How to reset the keychain password on an Apple Mac computer
At times the Keychain password will become out of sync with your Mac password for whatever reason. Once this has happened there will be annoying
Operating Systems
How to run a CRON job every 5 minutes
The following command syntax will run a CRON job every 5 minutes: */5 * * * * sh /root/rsync-home.sh */5 every 5 Minutes * Every
How to get rsync to not overlap because the previous job has not completed
If you’re using a CRON to control rsync, you might run into a condition whereby the first rsync CRON job hasn’t completed and another one
What to do when you get “diskio.c: cannot find statistics in /proc/partitions”
You might encounter the following problem when working on a a OpenVZ virtual host: diskio.c: cannot find statistics in /proc/partitions The reason why you are
Dealing with a read-only file system on a Linux computer
A read-only file system on a Linux computer can be a bad day at the office. It generally means something went wrong with your disk
Three criteria for successful VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting
To ensure a well performing server, you need to closely monitor three parameters: 1. Memory 2. CPU 3. Disk Space You will notice also that
How to add a default gateway and enable IP forwarding on Ubuntu
Summary This article show you how to add a default gateway to Ubuntu and how to enable IP forwarding. IP forwarding in this instance is
How do you remove commit history in GitHub
Background In some circumstances it will make sense to remove commit history from a GitHub repo. On public repositories you might want to do this
How to determine what kind of virtualization technology your host is using
Background Use this handy command to determine what kind of virtualization your server is running: sudo dmidecode -s system-manufacturer If the utility doesn’t exist, simply
How to monitor disk performance iowait on Linux
How to monitor disk performance iowait on Linux Description When your hard disk run slow, your entire system slows down. So it figures the key