. When working with multiple ssh terminals it's handy to save a session especially where typing passwords is required often or you […]
August 15th, 2013 | Posted in NIX Posts | No Comments
Nuking your permissions problems on a server is typically just as bad as wiping out the server. Before you start trying to compare permissions server to server based on what they were elsewhere on a similar host, take a backup of the already misconfigured host. Yeah your system is already messed up but at least […]
July 30th, 2013 | Posted in NIX Posts | No Comments
If you're getting this sort of issue: $ smbclient //192.168.9.9/I$ /mnt/winshare-I -o rw,user="MeUser",password="somepassword" -v Domain=[WINPC_NAME] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED $ Then follow us on our Samba / CIFS Connectivity page for the resolution to the issue. Hope this helps out! Regards, TK
July 28th, 2013 | Posted in NIX Posts | No Comments
To check your BIOS version, issue the following at the prompt:
July 13th, 2013 | Posted in NIX Posts | No Comments
This is an extension of the gdb and cores file post earlier and viewable int he link below. In this case, whenever we restart or try to shutdown the system, we see a brief message on the prompt about some crash which quickly disappears. Then the system restarts but is not capable of shutting down […]
July 7th, 2013 | Posted in NIX Posts | No Comments
When trying to launch System -> Preferences -> Sound you get the following message in a panel: Waiting for sound system to respond In this case, this was the result of my tinkering with the sound system, in an attempt to try to make multiple applications use the sound drivers simultaneously instead of the sound […]
March 17th, 2013 | Posted in NIX Posts | No Comments
So I bought myself an intel GigE card with the 82574L chip to deal with a certain problem I've been having with the RealTek one (cough). So I wanted to try another chip other then RealTek ones to see if that would make a difference. I suppose one could argue I should have done more […]
September 10th, 2012 | Posted in NIX Posts, Web | 6 Comments
PROBLEM You've got a set of devices but their names, such as NIC / Network card names keep changing on each reboot or reconnect. This is a continuation of Linux Networking: device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. where we resolved a similar issue due to naming but here we'll make it […]
February 27th, 2012 | Posted in NIX Posts | 6 Comments
Just happened to have forgotten a password for one of my user accounts on my workstation and remembered a handy little thing one can do to reset a pass. If you have root access, one can simply regenerate the MD5 hash with:
January 14th, 2012 | Posted in NIX Posts | No Comments