MacBook Air: How to Update Node.js
Ugh. I needed to fire up the loan MacBook Air to do an iOS compile of my recently completed Appcelerator app. Naturally, I started off...
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Tag: terminal
Ubuntu Server: Add User to Sudo Group
July 6, 2015
by Craig Lotter
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Using Ubuntu server, how does one add an existing user to the sudo group (which is the “administrators” group in Ubuntu), thus granting that user...
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How to use MySQL to Import a .sql file
July 5, 2015
by Craig Lotter
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Quite often I like backing my databases up as .sql files, which then comes in handy for also moving databases around, or making copies of...
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Ubuntu Server: How to See Group Members
June 12, 2015
by Craig Lotter
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The scenario is this. Your file listing is showing you that a file belongs to a particular group, but now the next question that you...
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Ubuntu Server: How to Create a Symbolic Link
June 5, 2015
by Craig Lotter
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Just as a quick note to myself because I’m doing this more often in server setups these days (which nevertheless is still infrequent enough that...
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Ubuntu Server: How to Empty a Text Log File
December 26, 2013
by Craig Lotter
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When it comes to debugging a problem on an Ubuntu Server, often the only way forward is to consult the various log files on the...
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Ubuntu Server: How to Move or Copy Files Starting with a Dash (-)
September 16, 2013
by Craig Lotter
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It’s not often that you do run into this particular problem, but when you do it is a bit of an annoyance – most Ubuntu...
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Ubuntu Terminal: How to set a User’s Shell to Bash
August 19, 2013
by Craig Lotter
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Given an installation of Ubuntu Server (or pretty much any other Linux variant that requires you to use a terminal), changing a user’s shell is...
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PHP: What is the Maximum Amount of Variables in $_POST?
August 1, 2013
by Craig Lotter
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I came across an interesting problem the other day when a fairly large (poorly written) form seemingly wasn’t being completely processed, and no one could...
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Ubuntu: How to Setup a SSH Tunnel via a Terminal
October 26, 2012
by Craig Lotter
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SSH tunnels are useful beasts in that they allow you to communicate with machines and ports on a private network which are not directly accessible...
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