My Problem - “Error: Could not execute systemctl” I’m using Monit 5.16 on a CentOS 7 server. Monit is monitoring some crucial services like Apache and MySQL (okay, okay, it’s MariaDB). I have a very simple service check to start with: ...
My Problem On a Linux host, attempting to set up syslog-ng shipping to an offsite collector over TLS results in errors such as: Feb 18 16:42:33 my.amazingserver.tld syslog-ng[987]: SSL error while writing stream; tls_error='SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed' Feb 18 16:42:33 my.amazingserver.tld ...
I’m frequently required to make test accounts on various systems. I need to create passwords that are obnoxiously long and complex many times in a day. My method for creating those passwords requires OpenSSL to be installed on my workstation: ...
(Updated Sept 4, 2014) As someone who has worked in web hosting, I’ve had my eye on just about every web-based control panel ever created. Most people will likely think of cPanel when they hear the phrase “server control panel” and ...
It never fails. At the last two or three characters of a password, I’ll strike two keys at the same time. Maybe I pressed both, maybe I only pressed one. Whatever happened, certainly it doesn’t make any sense to press ...
This is more of a note to myself than anything, but I bumped against an annoying limitation for my Rackspace hosted email accounts. The backstory is that I have a single business domain that has both Hosted Exchange and Hosted Rackspace ...
Screen. I love it and you should too. Unless you like tmux, in which case you probably nag me all the time on Twitter to switch to BSD. If you use it all the time then you undoubtedly have a ...
The Problem When using GNU screen and hitting tab, tab completion is not performed but rather a cryptic message is printed at the bottom of your terminal: Wuff ---- Wuff!!Wuff ---- Wuff!! If you hit tab a second time in ...
You might be familiar with Scott Pack, security monkey extraordinaire, as the author of several blog posts on The Nubby Admin. You can find him across the internet: Twitter: https://twitter.com/packscott LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/packscott Github: https://github.com/packs Stack Exchange: http://stackexchange.com/users/12890/scott-pack Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+ScottPack And now Scott has his own ...
If you like to run or cycle, then you probably know what Strava is. If you like to run or cycle and don’t know what Strava is, you’re missing out! In one sentence, it allows you to map and track ...
