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
If you have just upgrade Ubuntu from 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04 and are running Kayako. You might have seens this bug: The solution is to first install the php imap extension: Then restart Apache using: If you are still having the error then you need to explicitely enable this extension. Then finally restart Apache again: … Read more
I have just upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04 on our Bacula backup server. Everything is backing up okay however it’s failing to delete the catalogue backup job after it has run. The error message is: It turns out that Ubuntu 14.04 updated the backup script /etc/bacula/scripts/delete_catalog_backup but didn’t make is excutable. I could … Read more