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
Operating Systems
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 list all USB devices in Linux
Description Use any of the following commands to list USB devices on a Linux system. lsusb is the most concise. The dmesg commands are quite
How to add a shebang to a bash script
Description A shebang or bang is a line of text at the top of a Bash script which tells the Unix operating systems which interpreter
How to compare two files using BASH on the command line
Description To quickly compare two files using the Unix BASH command line, do the following: egrep -f DatabasesToDump.txt DatabasesToDump2.txt