CLI downloading

I administer several Linux boxes for personal stuff, at work, and for a few clients and I usually have a need to download and upload files from the command line. Here a just a few examples using wget, ftp, and curl. To download a file using wget: wget -c...

chmod Calculator

I don’t have enough brain space left to memorize this stuff anymore. chmod Caclulator

SCP Recursively

I was needing to move a Virtual Machine from one Linux Server to another. I had used SCP before and only moved single files but I wanted a way to move an entire folder. Easy enough but I had a space in the folder names I was sending. I kept getting “scp:...

OpenVPN with Webmin

These people did a great job on the OpenVPN Module for Webmin. Download to your computer. Open Webmin, Webmin Configuration, Webmin Modules. Then upload the file (example: openvpn-2.5.wbm.gz) and tada!...

Linux Software RAID1

Some useful commands for software RAID1 on Linux. mdadm commands: Query and get details about the RAID. mdadm –detail /dev/md0 Fail Drive: mdadm –fail /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 Remove Drive: mdadm –remove /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 Install new drive and copy...

User Agent Switcher for Firefox

One problem I have had is that many websites require Internet Explorer instead of Firefox. An addon “User Agent Switcher” for Firefox will fool the website into thinking that you are using Internet Explorer and show the content anyways. I’m still...