Today I spent some time resizing an existing ntfs partition, in order to make space for an LFS build.
Here's the existing partition structure:
# fdisk -l -u /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 465.8 GiB, 500106780160 bytes, 976771055 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xa7cea7ce
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2 206848 976766975 976560128 465.7G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
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NFS or Network File System is a quick and easy way to share files between Linux hosts on a network. Client machines are able to mount specific directories on a server machine and access the files as if they are on the client's local filesystem.
Configuring an NFS share is as easy as installing a package and editing a config file. For the steps below I'm using a Debian client and a Ubuntu based server.
Configuring the server
Begin by installing the nfs-kernel-server package if it isn't already installed:
sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
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The Gnome 3 default behaviour for Alt-Tab switching displays applications across all virtual desktops and groups together multiple instances of the same application.
If you find this annoying, the list of applications can be limited to the current virtual desktop, using the command:
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Restarting a wifi connection without rebooting
I have a Mythbuntu box who's only connection to the outside world is through a wi-fi connection. It can be frustrating when the connection drops out at a critical time - during an upgrade to the next LTS release for instance. Here are some things to try to reset the connection.
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In this article I will demonstrate one way to backup up a Debian based web server, together with MySQL databases.
The concepts shown here should easily adapt to work on most Linux distributions.
The tools we will use include rsync, mysqldump and tar.
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Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP
Probably the most common installation of web server, at least for a Linux system, is Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Also possible on a Windows system, in which case it would be known as WAMP. I will cover setting up the former here.
I assume you already have a working Debian based Linux distribution. If not then I highly recommend Debian, or for Raspberry Pi users, Raspbian.
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There are a few simple steps I consider important to securing a new Raspbian installation:
- Remove the default pi user
- Prevent root login
- Use ssh key-pair authentication
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If your Raspbian image came pre-installled with X.org and GUI components you may want to remove them to free up some space on your partition. It's quite easy to do and highlights some useful commands:
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