How to find and replace text/IP address with AnsiblenixCraft
I need to find an IP address in the sshd_config file and replace with a fresh one for over 100+ VMs. How do I use Ansible to do so? Is it possible to search replace single string or IP address? Yes,...
View ArticleHow to find disk I/O latency with ioping monitoring tool on LinuxnixCraft
How do I monitor disk I/O latency in real time on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and MacOS operating system?
View ArticleHow to find bash shell function source code on Linux/UnixnixCraft
I am a new Linux server user. I cannot figure out how to find out the source code of a bash function named foo() which is defined. How to locate the file where a bash function is defined and how to...
View Articleuserdel: user vivek is currently used by process 749 error and fix on...
I am trying to delete a user named vivek using the userdel command as followsuserdel -r vivek userdel: user vivek is currently used by process 749 How do I fix this problem and delete username vivek on...
View ArticleHow to install xfs and create xfs file system on Debian/Ubuntu LinuxnixCraft
I recently switched to a Ubuntu/Debian Linux server from a CentOS/RHEL 7.x. How do I install mkfs.xfs command on a Debian/Ubuntu Linux server? How do I create and manage file XFS file system on a...
View Article2 awesome open source apps to share your terminal over the webnixCraft
Want to share your terminal over the web for demo, learning or collaboration purpose? Try these two applications to share your terminal as a web application.
View Article2 awesome open source apps to share your terminal over the webnixCraft
Want to share your terminal over the web for demo, learning or collaboration purpose? Try these two applications to share your terminal as a web application.
View ArticleHow to write/create a Ubuntu .iso to a bootable USB device on Linux using dd...
I downloaded a Ubuntu .iso file named artful-desktop-amd64.iso on a Debian Linux system. How do I write or burn a Ubuntu .iso to a USB device for installation purpose from Linux terminal?
View ArticleHow to install or compile GIMP filters/plugins/extensions on LinuxnixCraft
How do I install or compile new GIMP filters on a Ubuntu or Debian or Fedora or CentOS Linux desktop system?
View ArticleHow to install or compile GIMP filters/plugins/extensions on LinuxnixCraft
How do I install or compile new GIMP filters on a Ubuntu or Debian or Fedora or CentOS Linux desktop system?
View ArticleHow to install curl command on a Ubuntu LinuxnixCraft
I am a new Ubuntu Linux user. I switched from Apple MacOS/Macbook and I trying to run the curl command from a shell script but getting the following error:bash: curl: command not found How do I fix...
View ArticleHow to import a OpenVPN .ovpn file with Network Manager or Command Line in...
I have installed an OpenVPN server on a Debian Linux server. I have a client.ovpn file for my VPN server. How do I use it with Network Manager GUI? Is it possible to install or import client.ovpn file...
View ArticleHow to Install and Configure latest version of Ansible on Ubuntu LinuxnixCraft
I am a new Ubuntu Linux user. How do I install Ansible on a Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS or 17.10 desktop control machine?
View ArticleHow To Remove Unwanted/Unused Dependencies in FreeBSD pkg CommandnixCraft
I deleted a package using the 'pkg remove foo' command. However, it left over 30+ dependencies. Theses dependencies not needed by any other package on a FreeBSD Unix system and just taking space on my...
View ArticleHow to bind ntpd to specific IP addresses on Linux/UnixnixCraft
By default, my ntpd/NTP server listens on all interfaces or IP address i.e 0.0.0.0:123. How do I make sure ntpd only listen on a specific IP address such as localhost or 192.168.1.1:123 on a Linux or...
View ArticleHow to supercharge string search through a directory hierarchy on a...
Usually, I use the [nixcmd name="grep"] for code searching on my box. Recently, I come across another cool tool called ag. It is an attempt to make something better than ack, which itself is better...
View ArticleHow to supercharge string search through a directory hierarchy on a...
Usually, I use the [nixcmd name="grep"] for code searching on my box. Recently, I come across another cool tool called ag. It is an attempt to make something better than ack, which itself is better...
View ArticleHow to restart a process out of crontab on a Linux/UnixnixCraft
I am a new Linux user and not familiar with crontab syntax. How do I use a cron job to restart server process if not running on a Linux or Unix-like system?
View ArticleHow to restart a process out of crontab on a Linux/UnixnixCraft
I am a new Linux user and not familiar with crontab syntax. How do I use a cron job to restart server process if not running on a Linux or Unix-like system?
View ArticleHow to use Ansible to autoremove unwanted package dependency with aptnixCraft
I am trying to use ansible apt autoremove option but it is not working. I wanted to remove all unused Linux kernel and unwanted package dependency with the apt command/apt-get command. How can I run...
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