Some of my windows (for example libre office) have been getting stuck on the top left of the screen because Ubuntu Unity was appearing to eat the menu controls. I could not minimise, maximise or close the windows simply because the menu button weren’t visible. The solution is to hold down the ‘alt’ key and … Read more
I have a few limited space (20 gig) servers doing small jobs for us. If these have been upgrade over several major releases then the apt cache can get quite large. I used ncdu to see which folders and files are taking up space. To clear you apt cache from the command line type:
If you have migrated from Linux to OSX… you might well be missing ssh-copy-id. Frankly, the easier way to do this is to install the Brew repository / package manager for Mac and then install ssh-copy-id on your Mac in one command. Install Brew (if you don’t already have this awesome tool!). Then simply.. Job … Read more
If you are using UFW on Ubuntu as your firewall manager then this is how to open a range of ports from the command line:
I’ve decided to stop using Ubuntu as my primary home computer and make the switch to OSX. I’ve purchased a new Macbook Pro and for the first time ever not immediately installed Ubuntu. I love Ubuntu (and this blog is 99% all about Ubuntu); so why have I decided to make this change? Why go … Read more
We have had Fogbugz installed on Ubuntu since Ubuntu 12.04. However, after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04, we found that the software would not run. I could not find anything only about how to make Fogbugz work on Ubuntu 14.04. So… We have moved to Jira and it sooooo much better than Fogbugz. 1) It is … Read more
If you move a server around you might have problems with a known hosts file. You would get an error saying: You can remove a hostname / domain from known host like so: You can remove an ip address from known hosts file like so:
I wanted to restore a single file from Bacula. I’m writing this tutorial partically to remind myself how to do this but perhaps it will help someone in the future. You will need to do this from bconsole on your Bacula server. 1 – You need to find the filename of the file. For example: … Read more
I just wanted to product a list of files which are due to be backup up by Bacula. The bconsole has a brilliant ‘estimate’ function…
We are using Kayako for our support ticket system. I just updated our server from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04. We started to see a problem with some crons which automate the importing and processing of emails. This is the error that we got: There are several possible SSL problems that this could be: 1 … Read more