Thursday, July 15, 2010

HOWTO reset mysql database root password

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Despite having a pretty decent password storage system, I occasionally find myself without a root password for my MySQL dev servers.  MySQL ...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Font size too small or too big in Gnome or Xfce

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I've recently had some font-size battles.   Ever had the problem where you get your resolution right, but the font is either tiny or so ...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Red Hat RHCE course learnings

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I recently did the RH300 fast-track Red Hat Certified Engineer course, and learnt a few things. Some of the things I learnt were specific t...
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Automagically install SSH public keys into authorized_keys on a remote machine

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There is a handy little utility called 'ssh-copy-id' that simplifies getting your ssh public key into a remote machine's authori...

yum/rpm vs. apt/dpkg (apt wins)

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A comparison of Yum (RHEL 5.4) vs. Apt (ubuntu lucid) Yum/RPM Pros: 'rpm -V' is very cool. It allows you to verify files that w...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Bash if statements

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I'm constantly forgetting the bash if statement syntax, and it takes a while to find the right example on the web or to read the man pag...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Microsoft's attempt to fix windows packaging: The Common Opensource Application Publishing Platform (CoApp)

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I read about Garrett Serack's project to fix the mess that is windows packaging (or lack of packaging) with The Common Opensource Appli...