To change the hostname of an OpenSUSE Linux system, follow these steps: Edit the hostname file: sudo nano /etc/hostname Replace the existing hostname with the desired one and save the file. Update the /etc/hosts file to reflect the new hostname: sudo nano /etc/hosts Change the hostname in the line starting with 127.0.0.1 to … Read more
The process for binding the Network Time Protocol (ntpd) daemon to specific IP addresses on Linux or Unix depends on the version of ntpd you are using. Here are some general steps that should work for most versions: Open the ntpd configuration file, which is usually located at /etc/ntp.conf. Find the line that starts with … Read more
You can restart a process that is not running within a cron job by using the command line. The exact method for doing this will depend on the process you want to restart and the operating system you are using. Here are some general steps that should work for most cases: Identify the process you … Read more
You can use the apt module in Ansible to autoremove unwanted package dependencies with the autoremove option. Here’s how you can do this: Create a playbook file, for example autoremove.yml Add the following code to the playbook file: — – name: Autoremove Unwanted Package Dependencies hosts: localhost gather_facts: yes tasks: – name: Autoremove unwanted … Read more
In Unix/Linux, file permissions are stored in binary form, but can be displayed as octal values using the stat command. Here’s how to display the octal file permissions of a file using the command line: Run the stat command and specify the file path: stat -c %a <file_path> Replace <file_path> with the path to … Read more
If you are encountering the error “Host ‘IP’ is blocked because of many connection errors” on a MySQL or MariaDB server, it means that the server has reached the maximum number of failed connection attempts and has blocked the IP address in question. To fix this issue, you need to unblock the IP address. (https://teamtapper.com/) … Read more
To install Firefox 59 Quantum on a Linux system, you need to follow these steps: Download the Firefox 59 Quantum package: Go to the Firefox download page: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0/releasenotes/ Select the appropriate package for your Linux distribution (e.g., .deb for Debian-based distributions, .rpm for Red Hat-based distributions, etc.). Save the package to your local system. Install … Read more
On CentOS Linux, you can install man pages using the package manager yum. Here’s how to install man pages on CentOS Linux 6/7/8/9: Open a terminal or SSH into your CentOS Linux machine. Update the package information to make sure you have the latest list of packages: sudo yum update Install the man package … Read more
A “here document” is a way to specify multiple lines of text as the input to a command in a shell script. In a bash script, you can use a here document to write data to a file. Here’s an example of how to use a here document to write data to a file: … Read more
Here are the steps to delete a user account on Ubuntu Linux: Log in as root or use the sudo command to run the following commands with administrative privileges: sudo su Use the userdel command to delete the user account. Replace username with the actual username you want to delete: userdel username By … Read more