Category Archives: Linux

Sudo password fails even though it is correct [Fedora]

Posted on April 15, 2023 by dsg_admin

Newer fedora distros keep track of authentication failure attempts. This may prevent sudo from working even though the password is correct! In this example, I verified my user ‘ben’ is in /etc/sudoers Yet when I performed a simple operation the … Continue reading →

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Obtain list of all physical hard drives (SSD, NVMe, VDA, HDD)

Posted on March 20, 2023 by dsg_admin

I came across an issue recently whereby I had a need to display all physical hard drives on a system whether it be HDD, VHD, or SSD (NVMe) drives that were above a certain size, excluding any USB or CD-ROM/DVD … Continue reading →

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Obtain TCP Network netstat output without netstat

Posted on May 19, 2022 by dsg_admin

There are times you may be on a system and for whatever insane reason, netstat is not installed. Here is how you can obtain interface information without netstat Example results

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