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Nov/13

Backup & Restore EXT To Smaller Drive

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 25th November 2013 0:01 by

Overview Linux provides great tools for doing this albeit not in a very user friendly way. As usually it is best to backup before trying this and make sure the space used fits onto the new drive. This method can … Continue reading →

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Nov/13

useradd: user already exists

Filed Under Linux at 18th November 2013 0:01 by
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Adding a user to an existing group may give an error: useradd: user ‘name’ already exists where name is the username. An example of this command should look similar to sudo useradd -G sambashare danny where sambashare is the group … Continue reading →

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Nov/13

Continuous Local Backup

Filed Under Software at 11th November 2013 0:01 by

Overview Currently I have off site backup which occur usually on a monthly basis but had no solution for a daily or even weekly backup. Concept The idea of a daily or weekly backup was not new. It allowed for … Continue reading →

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Nov/13

(Web) Filemanager

Filed Under Linux at 4th November 2013 0:01 by

Overview I’m currently on a lookout for a simple file browser which has a web interface to managing files. This kind of software seems fairly niche and therefore not a lot of supported solutions are out there. It should have … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

Using VirtualBox Shared Folders With Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Virtualization at 28th October 2013 0:01 by

VirtualBox includes an easy to user shared folder option in the settings. It allows anyone to add a folder from the host computer and share it with the guest. All that is required is for the guest OS, in this … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

IaaS Or VPS Part 4 – Maintenance And Scale

Filed Under Infrastructure at 21st October 2013 0:01 by

Overview It’s been over a full three months of running of AWS IaaS and with two consecutive months remaining largely the same deployment. (I’ll get to the third month later). Cost As you can see I’m on the free tier … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

Enable Grub Menu On Boot In Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Linux at 14th October 2013 0:01 by

Edit the file /etc/default/grub and comment out the following lines by adding a # at the beginning: GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true Update grub config by running: sudo update-grub The above will generate a new grub menu based on the configuration file. Missing … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

Magnetic Spice Rack

Filed Under Blog at 7th October 2013 0:01 by

Overview I saw an article on The Kitchen about putting magnets on jars for spices and thought it was a great idea. I decided to have a go myself. Magnets I’m not a magnet expert but I know the strongest … Continue reading →