Category Archives: System Configuration

Adding a Package to Local 3rd Party Ubuntu Repository

Posted on December 11, 2017 by jaye

Copy .deb packs to the binary folder: Recreate Packages and Release file: Confirm new package is listed: Sign appropriate files:

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Generating a New GPG Key

Posted on October 25, 2017 by jaye

Run gpg to generate a new key Answer questions: RSA 4096 User ID Email Address Comment Enter a passphrase Use gpg to confirm you now have the new key stored in the keyring: Results:

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NTP: Force Time Sync

Posted on March 8, 2016 by jaye

From the command line: On RHEL/CentOS you can force ntpd to syncronize on service startup by doing the following: There is an OPTIONS variable with something like: Add the -x parameter: You may also want to set SYNC_HWCLOCK option to … Continue reading →

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Mavericks: Set SSH Port

Posted on July 21, 2014 by jaye

Found the following script:

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Thumb Drive Backups…

Posted on April 16, 2014 by jaye

Bought a 6-pack of 4GB USB thumb drives for various backups. I installed them on liminf01, liminf03, and kfserver01. Used the following commands to format and mount them, since CentOS 5.10 did not automatically mount them. I originally went with … Continue reading →

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Install Latest Git on CentOS

Posted on April 7, 2014 by jaye

Setup RPMForge Repository Disable CentOS Base Repository and Enable RPMForge Extras Add enabled = 0 Change enabled = to 1 Remove Git, update, reinstall get, & verify version.

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Linux: How to Identify 32bit vs. 64bit

Posted on March 26, 2014 by jaye

For the CPU: Using lscpu: 64bit 32bit or check /proc/cpuinfo for the tm/lm flags. If lm exists it supports 64bit. If only tm exists, it only supports 32bit. 64bit 32bit For the O/S: The architecture should be listed as x86_64 … Continue reading →

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Set Timezone in Raspbian

Posted on March 15, 2014 by jaye

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Using Git for DNS and DHCP Config Files

Posted on January 24, 2014 by jaye

[master (root-commit) a8418bf] Added DNS zone files Committer: root <root@liminf03.motion.com> Your name and email address were configured automatically based on your username and hostname. Please check that they are accurate. You can suppress this message by setting them explicitly: git … Continue reading →

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