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Resize Linux Partition

Reduce the size of a partition containing an volume BE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP Either resizing or moving the physical partition may cause the raid superblock to be lost Check the filesystem on mdadm raid volume e2fsck -f /dev/md0 Reduce the filesystem on mdadm raid...

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Postgres

To list installed server libraries, execute the following SQL: show shared_preload_libraries. To configure libraries to be preloaded, edit postgres.conf. On an Ubuntu apt installation, it would typically be found in /etc/postgresql/9.0/main. To see the default dynamic...

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MikroTik WiFi CAP Configuration

MikroTik WiFi CAP Configuration Terminology CAP device is the abbreviation for Controlled Access Point CAPsMAN is the CAP manager and has an enabled CAPsMAN service WinBox is a desktop application for managing Mikrotik devices WinBox can be installed on Linux as a...

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Linux Lost Password – Recover Linux User

Recover a Linux installation after loosing the administrator user password Download a Linux live CD It can be any linux distro as long as your architecture is the same as the installation. Lets go with Ubuntu desktop, because instructions may be slightly different for...

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Hypervisor Information

Get information of underlying hypervisor from Linux VM Execute the following command in the VM sudo dmidecode | grep -i -e manufacturer -e product -e vendor

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Fedora Network Install via PXE Boot

Fedora network install via PXE boot - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange Fedora network install via PXE boot - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange It is also possible to setup a Proxy DHCP service for PXE. Thus, the existing DHCP server does not need to be changed. A normal...

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autoDCHP

Auto proxy configuration using DHCP (DHCP3 server required) For more information, see Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol Also look at Microsoft Technet Some handy javascript functions This file assumes the IP of the DHCP server as well as the proxy servers are...

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