There are times when you need to fully download an RPM and all of its dependencies. However, If you have already downloaded the RPM re-downloading the RPM and all its dependencies can be very difficult. I have found the following is a way to use an alternate installation ‘root’ directory so that you can ensure
Read MoreSometimes you want a quick way to verify all ethernet network adapters that are seen by the kernel at boot time. I find going directly to the pseudo filesystem is the fastest. For example. Similarly, you an modify the egrep accordingly if you want to view wifi and ethernet adapters and exclude any bridge or
Read MoreGot stuck earlier in an interesting regex mystery and I command-line FU’d an AWK Solution. PROBLEM I want to strip out all spaces and/or special characters from an IP address PROCESS I know how to validate an IP address no problem.. Good IPO Bad IP However.. What if am gathering user input via script and
Read MoreNewer 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 password was not accepted I could verify the password I am using is correct by
Read MoreI 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 drives. In the following example I needed to obtain the first drive that was larger
Read MoreI had an issue that drove me crazy for weeks. When I would highlight text in iterm2 to copy it, upon pasting it would always add a carriage return (line-break) at the end of the line. Thus the line that I copied would not be contiguous. This is extremely annoying when attempting to copy log
Read MoreI have had issues when using Remote Desktop Manager Free (RDM) for MAC OSX. Firstly ensure that you have iterm2 selected as the terminal Next you want to be sure you are using the Legacy Engine set to NO under Preferences > Types > Terminal: I filed a bug with Devolutions and here is the
Read MoreOn a MAC (OSX) Using the command line (Terminal) often you want a quick way to determine the Active Network Interfaces along with the IP address. Here is a quick ‘alias’ you can make to get the IP(s) Example Output Creating a small bash script in /usr/local/bin/ so you can reference it anytime. If you
Read MorePROBLEM Unable to view or access website because Chrome Shows (Your connection is not private. NT::ERR_CERT_INVALID) SOLUTION Go to URL Wait until you see the ERR_CERT_INVALID message appears Click anywhere on the page type the word “thisisunsafe” Boom Baby!
Read MorePROBLEM It was seen recently on a T7000 whereby an Intel S2600TP system that boots and the only thing on the screen is the following with the number 26 in the lower right corner. Text on the screen reads as: CAUSE I filed case 00556496 with Intel and the results were as follows: POST code
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