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VMWare Pro Workstation Nic Disconnected and No IP Using NAT

By default VMWare Workstation often doesn't work as we would like.

If you create a VM with a default NAT IP it won't work you will find the NIC is disconnected (even though on the VMWare side it says connected including at Power On).

How To Solve It

1.) Create New VMNet for NAT

Click "Edit" -> "Virtual Network Editor"

Click "Add Network"

Select Network To Add "VMNet1" (or the next available name).

Click on "NAT" under "Network Information"

It should by default enable DHCP and a default range of 192.168.*.*

and hit OK.

2.) Edit your VM and assign it the VMNet you created above.

Linux How To Create A RamDisk

size = the amount of RAM (m for megabytes)

/mnt/ram = the mount location of the ram disk (change to the path you want it mounted to)

mount -t tmpfs -o size=4096m tmpfs /mnt/ram/

Example test in an old server:

You can see that when reading if you don't specify bs1=M the read speeds are several times slower (eg. 450MB/s vs 2.1GB/s)

mount -t tmpfs -o size=4096m tmpfs /mnt/ram/^C root@testserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/ram/testhere bs=1M count=3000 3000+0 records in 3000+0 records out 3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB, 2.9 GiB) copied, 2.51162 s, 1.3 GB/s root@testserver:~# dd if=/dev/mnt/ram^C root@testserver:~# dd if=/mnt/ram/testhere of=/dev/null 6144000+0 records in 6144000+0 records out 3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB, 2.9 GiB) copied, 6.99788 s, 450 MB/s root@testserver:~# dd if=/mnt/ram/testfile of=/dev/null dd: failed to open '/mnt/ram/testfile': No such file or directory root@testserver:~# dd if=/mnt/ram/testhere testhere root@testserver:~# dd if=/mnt/ram/testhere of=/dev/null 6144000+0 records in 6144000+0 records out 3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB, 2.9 GiB) copied, 6.94865 s, 453 MB/s root@testserver:~# dd if=/mnt/ram/testhere of=/dev/null bs=1M 3000+0 records in 3000+0 records out 3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB, 2.9 GiB) copied, 1.49836 s, 2.1 GB/s

mdadm force resync when resync=PENDING solution

cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md127 : active (auto-read-only) raid10 sdc1[0] sdb1[2] 1953382400 blocks super 1.2 512K chunks 2 far-copies [2/1] [U_] resync=PENDING bitmap: 15/15 pages [60KB], 65536KB chunk

Solution force repair/resync:

echo "repair" > /sys/block/md127/md/sync_action

Proxmox Breaks Storage/LVM Backing If Killing QEMU-IMG

I tried to stop a qemu-img copy or clone and it broke everything. It was fine to "stop" it from the GUI but a process still persisted so I killed the relevant qemu-img and the kernel went crazy. It also may not have helped that I tried to lvremove a different volume (an unused disk). But either way it breaks LVM (you cannot even run lvdisplay) so a reboot is necessary.

Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439337] systemd-udevd D 0 9948 469 0x00000104 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439341] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439356] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439363] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439366] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439370] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439374] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439377] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439379] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439382] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439384] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439389] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439391] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439394] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439397] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439399] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439401] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439403] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439407] ? page_add_file_rmap+0xf7/0x150 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439411] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439414] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439417] ? __alloc_fd+0x46/0x170 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439420] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439421] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439424] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439428] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439432] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439437] RIP: 0033:0x7f5864f81820 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439439] RSP: 002b:00007ffc4632b0f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439441] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000056554f2b5cd0 RCX: 00007f5864f81820 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439443] RDX: 000056554f14bda3 RSI: 0000000000080000 RDI: 000056554f29f370 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439444] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 000056554f14bda3 R09: 0000000000000110 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439445] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.439446] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000056554f29eec0 R15: 00000000ffffffff Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455730] vgs D 0 9952 1777 0x00000000 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455732] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455736] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455739] ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455741] ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455743] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455746] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455751] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455754] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455757] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455759] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455762] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455764] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455766] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455768] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455771] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455773] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455774] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455777] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455778] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455780] ? putname+0x54/0x60 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455782] ? filename_lookup+0xf8/0x1a0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455785] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455787] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455790] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455792] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455794] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455796] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455799] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455800] RIP: 0033:0x7f09f35c44b0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455801] RSP: 002b:00007ffcaf62bd98 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455803] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000044000 RCX: 00007f09f35c44b0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455805] RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000000000044000 RDI: 000056513f681440 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455806] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000056513f6d48a0 R09: 00007ffcaf62bd00 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455807] R10: 00007f09f356a6a0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.455808] R13: 000056513f681440 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000056513f681218 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472311] lvremove D 0 9963 3981 0x00000000 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472313] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472317] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472328] ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472332] ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472338] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472340] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472343] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472346] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472349] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472351] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472353] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472355] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472358] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472360] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472363] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472364] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472366] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472372] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472379] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472385] ? putname+0x54/0x60 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472392] ? filename_lookup+0xf8/0x1a0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472399] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472406] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472415] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472417] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472419] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472421] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472423] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472425] RIP: 0033:0x7f6d01eeb4b0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472426] RSP: 002b:00007fff72ab50a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472428] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000044000 RCX: 00007f6d01eeb4b0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472429] RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000000000044000 RDI: 000055736d459640 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472430] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000055736d4863e0 R09: 00007fff72ab5000 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472431] R10: 00007f6d01e916a0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.472432] R13: 000055736d459640 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000055736d459418 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488832] vgs D 0 9977 9974 0x00000000 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488834] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488837] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488840] ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488842] ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488844] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488847] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488849] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488856] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488858] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488861] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488863] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488865] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488867] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488870] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488872] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488874] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488876] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488878] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488879] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488881] ? putname+0x54/0x60 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488883] ? filename_lookup+0xf8/0x1a0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488885] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488888] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488891] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488893] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488895] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488897] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488899] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488901] RIP: 0033:0x7f98ef2644b0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488902] RSP: 002b:00007ffc7ee8f7e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488904] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000044000 RCX: 00007f98ef2644b0 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488905] RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000000000044000 RDI: 000055e16b9ee440 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488906] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000055e16ba34d20 R09: 00007ffc7ee8f800 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488907] R10: 00007f98ef20a6a0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 Jan 17 06:45:21 testserver kernel: [ 5680.488908] R13: 000055e16b9ee440 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000055e16b9ee218 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279621] systemd-udevd D 0 9948 469 0x00000104 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279625] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279640] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279647] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279650] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279654] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279658] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279661] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279664] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279666] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279668] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279673] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279675] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279678] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279681] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279682] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279685] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279687] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279691] ? page_add_file_rmap+0xf7/0x150 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279695] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279698] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279701] ? __alloc_fd+0x46/0x170 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279703] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279705] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279708] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279711] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279716] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279721] RIP: 0033:0x7f5864f81820 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279723] RSP: 002b:00007ffc4632b0f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279725] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000056554f2b5cd0 RCX: 00007f5864f81820 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279727] RDX: 000056554f14bda3 RSI: 0000000000080000 RDI: 000056554f29f370 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279728] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 000056554f14bda3 R09: 0000000000000110 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279729] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.279730] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000056554f29eec0 R15: 00000000ffffffff Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297280] vgs D 0 9952 1777 0x00000000 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297283] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297286] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297297] ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297303] ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297309] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297312] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297314] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297317] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297320] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297322] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297324] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297327] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297329] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297336] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297338] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297340] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297342] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297344] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297348] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297354] ? putname+0x54/0x60 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297361] ? filename_lookup+0xf8/0x1a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297368] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297375] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297385] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297392] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297399] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297404] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297406] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297407] RIP: 0033:0x7f09f35c44b0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297409] RSP: 002b:00007ffcaf62bd98 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297411] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000044000 RCX: 00007f09f35c44b0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297412] RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000000000044000 RDI: 000056513f681440 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297413] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000056513f6d48a0 R09: 00007ffcaf62bd00 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297414] R10: 00007f09f356a6a0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.297416] R13: 000056513f681440 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000056513f681218 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315415] lvremove D 0 9963 3981 0x00000000 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315417] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315426] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315431] ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315433] ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315438] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315441] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315443] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315446] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315448] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315451] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315453] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315455] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315458] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315460] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315462] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315464] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315466] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315468] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315475] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315481] ? putname+0x54/0x60 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315486] ? filename_lookup+0xf8/0x1a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315493] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315499] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315510] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315518] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315525] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315527] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315529] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315530] RIP: 0033:0x7f6d01eeb4b0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315531] RSP: 002b:00007fff72ab50a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315533] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000044000 RCX: 00007f6d01eeb4b0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315534] RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000000000044000 RDI: 000055736d459640 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315535] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000055736d4863e0 R09: 00007fff72ab5000 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315536] R10: 00007f6d01e916a0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.315538] R13: 000055736d459640 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000055736d459418 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333864] vgs D 0 9977 9974 0x00000000 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333866] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333870] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333880] ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333885] ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333887] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333893] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333895] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333898] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333901] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333903] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333905] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333908] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333910] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333912] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333914] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333916] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333918] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333920] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333922] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333929] ? putname+0x54/0x60 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333936] ? filename_lookup+0xf8/0x1a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333943] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333950] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333959] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333968] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333975] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333977] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333979] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333980] RIP: 0033:0x7f98ef2644b0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333981] RSP: 002b:00007ffc7ee8f7e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333983] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000044000 RCX: 00007f98ef2644b0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333984] RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000000000044000 RDI: 000055e16b9ee440 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333985] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000055e16ba34d20 R09: 00007ffc7ee8f800 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333986] R10: 00007f98ef20a6a0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.333988] R13: 000055e16b9ee440 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000055e16b9ee218 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352691] vgs D 0 10058 1 0x00000004 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352693] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352704] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352706] ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352707] ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352710] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352715] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352718] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352720] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352723] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352725] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352727] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352730] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352738] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352744] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352751] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352756] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352762] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352769] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352774] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352775] ? putname+0x54/0x60 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352777] ? filename_lookup+0xf8/0x1a0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352780] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352783] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352785] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352788] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352792] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352794] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352796] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352798] RIP: 0033:0x7f73752144b0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352799] RSP: 002b:00007ffe643df188 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352801] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000044000 RCX: 00007f73752144b0 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352802] RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000000000044000 RDI: 00005592cd22f440 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352803] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00005592cd27af20 R09: 00007ffe643df100 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352804] R10: 00007f73751ba6a0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 Jan 17 06:47:22 testserver kernel: [ 5801.352805] R13: 00005592cd22f440 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00005592cd22f218 Jan 17 06:48:27 testserver pvedaemon[7787]: <root@pam> starting task UPID:testserver:0000285C:0008F35F:5C3FB4BB:qmstart:102:root@pam: Jan 17 06:48:56 testserver pvedaemon[7128]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam' Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120683] systemd-udevd D 0 9948 469 0x00000104 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120690] Call Trace: Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120709] __schedule+0x3e3/0x880 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120716] schedule+0x36/0x80 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120725] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120728] __mutex_lock.isra.2+0x2b1/0x4e0 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120733] ? kobj_lookup+0x115/0x160 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120741] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120748] ? _cond_resched+0x1a/0x50 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120753] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120755] mutex_lock+0x2f/0x40 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120761] __blkdev_get+0x71/0x4d0 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120763] blkdev_get+0x125/0x310 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120765] blkdev_open+0x92/0x100 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120769] do_dentry_open+0x202/0x310 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120770] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120772] vfs_open+0x4f/0x80 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120775] path_openat+0x617/0x14a0 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120779] ? page_add_file_rmap+0xf7/0x150 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120788] do_filp_open+0x99/0x110 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120795] ? __check_object_size+0xb3/0x190 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120802] ? __alloc_fd+0x46/0x170 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120810] do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120818] ? do_sys_open+0x135/0x280 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120821] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120825] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120829] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120832] RIP: 0033:0x7f5864f81820 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120834] RSP: 002b:00007ffc4632b0f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120837] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000056554f2b5cd0 RCX: 00007f5864f81820 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120838] RDX: 000056554f14bda3 RSI: 0000000000080000 RDI: 000056554f29f370 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120839] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 000056554f14bda3 R09: 0000000000000110 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120840] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 Jan 17 06:49:23 testserver kernel: [ 5922.120841] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000056554f29eec0 R15: 00000000ffffffff

Proxmox trying to acquire lock... TASK ERROR: can't lock file '/var/lock/qemu-server/lock-102.conf' - got timeout

If Proxmox won't start aVM with an error like this:

trying to acquire lock... TASK ERROR: can't lock file '/var/lock/qemu-server/lock-102.conf' - got timeout

rm /var/lock/qemu-server/lock-102.conf

Then try to restart the VM and it should be good.

Debian 9 SSH root password authentication failure password not working problem / solution

In Debian a lot of times SSH disables the root user to login by password by default. This means you will get an authentication failure as if you typed in the wrong password.

The logs also indicate the password is wrong but what is often the case is in the config file

Check /etc/ssh/sshd_config

cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config|grep -i permitrootlogin

Make sure it says:

PermitRootLogin yes

If not change it and restart SSH and it will work again.

QEMU / KVM How To Manually Create Basic Virtual Machine VM

1.) Create Image using qemu-img

qemu-img create -f qcow2 skype.img 40G

2.) Start VM using flags

-m = memory in MB

-drive file=yourimagefile.img

-cdrom /path/to/the.iso

qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4096 -drive file=skype.img -cdrom ~/Downloads/SfB-E-9319.0-enUS.ISO

Linux wlan0 check all wireless clients

iw dev wlan0 station dump 

This is very useful because it is helpful if you are running something like hostapd and need to see the signal strength and negotiated connection speed.


Station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (on wlan0)
    inactive time:    16309 ms
    rx bytes:    25451
    rx packets:    325
    tx bytes:    44381
    tx packets:    159
    tx retries:    0
    tx failed:    0
    signal:      -72 [-72] dBm
    signal avg:    -72 [-72] dBm
    tx bitrate:    150.0 MBit/s MCS 7 40MHz short GI
    rx bitrate:    1.0 MBit/s
    authorized:    yes
    authenticated:    yes
    preamble:    long
    WMM/WME:    yes
    MFP:        no
    TDLS peer:    no
Station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (on wlan0)
    inactive time:    12223 ms
    rx bytes:    1206073
    rx packets:    8835
    tx bytes:    18597457
    tx packets:    14004
    tx retries:    0
    tx failed:    0
    signal:      -69 [-69] dBm
    signal avg:    -62 [-62] dBm
    tx bitrate:    150.0 MBit/s MCS 7 40MHz short GI
    rx bitrate:    6.0 MBit/s
    authorized:    yes
    authenticated:    yes
    preamble:    long
    WMM/WME:    yes
    MFP:        no
    TDLS peer:    no
Station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (on wlan0)
    inactive time:    406 ms
    rx bytes:    297303650
    rx packets:    213207
    tx bytes:    72276773
    tx packets:    150172
    tx retries:    0
    tx failed:    0
    signal:      -79 [-79] dBm
    signal avg:    -78 [-78] dBm
    tx bitrate:    15.0 MBit/s MCS 0 40MHz short GI
    rx bitrate:    45.0 MBit/s MCS 2 40MHz short GI
    authorized:    yes
    authenticated:    yes
    preamble:    short
    WMM/WME:    yes
    MFP:        no
    TDLS peer:    no

PHP Issues With Decoding Strange Smart Quotes And Non-Standard ASCII Characters

When using strip_tags and html_entity_decode with PHP it often breaks and produces annoying diamonds with question marks.

It is probably because of characters like these:

… (looks like 3 dots but it is a single weird character).

’ (looks like a normal apostraphe but it is not)

” (looks like a normal double quote but it is not).

An easy way to sort this out is to copy the above and search in an ASCII table to extend the functionality below.

Basically the first array has a list of "all the bad stuff" and the second array is what to replace it with.

<? function CleanupSmartQuotes($text) { $badwordchars=array( chr(145), // weird apostraphe chr(146), // weird apostraphe chr(147), // weird quote chr(148), // weird quote chr(151), // weird dash chr(133), // three dots ' ', ); $fixedwordchars=array( "'", "'", '"', '"', '—', '...', '', ); return str_replace($badwordchars,$fixedwordchars,$text); } ?>

/etc/iproute2/rt_tables default settings file in Linux Centos 6,7 and most other NIX's

This should apply to most Linux distributions just incase you get into trouble or wipe out the defaults by accident.

/etc/iproute2/rt_tables
# # reserved values # 255 local 254 main 253 default 0 unspec # # local # #1 inr.ruhep

bind named error solutions named[2169]: error (no valid DS) resolving / error (broken trust chain) resolving / : error (no valid RRSIG) resolving 'com/DS/IN':

Below are the common errors you'll get with named AKA bind if your time is incorrect.

The simplest solution is to install and run ntpd to correct your system's time (install ntpd if it is not installed)

systemctl start ntpd

systemctl enable ntpd

Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: error (no valid DS) resolving 'develop.waxrain.com/A/IN': 14.215.150.17#53 Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: error (no valid DS) resolving 'loc.map.baidu.com/A/IN': 202.108.22.220#53 Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: validating @0x7fc6f802ad00: org DS: verify failed due to bad signature (keyid=2134): RRSIG validity period has not begun Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: validating @0x7fc6f802ad00: org DS: no valid signature found Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: error (no valid RRSIG) resolving 'org/DS/IN': 192.33.4.12#53 Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: validating @0x7fc6fc4ba1e0: com DS: verify failed due to bad signature (keyid=2134): RRSIG validity period has not begun Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: validating @0x7fc6fc4ba1e0: com DS: no valid signature found Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: error (no valid RRSIG) resolving 'com/DS/IN': 199.7.91.13#53 Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: validating @0x7fc6f4013c50: org DS: verify failed due to bad signature (keyid=2134): RRSIG validity period has not begun Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: validating @0x7fc6f4013c50: org DS: no valid signature found Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: error (no valid RRSIG) resolving 'org/DS/IN': 192.228.79.201#53 Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: validating @0x7fc6fc4bb1f0: com DS: verify failed due to bad signature (keyid=2134): RRSIG validity period has not begun Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: validating @0x7fc6fc4bb1f0: com DS: no valid signature found Dec 20 13:36:16 hostingbox named[2169]: error (no valid RRSIG) resolving 'com/DS/IN': 192.5.5.241#53 Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: validating @0x7fb260010c30: detectportal.firefox.com A: bad cache hit (com/DS) Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: error (broken trust chain) resolving 'detectportal.firefox.com/A/IN': 96.7.49.66#53 Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: validating @0x7fb26848b0a0: detectportal.firefox.com A: bad cache hit (com/DS) Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: error (broken trust chain) resolving 'detectportal.firefox.com/A/IN': 96.7.49.66#53 Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: validating @0x7fb2580068f0: detectportal.firefox.com A: bad cache hit (com/DS) Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: error (broken trust chain) resolving 'detectportal.firefox.com/A/IN': 96.7.49.66#53 Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: validating @0x7fb2640028d0: detectportal.firefox.com A: bad cache hit (com/DS) Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: error (broken trust chain) resolving 'detectportal.firefox.com/A/IN': 96.7.49.66#53 Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: validating @0x7fb260010c30: detectportal.firefox.com A: bad cache hit (com/DS) Dec 20 13:37:30 hostingbox named[2229]: error (broken trust chain) resolving 'detectportal.firefox.com/A/IN': 96.7.49.66#53

iptables how to log ALL dropped incoming packets

A lot of people just have a -j DROP to drop all unwanted traffic or traffic not explicitly allowed but there is a better solution if you want real and proper logging:

Take an example iptables rules file

-A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth1 -p icmp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth1 -j ACCEPT -N LOGGING -A INPUT -j LOGGING -A LOGGING -j LOG --log-prefix "ipt denied: " --log-level 4 -A LOGGING -j DROP

Add the above in bold below your last allowed incoming traffic rule and all dropped packets can be seen in dmesg or /var/log/messages

We create a new chain called "LOGGING" -N LOGGING
We are then passing all of our packets to that chain. -A INPUT -j LOGGING
Log all packets that are about to dropped with prefix "ipt denied:" (of course change it how you like) -A LOGGING -j LOG --log-prefix "ipt denied: " --log-level 4
Drop all packets in the LOGGING Chain -A LOGGING -j DROP

So in essence we change the -j DROP to the 4 lines in bold so that we have logging.

Checking dmesg or /var/log/messages should show similar to the following:

ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=194.113.106.121 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC=0x20 TTL=246 ID=45694 PROTO=TCP SPT=43848 DPT=54270 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=10.10.10.10 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 PROTO=2 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=45.227.254.18 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC=0x20 TTL=245 ID=4350 PROTO=TCP SPT=56638 DPT=30450 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=176.119.7.50 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=247 ID=52004 PROTO=TCP SPT=54661 DPT=9153 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=109.248.9.116 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC=0x20 TTL=243 ID=49390 PROTO=TCP SPT=42898 DPT=37318 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=77.72.85.26 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC=0x20 TTL=243 ID=40508 PROTO=TCP SPT=49454 DPT=3978 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=115.74.194.77 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=53 ID=10246 PROTO=TCP SPT=13207 DPT=23 WINDOW=24567 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=10.10.10.10 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 PROTO=2 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=176.119.7.10 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=247 ID=36884 PROTO=TCP SPT=51349 DPT=3992 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=87.27.61.197 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=243 ID=44567 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=48364 DPT=23 WINDOW=14600 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=185.255.31.38 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=246 ID=11928 PROTO=TCP SPT=8080 DPT=1013 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=185.255.31.38 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=247 ID=61268 PROTO=TCP SPT=8080 DPT=3303 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=185.255.31.18 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=247 ID=17889 PROTO=TCP SPT=42264 DPT=7129 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=194.113.106.121 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC=0x20 TTL=247 ID=64437 PROTO=TCP SPT=43848 DPT=58247 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=10.10.10.10 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 PROTO=2 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=220.133.67.9 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=244 ID=64397 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=27852 DPT=23 WINDOW=14600 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ipt denied: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=101.255.58.22 DST=192.198.5.8 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=247 ID=4583 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=53537 DPT=23 WINDOW=14600 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0

How can I log the messages to a separate file eg. /var/log/iptables.log or /var/log/iptables-dropped.log?

The file name below can be arbitrary but it should have meaning to you.

Note that I am searching for the string "ipt denied: " this depends on what you have set as your log prefix in the example above.

vi /etc/rsyslog.d/10-iptables.conf

:msg, contains, "ipt denied: " -/var/log/iptables.log & ~

#note we need the "& ~" below the first line otherwise it will still send the log to where ever it would have been (eg. often /var/log/messages).
#the & ~ means to delete

service rsyslog restart

You should now notice that /var/log/messages has nothing for iptables and that you have /var/log/iptables.log

How To Edit Linux Based NM Network Manager Connection Settings Without GUI

Just find the relevant file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections

sudo vi /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired connection 1

[802-3-ethernet] duplex=full mac-address=00:00:00:FE:FE:FE [connection] id=Wired connection 1 type=802-3-ethernet timestamp=1532403341 [ipv6] method=ignore [ipv4] method=manual dns=192.168.1.1; address1=192.168.1.89/24,192.168.1.1

Linux Disable IPV6 Centos / Debian / Mint Howto

Set this in /etc/sysctl.conf

net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1

#apply the settings

sudo sysctl -p

Linux use growisofs to burn a larger file on a BD-R / Bluray Disc

growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 critical.tar.gz.gpg Executing 'genisoimage critical.tar.gz.gpg | builtin_dd of=/dev/sr0 obs=32k seek=0' I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings) File critical.tar.gz.gpg is larger than 4GiB-1.-allow-limited-size was not specified. There is no way do represent this file size. Aborting. :-( write failed: Input/output error

#remember to use -allow-limited-size

growisofs -allow-limited-size -Z /dev/sr0 critical.tar.gz.gpg

finish Sat Dec 15 16:23:34 2018 99.79% done, estimate finish Sat Dec 15 16:23:34 2018 99.85% done, estimate finish Sat Dec 15 16:23:34 2018 99.91% done, estimate finish Sat Dec 15 16:23:34 2018 99.97% done, estimate finish Sat Dec 15 16:23:34 2018 Total translation table size: 0 Total rockridge attributes bytes: 0 Total directory bytes: 0 Path table size(bytes): 10 Max brk space used 0 8087219 extents written (15795 MB) builtin_dd: 8087232*2KB out @ average 2.6x4390KBps /dev/sr0: flushing cache /dev/sr0: closing track /dev/sr0: closing session :-[ CLOSE SESSION failed with SK=5h/INVALID FIELD IN CDB]: Input/output error /dev/sr0: reloading tray

Linux partprobe/partx cannot access last and 4th partition

On a test machine I was never able to access to a newly created 4th partiton. As we can see there are dev devices for everything but the 4th partition.

The normal "partprobe" or "kpartx" or kernel being told to rescan the block device didn't help (only a reboot did).

fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 123 987966 83 Linux /dev/sda2 124 3771 29302560 83 Linux /dev/sda3 3772 11067 58605120 83 Linux /dev/sda4 11068 91201 643676355 83 Linux

#but where is sda4 why can't I see it but the other partitions are available in /dev
ls /dev/sda* /dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3
partprobe didn't help partprobe Warning: WARNING: the kernel failed to re-read the partition table on /dev/sda (Device or resource busy). As a result, it may not reflect all of your changes until after reboot. Warning: WARNING: the kernel failed to re-read the partition table on /dev/sdb (Device or resource busy). As a result, it may not reflect all of your changes until after reboot. Warning: WARNING: the kernel failed to re-read the partition table on /dev/sdc (Device or resource busy). As a result, it may not reflect all of your changes until after reboot. Warning: /dev/sdd contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table? Warning: WARNING: the kernel failed to re-read the partition table on /dev/sdd (Device or resource busy). As a result, it may not reflect all of your changes until after reboot.

partx didn't helppartx -a /dev/sda BLKPG: Device or resource busy error adding partition 1 BLKPG: Device or resource busy error adding partition 2 BLKPG: Device or resource busy error adding partition 3 BLKPG: Device or resource busy error adding partition 4
OK let's manually tell the kernel to rescan the relevant block device.

echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/device/rescan

DRBD Errors Caused By Physical Corruption

In a RAID array I had a have periodically lost a drive here and there over the past several months. I was always able to readd and resync without losing data. However at some point it looks like some minor corruption happened and this makes DRBD unhappy.

Using fsck did not help either.

Dec 19 06:01:45 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19005.945890] EXT3-fs error (device drbd0): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=22184379, block=88735771 Dec 19 06:01:45 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19005.946084] EXT3-fs error (device drbd0): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=22184380, block=88735771 Dec 19 06:01:45 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19005.946289] EXT3-fs error (device drbd0): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=22184381, block=88735771 Dec 19 06:01:46 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19006.903899] block drbd0: helper command: /sbin/drbdadm pri-on-incon-degr minor-0 exit code 0 (0x0) Dec 19 06:01:46 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19006.903918] block drbd0: helper command: /sbin/drbdadm local-io-error minor-0 Dec 19 06:01:46 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19006.908202] Power Off Dec 19 06:01:46 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19006.910016] md: md125: recovery interrupted. Dec 19 06:01:47 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19007.715470] EXT3-fs error (device drbd0): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=22840092, block=91357233 Dec 19 06:01:47 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19007.715789] EXT3-fs error (device drbd0): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=22840092, block=91357233 Dec 19 06:01:47 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19007.785375] EXT3-fs error (device drbd0): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=22840094, block=91357233 Dec 19 06:01:47 storageboxtest4 kernel: [19007.785705] EXT3-fs error (device drbd0): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=22840094, block=91357233 Dec 19 13:35:55 storageboxtest4 kernel: imklog 5.8.10, log source = /proc/kmsg started.

Just a simple dd test gives back an io error near the end of the array:

dd: reading `/dev/drbd0': Input/output error

mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/sdb4 as 3: Invalid argument solution

mdadm --manage /dev/md125 -a /dev/sdb4 mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/sdb4 as 3: Invalid argument

Dec 19 01:23:48 storageboxtest kernel: [ 2328.854491] md: sdb4 does not have a valid v1.2 superblock, not importing! Dec 19 01:23:48 storageboxtest kernel: [ 2328.854499] md: md_import_device returned -22

#zero the superblock and try again!
mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb4 mdadm --manage /dev/md125 -a /dev/sdb4

mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/sdb4 as 3: Invalid argument

Solution / this is the only thing that fixed it (basically do more than just zero-superblock)

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb4 ^C77149+0 records in 77149+0 records out 39500288 bytes (40 MB) copied, 5.35553 s, 7.4 MB/s

#success!

mdadm --manage /dev/md125 -a /dev/sdb4mdadm: added /dev/sdb4

The weird thing is that you can see zero-superblock was NOT enough to fix it and sometimes you have to wipe a little further than zero-superblock does and it will fix it. I didn't find this solution anywhere so I thought I'd share it.

Linux named / bind how to dump, view and clear the cache!

Do you hate it when your ISP has old cached records because of a high TTL on the DNS record of the relevant domain? In plain English this means you often can't connect to a site or service because your ISP's DNS servers haven't gotten word of the new IP address (probably because they haven't checked). There are also some that are notorious for ignoring TTL and not updating records for days!

But if you are lucky and smart enough to have your own Linux based DNS server you can do the following:

rndc dumpdb -cache

This let's you see the cached entries by writing the bind cache to /var/named/data/cache_dump.db

If you just want to clear your DNS cache:

rndc flush

The above flushes all of your DNS cache which is never a bad idea since it saves memory and increases the performance potentially.

Centos 6 / 7 / 8 How To Change Default nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf when using DHCP / dhclient

First we need to create dhclient.conf if it doesn't exist or edit it:

vi /etc/dhclient/dhclient.conf

#add this line at the top add the IPs as commas they will be the highest priority nameservers and whatever your ISP gives you will be used after these one (good for DNS backup)

prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1,10.10.25.8;

After you restart your network or run dhclient again you should see the contents of /etc/resolv.conf are as you expect.

This is mainly when you are running a local router and local DNS (and usually your own local DNS is quicker and more reliable than your ISP in my experience).

Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux to use and view XFA Fillable Forms

The reason for not being able to read one of these dreaded/ fillable "XFA" forms is because no Linux PDF reader that I'm aware of supports them. Part of this reasoning is for security. It is really silly, they should ban these XFA forms or at least replace the Please Wait with the non-fillable version.

Download Adobe Reader 9.5 for Linux from here:

This is the solution but only so much, at least for me I was able to view the PDF and fill it but printing it produces a blank page (even print preview shows it as blank). I tried converting it to a normal pdf with print to file including postscript but none of that worked either.

With that said you too can get this broken version of the Linux Adobe Acrobat version :)

Perhaps a previous 9.5 (older version) even though the latest is from 2013 may work better?

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/

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Debian Linux Mint Ubuntu iptables save and restore settings automatically onboot and reboot

First you need the "iptables-persistent" package. This gives you an init script that loads your settings from /etc/iptables/rules.v4 and rules.v6

When you install it, it wll save your default setings in /etc/iptables.

sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent

Why SMART is not smart at all and doesn't properly predict disk errors that cause a kernel panic or crash

Before getting into the output here is my typical experience with SMART, there is what I call a "bad disk" with pending and uncorrectable sectors that cannot be reallocated.
It has caused a kernel panic and system crash repeatedly as we can see from the logs.
But SMART says it has "PASSED" its self assessment.  SMART is still useful to me but it is more about looking at Current_Pending_Sector.
Any time I have had anything but 0 for that attribute it means the disk is bad and is unusable (eg. will cause kernel panics).
In this case even RAID doesn't help when the bad disk taints the kernel.

First let's check this disk and see what SMART thinks

smartctl -a /dev/sda

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda ES
Device Model:     ST3750640NS
Serial Number:    ABCAEAAA
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0083422e5
Firmware Version: 3BKH
User Capacity:    750,156,374,016 bytes [750 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   7
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Thu Dec 13 12:43:37 2018 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED


ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   093   086   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   091   091   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       27
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   090   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       951683243
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   052   052   000    Old_age   Always       -       42128
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       27
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   066   054   045    Old_age   Always       -       34 (Min/Max 28/36)
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   034   046   000    Old_age   Always       -       34 (0 17 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   081   055   000    Old_age   Always       -       220199
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   096   096   000    Old_age   Always       -       93
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   096   096   000    Old_age   Offline      -       93
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       971
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
202 Data_Address_Mark_Errs  0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

Now let's see /var/log/messages

Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026190] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]  Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026196] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]  Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026203] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026206]         72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026215]         57 4f 86 7b Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026219] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]  Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026225] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 57 4f 8a 43 00 03 38 00 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026236] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1464830531 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026331] block drbd0: disk( UpToDate -> Failed ) Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026345] block drbd0: Local IO failed in __req_mod. Detaching... Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026365] block drbd0: helper command: /sbin/drbdadm pri-on-incon-degr minor-0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026476] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]  Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026480] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]  Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026485] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026488]         72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026497]         57 4f 86 7b Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026501] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda]  Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026506] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 57 4f 86 7b 00 03 c8 00 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026514] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1464829563 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026632] block drbd0: IO ERROR: neither local nor remote disk Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026636] ata1: EH complete Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026728] block drbd0: IO ERROR: neither local nor remote disk Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.026811] block drbd0: IO ERROR: neither local nor remote disk Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.162977] Buffer I/O error on device drbd0, logical block 53203520 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163110] lost page write due to I/O error on drbd0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163117] Buffer I/O error on device drbd0, logical block 59744311 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163200] lost page write due to I/O error on drbd0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163208] Buffer I/O error on device drbd0, logical block 59744312 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163289] lost page write due to I/O error on drbd0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163299] Buffer I/O error on device drbd0, logical block 59746338 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163316] Buffer I/O error on device drbd0, logical block 59744312 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163320] lost page write due to I/O error on drbd0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163328] EXT3-fs: ext3_journal_dirty_data: aborting transaction: IO failure in ext3_journal_dirty_data Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.163336] EXT3-fs (drbd0): error in ext3_orphan_add: Readonly filesystem Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165257]  [] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x91/0xe0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165260] EXT3-fs (drbd0): I/O error while writing superblock Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165280]  [] ? ext3_get_group_desc+0x51/0xa0 [ext3] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165285] JBD: Spotted dirty metadata buffer (dev = drbd0, blocknr = 0). There's a risk of filesystem corruption in case of system crash. Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165292]  [] ? warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165297]  [] ? mark_buffer_dirty+0x82/0xa0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165316]  [] ? ext3_commit_super.clone.0+0x69/0x100 [ext3] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165329]  [] ? ext3_handle_error+0x7f/0xe0 [ext3] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165343]  [] ? __ext3_std_error+0x5e/0xb0 [ext3] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165356]  [] ? ext3_orphan_add+0xbf/0x1a0 [ext3] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165360] EXT3-fs: ext3_journal_dirty_data: aborting transaction: IO failure in ext3_journal_dirty_data Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165374]  [] ? journal_dirty_data_fn+0x0/0x30 [ext3] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165378] EXT3-fs (drbd0): error in ext3_orphan_add: Readonly filesystem [] ? ext3_ordered_write_end+0x158/0x1c0 [ext3] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165395] Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165400]  [] ? generic_file_buffered_write_iter+0x184/0x2b0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165407]  [] ? __generic_file_write_iter+0x225/0x420 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165412]  [] ? __generic_file_aio_write+0x85/0xa0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165417]  [] ? generic_file_aio_write+0x88/0x100 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165423]  [] ? do_sync_write+0xf2/0x140 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165432]  [] ? sys_getpeername+0xd4/0xf0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165436]  [] ? vfs_write+0xb8/0x1a0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165441]  [] ? fget_light_pos+0x16/0x50 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165445]  [] ? sys_write+0x51/0xb0 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165450]  [] ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x25e/0x290 Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165455]  [] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165459] ---[ end trace 32aa3e2dc89d4c30 ]--- Dec 12 05:29:46 somepoorbox kernel: [30883839.165462] Tainting kernel with flag 0x9

scp: ambiguous target error and solution

scp -rp Week09 one@10.10.5.80:"/some/remote/path/with a space/"

Gives me an error:

scp: ambiguous target

The issue is caused by the space in the remote path which needs to be escaped like this:

scp -rp Week09 one@10.10.5.80:"/some/remote/path/with a space/"

Basically you add a backslash in front of each space.

VirtualBox How To Add iSCSI Storage using VBoxManage

#to show all
VBoxManage list vms

#show ONLY running vms
VBoxManage list runningvms

VBoxManage storageattach test --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium iscsi --server 192.168.1.91 --target "iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb" --initiator "iqn.1982-01.ca.bla.tld:abc123" --tport 3260 --lun 1 iSCSI disk created. UUID: 3bbdd942-f3b0-4bc9-8f22-b0118f6f11ec

--server = the IP address of the iSCSI target server

--target = the target on the iSCSI srever

--initiator = your initiator name (eg. the equivalent of /etc/iscsi/initiator.iscsi)

--lun 1 (or whatever LUN number

Troubleshooting

If the disk creates successfully but VBox says it is inacessible it means you have probably specified something wrong in the flags above. Eg. a typo in your target, initiator, forgetting your LUN

UUID Already Exists

VBoxManage storageattach test --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium iscsi --server 192.168.1.91 --target "iqn.1982-01.ca.bla.tld:abc123" VBoxManage: error: Cannot register the hard disk '192.168.1.91|iqn.1982-01.ca.bla.tld:abc123' {16b201f8-da53-499c-86ec-753a8b940e58} because a hard disk '192.168.1.91|iqn.1982-01.ca.bla.tld:abc123' with UUID {8cd2dd6e-9b69-488c-81f6-22fa96da0a2f} already exists VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), component VirtualBoxWrap, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports VBoxManage: error: Context: "CreateMedium(Bstr("iSCSI").raw(), bstrISCSIMedium.raw(), AccessMode_ReadWrite, DeviceType_HardDisk, pMedium2Mount.asOutParam())" at line 608 of file VBoxManageStorageController.cpp

#list all hdds

vboxmanage list hddsUUID: 8cd2dd6e-9b69-488c-81f6-22fa96da0a2f Parent UUID: base State: inaccessible Type: normal (base) Location: 192.168.1.91|iqn.1982-01.ca.bla.tld:abc123 Storage format: iSCSI Capacity: 0 MBytes Encryption: disabled

#let's delete it

vboxmanage closemedium disk 8cd2dd6e-9b69-488c-81f6-22fa96da0a2f --delete #uh oh iSCSI disks can't be deleted this way vboxmanage closemedium disk 8cd2dd6e-9b69-488c-81f6-22fa96da0a2f --delete VBoxManage: error: Medium format 'iSCSI' does not support storage deletion VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED (0x80bb0009), component MediumWrap, interface IMedium, callee nsISupports VBoxManage: error: Context: "DeleteStorage(pProgress.asOutParam())" at line 1603 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp VBoxManage: error: Failed to delete medium. Error code Unknown Status -2135228407 (0x80bb0009)

Sometimes just using closemedium before works:

vboxmanage closemedium disk 8cd2dd6e-9b69-488c-81f6-22fa96da0a2f

Either way after the above you should be able to retry to connect your iSCSI disk

iSCSI on Centos 7 Configuration and Setup Guide for Initiator and Target

initiator = client

target = server

These are the first concepts you should understand which is that in iscsi essentially the "initiator" is the client and the "target" is the server.

iSCSI is derived from the old fashioned SCSI that us oldtimers grew to love. The "i" stands for Internet and the SCSI stands for "Small Computers Systems Interface" (SCSI).

iSCSI Target (Server) Setup

targetcli is the package that creates the iSCSI server and allows you to export your devices.

yum -y install targetcli

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.ca-west.mirror.fullhost.io * epel: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu * extras: centos.ca-west.mirror.fullhost.io * updates: centos.ca-west.mirror.fullhost.io Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package targetcli.noarch 0:2.1.fb46-6.el7_5 will be updated ---> Package targetcli.noarch 0:2.1.fb46-7.el7 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Updating: targetcli noarch 2.1.fb46-7.el7 base 67 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Upgrade 1 Package Total download size: 67 k Downloading packages: No Presto metadata available for base targetcli-2.1.fb46-7.el7.noarch.rpm | 67 kB 00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Updating : targetcli-2.1.fb46-7.el7.noarch 1/2 Cleanup : targetcli-2.1.fb46-6.el7_5.noarch 2/2 Verifying : targetcli-2.1.fb46-7.el7.noarch 1/2 Verifying : targetcli-2.1.fb46-6.el7_5.noarch 2/2 Updated: targetcli.noarch 0:2.1.fb46-7.el7 Complete!

systemctl enable target

systemctl start target

systemctl disable firewalld

systemctl stop firewalld

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3260/tcp firewall-cmd --reload

Launch targetcli to configure our iSCSI target

Let's see what block storage/backing devices we have?

/> cd backstores/block /backstores/block> ls o- block .................................................. [Storage Objects: 0] /backstores/block>

Create our iSCSI disk

/backstores/block> create areebsfault /dev/sdb Created block storage object areebsfault using /dev/sdb.

Create our target

The "iqn" must go first and then year-time and then local and finally the "host name" and after the colon the target name "sdb". IQN= iSCSI Qualified Name

iqn
Date (1982-01)
Reversed domain name of the authority (eg. target.abcrandom.local) becomes local.abcrandom.target
Optional “:” that prefixes a storage target name specified by the naming authority

cd /iscsi

/iscsi> create iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb Created target iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb. Created TPG 1. Global pref auto_add_default_portal=true Created default portal listening on all IPs (0.0.0.0), port 3260.

Do we have any LUN?

/iscsi/iqn.20...sdb/tpg1/acls> cd /iscsi/iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb/ /iscsi/iqn.20...om.target:sdb> ls o- iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb ............................ [TPGs: 1] o- tpg1 ............................................... [no-gen-acls, no-auth] o- acls .......................................................... [ACLs: 0] o- luns .......................................................... [LUNs: 0] o- portals .................................................... [Portals: 1] o- 0.0.0.0:3260 ..................................................... [OK]

Create our LUN

cd /iscsi/iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb/tpg1/luns

/iscsi/iqn.20...sdb/tpg1/luns> create /backstores/block/areebsfault lun1 Created LUN 1. /iscsi/iqn.20...sdb/tpg1/luns> ls o- luns .............................................................. [LUNs: 1] o- lun1 .................... [block/areebsfault (/dev/sdb) (default_tg_pt_gp)]Create ACL so our initiator can connect

cd /iscsi/iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb/tpg1/acls

/iscsi/iqn.20...sdb/tpg1/acls> create iqn.1982-01.ca.bla.tld:abc123 Created Node ACL for iqn.1982-01.ca.bla.tld:abc123 Created mapped LUN 1.

*Note the iqn for this ACL as you will need to use it in the clientside (initiator setup).

Client Side Setup

systemctl disable firewalld

systemctl stop firewalld

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3260/tcp firewall-cmd --reload

yum -y install iscsi-initiator-utils

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.its.sfu.ca * extras: mirror.its.sfu.ca * updates: mirror.its.sfu.ca Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package iscsi-initiator-utils.x86_64 0:6.2.0.874-10.el7 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio >= 6.2.0.874-10.el7 for package: iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.874-10.el7.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 0:6.2.0.874-10.el7 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: iscsi-initiator-utils x86_64 6.2.0.874-10.el7 base 421 k Installing for dependencies: iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio x86_64 6.2.0.874-10.el7 base 92 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package (+1 Dependent package) Total download size: 513 k Installed size: 2.6 M Downloading packages: (1/2): iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.874-10.el7.x86_64.rpm | 421 kB 00:00 (2/2): iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-6.2.0.874-10.el7.x86 | 92 kB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 977 kB/s | 513 kB 00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.874-10.el7.x86_64 1/2 Installing : iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-6.2.0.874-10.el7.x86_64 2/2 Verifying : iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-6.2.0.874-10.el7.x86_64 1/2 Verifying : iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.874-10.el7.x86_64 2/2 Installed: iscsi-initiator-utils.x86_64 0:6.2.0.874-10.el7 Dependency Installed: iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 0:6.2.0.874-10.el7 Complete!

Edit initiatorname.iscsi

vi /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi

You can also use the echo command (make sure you use the correct iqn):

echo "InitiatorName=iqn.1982-01.ca.bla.tld:abc123" > /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi

Start and Enable iscsid

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl start iscsid [root@localhost ~]# systemctl enable iscsid Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/iscsid.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsid.service.

Find Targets!

iscsiadm -m discovery --type sendtargets -p 192.168.1.91 192.168.1.91:3260,1 iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb

If all is well you should see this with ls

ls /var/lib/iscsi/nodes iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb [root@localhost ~]# ls /var/lib/iscsi/ ifaces/ nodes/ slp/ isns/ send_targets/ static/ [root@localhost ~]# ls /var/lib/iscsi/send_targets/ 192.168.1.91,3260Mount all iscsi targets

iscsiadm -m node -l Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb, portal: 192.168.1.91,3260] (multiple) Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb, portal: 192.168.1.91,3260] successful.

You should now see a /dev/sdb available that you can format like a normal disk.

cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 11 0 1048575 sr0 8 0 15728640 sda 8 1 1048576 sda1 8 2 14679040 sda2 253 0 13103104 dm-0 253 1 1572864 dm-1 8 16 4096 sdb

Set it for onboot loading

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=32764 blocks 1024 inodes, 4092 blocks 204 blocks (4.99%) reserved for the super user First data block=1 Maximum filesystem blocks=4194304 1 block group 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 1024 inodes per group Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (1024 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done [root@localhost ~]# blkid /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: UUID="7c1b6358-24b0-4296-b099-13eb1100f72e" TYPE="ext4"

add something like this to /etcfstab

UUID=7c1b6358-24b0-4296-b099-13eb1100f72e /mnt/iscsi ext4 _netdev 0 0

Troubleshooting Common Issues

Firewall Issues. Make sure firewalls are disabled or port 3260 is enabled.
Listening on the wrong IP or port in your portal.
Specifying the target instead of the initiator name/ACL name.
Not creating an LUN
Mixing up different target names with the wrong initiator name.
The client side is using the wrong initiator name (often a random generated one by the OS).

How To

Login To All Targets

iscsiadm -m node -l

Login To Specific Target

iscsiadm -m node -l -T iqn.target.name:bla

Delete your iscsi target

/iscsi> cd /iscsi/ /iscsi> delete iqn.2016-06.localb.a.bla:123 Deleted Target iqn.2016-06.localb.a.bla:123.

Disconnect your client from a target

iscsiadm -m node --logout -T iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb Logging out of session [sid: 1, target: iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb, portal: 192.168.1.91,3260] Logout of [sid: 1, target: iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb, portal: 192.168.1.91,3260] successful.

Disconnect from ALL targets

iscsiadm -m node --logout all Logging out of session [sid: 2, target: iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb, portal: 192.168.1.91,3260] Logout of [sid: 2, target: iqn.2018-12.local.abcrandom.target:sdb, portal: 192.168.1.91,3260] successful.

Python and BeautifulSoup4's BS4's Decompose Method To Remove Unwanted Inner Tags

<div class="c-shca-icon-item__body-name"> < a href="/Products/MX72244"> < span class="c-shca-icon-item__body-name-brand"> ADATA < / span> XPG SX8200 PCI - E 3.0 x4 M .2 NVMe SSD, 480 GB < / a>

The problem in the html above is that there is a "span" inside the "a" and this is unusual except for a few products with ADATA.
Otherwise it would print out ADATA with the other product information "XPG SX8200 PCI - E 3.0 x4 M .2 NVMe SSD, 480 GB". So we just want the product info and not the ADATA inside span.

The solution is to use beautifulsoup's "decompose method below".

hddname = prices.find("div", {"class": "c-shca-icon-item__body-name"}) hddname=hddname.find("a") hddname.span.decompose() hddname=hddname.get_text().strip()

Once we have the "a" tag contents which contain a "span inside". We just use the decompose() method.

The format is as follows

soupname.tagname.decompose()

httpd AH00534: httpd: Configuration error: No MPM loaded. solution

httpd AH00534: httpd: Configuration error: No MPM loaded.

Simple Solution (assuming you don't have this line in httpd.conf aleady:

echo "Include conf.modules.d/*.conf" >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

bash script to remove modules from httpd.conf that are not actually installed

confmodules=`cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf |grep -v ^#|grep "modules/"|awk '{print $3}'|cut -d "/" -f 2` for module in $confmodules; do echo "module=$module" if [ ! -f /etc/httpd/modules/$module ]; then linenum=`awk /"$module/{ print NR; exit}" /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf` sed -i "$linenum"s/.*// /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf echo "hey we don't have this $module in /etc/httpd/modules" fi done

Basically the script checks all of the modules your httpd.conf tries to load. Then it checks if the file actually exists in /etc/httpd/modules/ and if it doesn't it edits httpd.conf by removing the relevant line for the module that doesn't exist.

bash scripting how to create a function

function centos7 { release=`cat /etc/redhat-release|awk '{print $4}'|grep ^[7]` if [ "$release" != "" ]; then centos7='yes' fi } centos7 echo "$centos7"

We create a function called "centos7" and then call it by just typing "centos7"

We then access a variable that may be set if we are running centos7 which is also called "$centos7".

If the value is present it should be = "yes" which means we are running Centos 7.

Centos 7 PHP MySQL Not Working Solution

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/pdo_mysql.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/pdo_mysql.so: symbol mysql_options, version libmysqlclient_18 not defined in file libmysqlclient.so.18 with link time reference in Unknown on line 0

#not sure what is wrong with php-mysql but I removed it and installed mysqlnd

yum -y remove php-mysql yum -y install php-mysqlnd

Bash How To Cut or Split Natively And Get The LAST Field

This takes "yourvariable" and splits it based on the last character in this case "-" and shows the last field of that split.

${yourvariable##*-}

Bash Script How To Manipulate Text/Strings By Searchig and Replacing Natively

# a single first slash means first occurrence
# format=${haystack/needle/replacement}
# if you use a double first slash it means ALL occurrences
# format=${haystack//needle/replacement}

email=${file/.txt-marked/}

In the example above we are searching in the variable $file for ".txt-marked" and replacing with nothing (the empty part after the last / means we are replacing with nothing or actually removing it).

How to replace all occurrences?

email=${file//.txt-marked/}

The only difference is where the first slash goes. If you use double slashes it means to replace ALL occurences.

How Does Cisco CUCM (Cisco Unified Communication Manager) Work?

Cisco's CUCM (Cisco Unified Communication Manager) is a system that combines voice, video, data and mobile products into a single unified management suite. At its core, the CUCM is like a "Super PBX" that controls the flow of all communications through an organization even single or multiple site deployments.

Cisco's CUCM makes communication more effective and simple through centralized management and unification of communications resources.

How Does CUCM Work?

First of all the CUCM is a Linux based OS that is installed onto a server. It is like the "Control Panel" or "PBX" for all of your communications in terms of voice and video.

CUCM consists of 4-layers or building blocks to function and create a cohesive communication solution for your enterprise.

4-Layers of CUCM

Layer 1.) Infrastructure

Since CUCM is IP (Internet Protocol) based it uses traditional network infrastructure including switches, routers with the addition of voice specific gateway and switching (voice gateway and voice switch). This layer is also where high availability, QoS (Quality of Service) and management.

Layer 2.) Call Control

The call control layer is actually where CUCM lives and is active. It is the layer that handles and processes the calls, manages devices and where the PBX administrator can set dial plans and other features.

Layer 3.) Application

The applicaton layer processes things other than calls and is indepedent of the Call Control layer.

Examples of applications under this layer are the following:

Cisco Unity - Voicemail, unified messaging and integrated messaging applications
Cisco Unified Contact Center - Call Center Management
Cisco Unified Meeting Place - Video Conferencing
Cisco ER (Emergency Responder) - Identifies the caller location and maps that location to an emergency line identification number.
Cisco Unified Presence Server - Collects and reports information on user devices and availability over what mediums (eg. voice, video etc..)
Third Party App Support - Supports common standards such as TAPI (Telephone Application Programming Interface), SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) (for VOIP), H.323 (an open standard that allows for unified video, audio and data collaboration), MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol)

Layer 4.) Endpoints

The end points layer should be described and thought of as the "user level" which is essentially the end-product for the end user. This is because the Endpoints layer presents itself as a Cisco based IP phone, or other VOIP device/application, video terminal etc.

How the Cisco Unified Communications Network Works

The Cisco CUCM is like the "director" or "operator" of calls and helps initially connect or signal the parties involved in a phone conversation. It refers to the complete process of originating, terminating and routing calls. It also allows for stats to be collected for metrics and billing.

The actual voice and data travels directly between the devices themselves over whatever network they are connected to and the failure or loss of connectivity to the CUCM does not impact current conversations (unless you try to use a feature that CUCM controls such as hold, transfer etc..)

The CUCM also creates dialplans which control how and where a user can call.

CUCM also creates basic phone functionality such as the ability to hold, conference or transfer calls.

CUCM also integrates with your existing Active Directory setup to help reduce the configuration and authentication of new users.

How Do Calls Get Setup?

Once the end-user picks up their phone, the phone signals the CUCM that it is "off hook" or "picked up" and will signal the device to play the dialtone. Their device either sends each digit back to CUCM to be dialed (if it uses the SCCP protocol) or sends all digits at once, once the user has dialed (if using the SIP protocol). If a match is found in their dialplan on their CUCM the call will be routed/go through, otherwise the user would receive the "reorder tone" or busy signal.

Recommended Implementation - Campus Model

In this call processing deployment model, the Unified Communications services and the endpoints are co-located in the campus, and the QoS-enabled network between the service nodes, the endpoints, and applications is considered highly available, offering virtually unlimited bandwidth with less than 15 ms of latency end-to-end. Likewise, the quality and availability of power are very high, and services are hosted in an appropriate data center environment. Communications between the endpoints traverses a LAN or a MAN, and communications outside the enterprise goes over an external network such as the PSTN. An enterprise would typically deploy the campus model over a single building or over a group of buildings connected by a LAN or MAN.

The campus model typically has the following design characteristics:

•Single Cisco Unified CM cluster. Some campus call processing deployments may require more than one Unified CM cluster, for instance, if scale calls for more endpoints than can be serviced by a single cluster or if a cluster needs to be dedicated to an application such as a call center.

•Alternatively for smaller deployments, Cisco Business Edition 3000, 5000, or 6000 may be deployed in the campus.

•Maximum of 40,000 configured and registered Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) IP phones, Cisco Cius, video endpoints, mobile clients, and Cisco Virtualization Experience Clients (VXC) per Unified CM cluster.

•Maximum of 2,100 gateways and trunks (that is, the total number of H.323 gateways, H.323 trunks, digital MGCP devices, and SIP trunks) per Unified CM cluster.

•Trunks and/or gateways (IP or PSTN) for all calls to destinations outside the campus.

•Co-located digital signal processor (DSP) resources for conferencing, transcoding, and media termination point (MTP).

•Other Unified Communications services, such as messaging (voicemail), presence, and mobility are typically co-located.

•Interfaces to legacy voice services such as PBXs and voicemail systems are connected within the campus, with no operational costs associated with bandwidth or connectivity.

•Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) resources are required for multipoint video conferencing. Depending on conferencing requirements, these resources may be either SCCP or H.323, or both.

•H.323 and H.320 video gateways are needed to communicate with H.320 videoconferencing devices on the public ISDN network.

•High-bandwidth audio is available (for example, G.722 or Cisco Wideband Audio) between devices within the site.

•High-bandwidth video (for example, 384 kbps or greater) is available between devices within the site. The Cisco Unified Video Advantage Wideband Codec, operating at 7 Mbps, is also supported.
Best Practices for the Campus Model

Follow these guidelines and best practices when implementing the single-site model:

•Ensure that the infrastructure is highly available, enabled for QoS, and configured to offer resiliency, fast convergence, and inline power.

•Know the calling patterns for your enterprise. Use the campus model if most of the calls from your enterprise are within the same site or to PSTN users outside your enterprise.

•Use G.711 codecs for all endpoints. This practice eliminates the consumption of digital signal processor (DSP) resources for transcoding, and those resources can be allocated to other functions such as conferencing and media termination points (MTPs).

•Implement the recommended network infrastructure for high availability, connectivity options for phones (in-line power), Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms, and security. (See Network Infrastructure.)

•Follow the provisioning recommendations listed in the chapter on Call Processing.

What DNS Options Does Active Directory Offer in Windows Server 2008,2012,2016 ?

What Is Active Directory?

Active Directory is essentially an enhanced, centralized database with a set of objects that make user management, authorization, and data management simpler. Active Directory is synonymous with "Domain Controllers" where a single "domain" often consists of multiple sites and members of the domain. Multiple domains can also be joined to belong to a tree ( a collection of domains). And the highest layer is the forest which is created from multiple trees.

Active Directory can help provide DNS service by enabling the "DNS Server Role" which will allow members of a Domain to process DNS requests and create a highly available, fault-tolerant, redundant DNS design.

The first step is to ensure all relevant servers have the "Active Directory" role added and including the DNS portion.

The preferred method and setup is that the first DNS server should be set to the IP of another domain controller or DNS server that serves DNS and the secondary one should point to the localhost. DNS forwarders should be configured on each server that is running DNS, as this allows DNS resolutons to the outside to continue working in the event that one server hosting DNS goes down.

Best Practices According To Microsoft:

Question

What is Microsoft’s best practice for where and how many DNS servers exist? What about for configuring DNS client settings on DC’s and members?

Answer

It depends on who you ask. 🙂 We in MS have been arguing this amongst ourselves for 11 years now. Here are the general guidelines that the Microsoft AD and Networking Support teams give to customers, based on our not inconsiderable experience with customers and their CritSits:

If a DC is hosting DNS, it should point to itself at least somewhere in the client list of DNS servers.
If at all possible on a DC, client DNS should point to another DNS server as primary and itself as secondary or tertiary. It should not point to self as primary due to various DNS islanding and performance issues that can occur. (This is where the arguments usually start)
When referencing a DNS server on itself, a DNS client should always use a loopback address and not a real IP address.
Unless there is a valid reason not to that you can concretely explain with more pros than cons, all DC’s in a domain should be running DNS and hosting at least their own DNS zone; all DC’s in the forest should be hosting the _MSDCS zones. This is default when DNS is configured on a new Win2003 or later forest’s DC’s. (Lots more arguments here).
DC’s should have at least two DNS client entries.
Clients should have these DNS servers specified via DHCP or by deploying via group policy/group policy preferences, to avoid admin errors; both of those scenarios allow you to align your clients with subnets, and therefore specific DNS servers. Having all the clients & members point to the same one or two DNS servers will eventually lead to an outage and a conversation with us and your manager. If every DC is a DNS server, clients can be fine-tuned to keep their traffic as local as possible and DNS will be highly available with special work or maintenance. It also means that branch offices can survive WAN outages and keep working, if they have local DC’s running DNS.
We don’t care if you use Windows or 3rd party DNS. It’s no skin off our nose: you already paid us for the DC’s and we certainly don’t need you to buy DNS-only Windows servers. But we won’t be able to assist you with your BIND server, and their free product’s support is not free.
(Other things I didn’t say that are people’s pet peeves, leading to even more arguments).

Other Options

It should be noted that Active Directory Domain Controllers are not required to serve their own DNS and it is optional at the time of domain controller creation.

Another option that exists are the integration of Linux's NAMED or BIND DNS Server which is known to scale well and be extremely reliable.

Many cybersecurity experts believe this provides an enhanced level of performance and security, while still giving you the full features that Active Directory offers.

In general having a non-Microsoft DNS can offer you better performance and security. Securing your DNS servers is especially important, not only for DOS attacks but DNS poisoning especially due to privilege escalation or a compromise of a domain controller. This would allow an attacker to trick users into believing they were visiting a site they are not (eg. accounting may login to their online banking but unknowingly pass their details off to the hackers who have poisoned the DNS and sent them to a spoof site).

Here is a list of some of the value-added features offered by third-party DNS solutions available today:

Proactive automated adaptive behavior protection from DNS attacks, malware and data exfiltration through customized DNS firewall security
Utilize DNS and DHCP features that are unavailable from Microsoft in-box solutions such as Identity Mapping (linking IP addresses to users)
Intelligently resolve queries and direct traffic according to geographic location
Increased logging to help determine where issues and attacks are originating
Utilizing a single solution for external and internal DNS (aka "single view")
Operating system-agnostic way to manage DNS
Increased security by reducing admin privilege usage
Increased granularity for control of dynamic DNS updates via IP-based access-control, as opposed to the Microsoft's three-level approach of "none," "secure only" (i.e., AD-integrated clients (GSS-TSIG)) or "secure and insecure" (i.e., anyone, no TSIG or IP-based authentication required)

A good example is if you have 10 servers:

Server 1
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.2
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 2
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.3
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 3
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.4
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 4
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.5
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 5
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.6
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 6
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.7
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 7
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.8
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 8
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.9
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 9
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.10
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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Server 10
Primary DNS: 172.16.254.11
Second DNS: 127.0.0.1
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By setting up your DNS this way you are ensuring that should a domain member that provides DNS goes down that you have redundancy and the remaining servers will still function rather than if they were all relying on a single server as their secondary DNS source.

syntax error, unexpected T_SL in PHP Solution

This happened in a PHP script with heredoc but it could really happen anywhere. The issue was whitespace in code like this:

$variable = <<< HTML some stuff here $othervar HTML;

Notice on the first line that there is extra white space after the HTML. Whitespace was a deadly killer since it isn't obvious in terms of syntax.

grep regular expression match number range between specific numbers

grep -E servers1[2-6] somefile.txt

The 1 before the [ bracket means that the number must start with one and can be between 1 and [2-6] or in plain English between 12-16.

bash how to print out lines of text within a range from the first occurrence

#get line number of occurrence in text file and then print out x lines from that point

#get the line number of the first occurrence of our search text linenumber=`grep -n "someuniqueitem" inventory.txt|head -n1|cut -d ":" -f 1` #linestop represents how many lines after the occurring line we want to print out in this case "20" linestop=$((linenumber+20))

# sed prints out the line range we want for inventory.txt # note that the p after $linestop tells sed to print sed -n "$linenumber,$linestop p" inventory.txt

Combing it into one line:

linenumber=`grep -n "evodal07" inventory.txt|head -n1|cut -d ":" -f 1`&&sed -n "$linenumber,$((linenumber+20)) p" inventory.txt

bash script how to to check LAN computers for open ports

In this case it just searches for port 80 it is fairly handy if you have some sort of appliance or something else you aren't sure of the IP of

Of course change the port 80 port to whatever port(s) you want.

for ip in `arp -n|arp -n|tail -n +2|head -n -1 |grep -v incomplete|awk '{print $1}'`; do echo "checking $ip:80" nc -w 1 -z $ip 80 if [ "$?" == 0 ]; then echo "**Port 80 Open on $ip**" fi done

MySQL Using mytop Debug Source of High IO and Slow Performance

mytop is one of my favorite tools and it is fairly simple aside from a few caveats and issues that persist to this day.

To install it on Centos:

yum -y install centos

Configure ~/.mytop

vi ~/.mytop

user=root host=localhost db=test #port=3306 socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock header=1 color=1

Try running it and see this error:

mytop --prompt

Error Fix:

vi /usr/bin/mytop #comment this out: #"long|!" => $config{long_nums},

Once you do get it running it's very useful you can watch queries in real time and if there is a single database slowing you down it will become apparent by watching the queries. Even using slow queries cannot always find the cause because sometimes the query isn't technically slow but it is the iowait that doesn't allow the query to even start executing for a long time.

How To Mathematically Convert and Calculate Binary Value To Decimal Value

When converting binary the easiest way is to write out a vertical list in a format like below and follow the formula in the table.

Example Convert 1101 1111 to decimal.

Step 1.)

Write out the binary below in vertical form (leave lots of space on the left side).

Keep this in mind that the "previous sum" starts at 0 on your first line.

Step 2.)

Formula:

2 * Previous Sum + Binary Number = Current Total

Write out each line in order from top to bottom of 1101 1111 in the same format and perform the calculations below.

Note that we alway use 0 for the previous sum.

2	*	Previous Sum	+	Binary Value	=	Current Total
2	*	0	+	1	=	1
`2`	*	1	+	1	=	3
2	*	3	+	0	=	6
2	*	6	+	1	=	13
2	*	13	+	1	=	27
2	*	27	+	1	=	55
2	*	55	+	1	=	111
2	*	111	+	1	=	223

systemd management using systemctl and journalctl to check systemd logs

systemd is like the service manager for your Centos and other modern Linux distributions (including Debian/Mint/Ubuntu) allows you to enable services, stop them, restart them, check their status and even reboot your system.

The key commands or arguments you will use with systemctl are the following:

Unit Commands: list-units [PATTERN...] List loaded units list-sockets [PATTERN...] List loaded sockets ordered by address list-timers [PATTERN...] List loaded timers ordered by next elapse start NAME... Start (activate) one or more units stop NAME... Stop (deactivate) one or more units reload NAME... Reload one or more units restart NAME... Start or restart one or more units try-restart NAME... Restart one or more units if active reload-or-restart NAME... Reload one or more units if possible, otherwise start or restart reload-or-try-restart NAME... Reload one or more units if possible, otherwise restart if active isolate NAME Start one unit and stop all others kill NAME... Send signal to processes of a unit is-active PATTERN... Check whether units are active is-failed PATTERN... Check whether units are failed status [PATTERN...|PID...] Show runtime status of one or more units show [PATTERN...|JOB...] Show properties of one or more units/jobs or the manager cat PATTERN... Show files and drop-ins of one or more units set-property NAME ASSIGNMENT... Sets one or more properties of a unit help PATTERN...|PID... Show manual for one or more units reset-failed [PATTERN...] Reset failed state for all, one, or more units list-dependencies [NAME] Recursively show units which are required or wanted by this unit or by which this unit is required or wanted

check the state of all running services

systemctl list-units --type service --all --state failed

systemctl list-units --type service --all --state running

systemctl list-units --type service --all --state active

How Do You Enable or Disable Services

systemctl enable sshd

systemctl disable crond

Note that disabling does NOT stop them if they are currently running.

systemctl disable crond Removed symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/crond.service. [root@bcitcourse ~]# systemctl status crond ● crond.service - Command Scheduler Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/crond.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-11-03 19:12:14 UTC; 2 days ago Main PID: 139 (crond) CGroup: /system.slice/crond.service └─139 /usr/sbin/crond -n Sep 18 07:19:54 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Starting Command Scheduler... Sep 18 07:19:54 bcitcourse crond[31554]: (CRON) INFO (RANDOM_DELAY will be scaled with factor 34% if used.) Sep 18 07:19:54 bcitcourse crond[31554]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support) Sep 18 07:19:54 bcitcourse crond[31554]: (CRON) INFO (@reboot jobs will be run at computer's startup.) Sep 18 07:23:54 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Stopping Command Scheduler... Sep 18 07:23:54 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler. Sep 18 07:23:54 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Starting Command Scheduler... Sep 18 07:23:54 bcitcourse crond[32128]: (CRON) INFO (RANDOM_DELAY will be scaled with factor 44% if used.) Sep 18 07:23:54 bcitcourse crond[32128]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support) Sep 18 07:23:54 bcitcourse crond[32128]: (CRON) INFO (@reboot jobs will be run at computer's startup.) Nov 01 18:20:58 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Stopping Command Scheduler... Nov 01 18:20:58 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Stopped Command Scheduler. Nov 01 18:21:26 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler. Nov 01 18:21:26 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Starting Command Scheduler... Nov 01 18:21:26 bcitcourse crond[156]: (CRON) INFO (RANDOM_DELAY will be scaled with factor 72% if used.) Nov 01 18:21:26 bcitcourse crond[156]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support) Nov 02 17:24:11 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Stopping Command Scheduler... Nov 02 17:24:11 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Stopped Command Scheduler. Nov 02 17:25:08 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler. Nov 02 17:25:08 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Starting Command Scheduler... Nov 02 17:25:08 bcitcourse crond[135]: (CRON) INFO (RANDOM_DELAY will be scaled with factor 37% if used.) Nov 02 17:25:08 bcitcourse crond[135]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support) Nov 02 19:26:01 bcitcourse crond[135]: (wwwmaster) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/wwwmaster) Nov 02 19:56:01 bcitcourse crond[135]: (wwwmaster) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/wwwmaster) Nov 03 19:11:56 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Stopping Command Scheduler... Nov 03 19:11:56 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Stopped Command Scheduler. Nov 03 19:12:14 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler. Nov 03 19:12:14 bcitcourse systemd[1]: Starting Command Scheduler... Nov 03 19:12:14 bcitcourse crond[139]: (CRON) INFO (RANDOM_DELAY will be scaled with factor 66% if used.) Nov 03 19:12:14 bcitcourse crond[139]: (wwwmaster) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/wwwmaster) Nov 03 19:12:14 bcitcourse crond[139]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support) [root@bcitcourse ~]# ps aux|grep crond root 139 0.0 0.0 22700 1496 ? Ss Nov03 0:00 /usr/sbin/crond -n root 5833 0.0 0.0 112660 952 pts/3 S+ 19:11 0:00 grep --color=auto crond

How do targets work and what are they?

It is similar to the traditional runtimes where generally normal non GUI operation would be considered "runlevel 3" and the GUI would be "runlevel 5".

Instead, with systemctl you have targets for these that are based on names.

A good example is when installing your GNOME GUI:

You can do that, type startx and get your GUI. But upon reboot you'll still be at the CLI. Why?

You need to set your default target to the graphical target like below.

systemctl set-default graphical.target

What targets are available on my system?

ls /usr/lib/systemd/system arp-ethers.service finger@.service nfs-blkmap.service rhel-configure.service sockets.target.wants systemd-poweroff.service auth-rpcgss-module.service finger.socket nfs-client.target rhel-dmesg.service sound.target systemd-quotacheck.service autovt@.service firewalld.service nfs-config.service rhel-domainname.service sshd-keygen.service systemd-random-seed.service basic.target fstrim.service nfs-idmapd.service rhel-import-state.service sshd.service systemd-readahead-collect.service basic.target.wants fstrim.timer nfs-idmap.service rhel-loadmodules.service sshd@.service systemd-readahead-done.service blk-availability.service garbd.service nfs-lock.service rhel-readonly.service sshd.socket systemd-readahead-done.timer bluetooth.target geoclue.service nfslock.service rpcbind.service suspend.target systemd-readahead-drop.service brandbot.path getty-pre.target nfs-mountd.service rpcbind.socket swap.target systemd-readahead-replay.service brandbot.service getty@.service nfs-rquotad.service rpcbind.target sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount systemd-reboot.service canberra-system-bootup.service getty.target nfs-secure.service rpc-gssd.service sysinit.target systemd-remount-fs.service canberra-system-shutdown-reboot.service graphical.target nfs-server.service rpcgssd.service sysinit.target.wants systemd-rfkill@.service canberra-system-shutdown.service graphical.target.wants nfs.service rpcidmapd.service sys-kernel-config.mount systemd-shutdownd.service console-getty.service gssproxy.service nfs-utils.service rpc_pipefs.target sys-kernel-debug.mount systemd-shutdownd.socket console-shell.service halt-local.service nmb.service rpc-rquotad.service syslog.socket systemd-suspend.service container-getty@.service halt.target nscd.service rpc-statd-notify.service syslog.target.wants systemd-sysctl.service crond.service hibernate.target nscd.socket rpc-statd.service systemd-ask-password-console.path systemd-timedated.service cryptsetup-pre.target htcacheclean.service nss-lookup.target rsyncd.service systemd-ask-password-console.service systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service cryptsetup.target httpd.service nss-user-lookup.target rsyncd@.service systemd-ask-password-wall.path systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer ctrl-alt-del.target hybrid-sleep.target ntalk.service rsyncd.socket systemd-ask-password-wall.service systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service initrd-cleanup.service ntalk.socket rsyslog.service systemd-backlight@.service systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service dbus-org.freedesktop.import1.service initrd-fs.target paths.target runlevel0.target systemd-binfmt.service systemd-udevd-control.socket dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service initrd-parse-etc.service polkit.service runlevel1.target systemd-bootchart.service systemd-udevd-kernel.socket dbus-org.freedesktop.login1.service initrd-root-fs.target poweroff.target runlevel1.target.wants systemd-firstboot.service systemd-udevd.service dbus-org.freedesktop.machine1.service initrd-switch-root.service poweroff.target.wants runlevel2.target systemd-fsck-root.service systemd-udev-settle.service dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service initrd-switch-root.target printer.target runlevel2.target.wants systemd-fsck@.service systemd-udev-trigger.service dbus.service initrd.target proc-fs-nfsd.mount runlevel3.target systemd-halt.service systemd-update-done.service dbus.socket initrd.target.wants proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount runlevel3.target.wants systemd-hibernate-resume@.service systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service dbus.target.wants initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount runlevel4.target systemd-hibernate.service systemd-update-utmp.service debug-shell.service ip6tables.service quotaon.service runlevel4.target.wants systemd-hostnamed.service systemd-user-sessions.service default.target iptables.service rc-local.service runlevel5.target systemd-hwdb-update.service systemd-vconsole-setup.service default.target.wants kexec.target rdisc.service runlevel5.target.wants systemd-hybrid-sleep.service system.slice dev-hugepages.mount kmod-static-nodes.service rdma-hw.target runlevel6.target systemd-importd.service system-update.target dev-mqueue.mount local-fs-pre.target rdma-load-modules@.service saslauthd.service systemd-initctl.service tcsd.service dracut-cmdline.service local-fs.target rdma-ndd.service sendmail.service systemd-initctl.socket timers.target dracut-initqueue.service local-fs.target.wants rdma.service serial-getty@.service systemd-journal-catalog-update.service timers.target.wants dracut-mount.service machine.slice reboot.target shutdown.target systemd-journald.service time-sync.target dracut-pre-mount.service machines.target reboot.target.wants shutdown.target.wants systemd-journald.socket tmp.mount dracut-pre-pivot.service messagebus.service remote-cryptsetup.target sigpwr.target systemd-journal-flush.service umount.target dracut-pre-trigger.service multi-user.target remote-fs-pre.target sleep.target systemd-kexec.service user.slice dracut-pre-udev.service multi-user.target.wants remote-fs.target -.slice systemd-localed.service var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount dracut-shutdown.service named.service rescue.service slices.target systemd-logind.service vzfifo.service ebtables.service named-setup-rndc.service rescue.target smartcard.target systemd-machined.service vzreboot.service emergency.service network-online.target rescue.target.wants smb.service systemd-machine-id-commit.service xinetd.service emergency.target network-pre.target rhel-autorelabel-mark.service sm-client.service systemd-modules-load.service final.target network.target rhel-autorelabel.service sockets.target systemd-nspawn@.service

We can check by symlink to see what the default target is:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 18 07:18 /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target -> graphical.target

Checking to see what services start with a target

systemctl list-dependencies default.target default.target ● ├─display-manager.service ● ├─mysqld.service ● ├─network.service ● ├─quotaon.service ● ├─systemd-readahead-collect.service ● ├─systemd-readahead-replay.service ● ├─systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service ● ├─vzfifo.service ● └─multi-user.target ● ├─brandbot.path ● ├─dbus.service ● ├─httpd.service ● ├─mysqld.service ● ├─network.service ● ├─rhel-configure.service ● ├─rsyslog.service ● ├─saslauthd.service ● ├─sendmail.service ● ├─sm-client.service ● ├─sshd.service ● ├─systemd-ask-password-wall.path ● ├─systemd-logind.service ● ├─systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service ● ├─systemd-user-sessions.service ● ├─xinetd.service ● ├─basic.target ● │ ├─iptables.service ● │ ├─rhel-dmesg.service ● │ ├─paths.target ● │ ├─slices.target ● │ │ ├─-.slice ● │ │ └─system.slice ● │ ├─sockets.target ● │ │ ├─dbus.socket ● │ │ ├─rpcbind.socket ● │ │ ├─systemd-initctl.socket ● │ │ ├─systemd-journald.socket ● │ │ ├─systemd-shutdownd.socket ● │ │ ├─systemd-udevd-control.socket ● │ │ └─systemd-udevd-kernel.socket ● │ ├─sysinit.target ● │ │ ├─dev-hugepages.mount ● │ │ ├─dev-mqueue.mount ● │ │ ├─kmod-static-nodes.service ● │ │ ├─proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount ● │ │ ├─rhel-autorelabel-mark.service ● │ │ ├─rhel-autorelabel.service ● │ │ ├─rhel-domainname.service ● │ │ ├─rhel-import-state.service ● │ │ ├─rhel-loadmodules.service ● │ │ ├─sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount ● │ │ ├─sys-kernel-config.mount ● │ │ ├─sys-kernel-debug.mount ● │ │ ├─systemd-ask-password-console.path ● │ │ ├─systemd-binfmt.service ● │ │ ├─systemd-firstboot.service ● │ │ ├─systemd-hwdb-update.service ● │ │ ├─systemd-journal-catalog-update.service ● │ │ ├─systemd-journal-flush.service ● │ │ ├─systemd-journald.service ● │ │ ├─systemd-machine-id-commit.service ● │ │ ├─systemd-modules-load.service

How can we see what switchable "isolate"able targets are available?

ls -al /usr/lib/systemd/system/|grep ^ddrwxr-xr-x 22 root root 16384 Nov 3 22:59 . drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:23 basic.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 16 18:34 dbus.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 16 18:34 default.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 graphical.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 initrd.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:23 local-fs.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:23 multi-user.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 poweroff.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 reboot.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 rescue.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 runlevel1.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 runlevel2.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 runlevel3.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 runlevel4.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 runlevel5.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 shutdown.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 sockets.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 sysinit.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 16 18:34 syslog.target.wants drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 18 07:18 timers.target.wants

How do we switch targets without rebooting?

systemctl isolate targetname

systemctl isolate poweroff

systemctl sockets

systemctl list-sockets

LISTEN UNIT ACTIVATES /dev/log systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald.service /run/dbus/system_bus_socket dbus.socket dbus.service /run/systemd/initctl/fifo systemd-initctl.socket systemd-initctl.service /run/systemd/journal/socket systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald.service /run/systemd/journal/stdout systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald.service /run/systemd/shutdownd systemd-shutdownd.socket systemd-shutdownd.service /run/udev/control systemd-udevd-control.socket systemd-udevd.service /var/run/rpcbind.sock rpcbind.socket rpcbind.service kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service 9 sockets listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive sockets, too.

journalctl (systemd logging)

journalctl -u sshd

Aug 07 06:22:45 bcitcourse sshd[595]: Received disconnect from 59.63.188.32: 11: [preauth] Aug 07 06:23:00 bcitcourse sshd[597]: Received disconnect from 221.194.47.221: 11: [preauth] Aug 07 06:23:15 bcitcourse sshd[599]: Received disconnect from 59.63.188.32: 11: [preauth] Aug 07 06:23:16 bcitcourse sshd[601]: Received disconnect from 221.194.44.232: 11: [preauth] Aug 07 06:23:42 bcitcourse sshd[603]: Received disconnect from 59.63.188.32: 11: [preauth] Aug 07 06:24:14 bcitcourse sshd[607]: Received disconnect from 59.63.188.32: 11: [preauth] Aug 07 06:24:46 bcitcourse sshd[609]: Received disconnect from 59.63.188.32: 11: [preauth] Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[867]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 88.150-182-91.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be [91.182.150.88] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT! Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[867]: Invalid user pi from 91.182.150.88 Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[867]: input_userauth_request: invalid user pi [preauth] Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[865]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 88.150-182-91.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be [91.182.150.88] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT! Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[865]: Invalid user pi from 91.182.150.88 Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[865]: input_userauth_request: invalid user pi [preauth] Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[867]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[867]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=91.182.150.88 Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[865]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown Jul 22 10:21:09 bcitcourse sshd[865]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=91.182.150.88 Jul 22 10:21:11 bcitcourse sshd[867]: Failed password for invalid user pi from 91.182.150.88 port 46846 ssh2 Jul 22 10:21:11 bcitcourse sshd[865]: Failed password for invalid user pi from 91.182.150.88 port 46842 ssh2

What's the difference?

journalctl -b 2 and journalctl -b -2

It is the fact the first "2" is a positive and the second "-2" is a negative.

Thus, 1 means the first boot found in the journal in chronological order, 2 the second and so on; while -0 is the last boot, -1 the boot before last, and so on.

css how to format code in the code tag

code { background: #f4f4f4; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-left: 3px solid #f36d33; color: #666; page-break-inside: avoid; font-family: monospace; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1.6em; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1em 1.5em; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; }
The above has worked well for me. You may also need the block below if your spacing is messed up (some css templates suffer from this).

css br with extra blank line

The problem I was having is that a css template I was using was causing
br's to have an empty line in between which is very undesirable especially when displaying code.

br { display:none; margin: 0px; height: 0px; }

Using CSS code like above will fix it. You technically shouldn't need the margin or height either.

What is /dev/pts and why do we need it in Linux?

A quick check in /dev/pts shows a lot of entries but what are they for?:

ls /dev/pts 0 10 12 14 16 18 2 21 23 25 27 29 30 32 4 6 8 ptmx 1 11 13 15 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 3 31 33 5 7 9

Basically they are pseudo-terminals, whereas a tty is a physical terminal (think of Ctrl + Alt + F1 being tty0 and F8 being tty7).

An easy way to test this is to keep opening new terminal windows (Ctrl+Shift+t)

Then type "tty" and you'll see each one has a higher /dev/pts number.

Pretty much anything such like ssh, bash that uses terminal input or output will create it's own /dev/pts.

Linux What is umask (user mask) for file and directory creation permissions and how to calculate umask and change the defaults

umask are the default permissions that are applied when a file or directory are created. To see this in action simply just "touch filename" or "mkdir somedir" and you'll see what default permissions are applied.

The first thing I always tell people you should know is to NEVER change the defaults unless you are making them more restrictive. But they work well and if you change the defaults you could end up creating a file without permission to read or write it which could break some scripts. If you made things less restrictive it is a security issue in my opinion.

It is said umask is the reverse or opposite of standard permissions but before we explain how to calculate them let's see what happens with the default umask settings.

As we can see the defaults as with most Unix systems are 022:

[root@evohostingtor2017 umasktest]# umask0022

Knowing this let's check the default creation permissions of a file and directory below:

[root@evohostingtor2017 umasktest]# mkdir umaskdir [root@evohostingtor2017 umasktest]# touch umaskfile

[root@evohostingtor2017 umasktest]# ls -alh

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Oct 31 18:55 . drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 4.0K Oct 31 18:55 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 31 18:54 umaskdir -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 31 18:55 umaskfile

The results are the following:

Directory permissions = 755

File permissions = 644

Why Doesn't Umask 0 or other modes with execute result in an executable file permission?

Let's go back to the answer above and now explain how umask is calculated and files and directories.

umask is about restricting permissions, in essence this means there are maximum permissions you can subtract from (not add to). What umask is doing is subtracting the values from the maximum possible permissions (more on that below).

umask like normal permissions still uses octal values:

0=read, write, execute
1=read, write
2=read, execute
3=read
4=write, execute
5=write
6=execute
7=no permissions

How do we calculate umask values?

The values are calculated different for files vs directories.

Directories: Maximum possible permissions are 777 (read, write, execute)

Files: Maximum possible permissions are 666 (read, write)

*Note execute is NOT possible to set during file creation.

How We Calculate umask

Let's take our default of 022.

Directories: ( 777 - 022 ) = 755

Files: (777 - 022) = 644 (we always drop any 1's/execute bits because files cannot have execute permissions upon creation due to POSIX restrictions).

More calculations (033):

Directories: (777-033) = 744

Files: (777-033) = 644 (oops remember to drop the 1 from the 7)

(026)

Directories: (777-026) = 751

Files: (777-026) = 640

Basically all we do is take the last 3 numbers and subtract them from the maximum possible permissions (aside from files where we drop a 1 for execute since it is not possible ).

Useful Quiz Here: http://www.webune.com/forums/umask-calculator.html

What about the leading 0 (something that I don't like to talk about and recommend almost never be used)

It can have a maximum value of 7 like the rest of umask.

SETUID=4 (allows the file to be executed as the owner even when another user or group accesses it)

SETGID=2 (allows the file to be executed as the group even when another user or group accesses it)

uid or gid being set represents itself as a small "s" and if you see it with a capital "S" it means it takes no effect (this means the user or group does not have execute permissions).

Sticky Bit=1 (makes it so only the owner can delete or move it).

sticky bit is represented by a small "t" if it takes effect where other has execute permissions (otherwise it takes no effect and will show as a capital "T").

Linux Permissions and Groups Real Usecase for Group Access

I have a directory structure which the primary user needs full access on but wanted a user to access only a specific directory within the main directory (so they could write in there only and nowhere else).

Here's what I did:

[root@compevo8001 dllnow]# ls -alh drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K Oct 19 2017 ExpireYMD-2017-11-20 drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K Nov 19 2017 ExpireYMD-2017-12-20 drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K Dec 19 2017 ExpireYMD-2018-01-20 drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K Jan 19 2018 ExpireYMD-2018-02-20 drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K Feb 19 2018 ExpireYMD-2018-03-20 drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K Mar 19 2018 ExpireYMD-2018-04-20 drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K Apr 19 2018 ExpireYMD-2018-05-20 drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K May 19 04:24 ExpireYMD-2018-06-20 drwxrwxr-x 2 someuser software 4.0K Jun 19 03:49 ExpireYMD-2018-07-20 -rwxr-xr-x 1 someuser software 688 Mar 18 2008 symlinkmodify.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 someuser someuser 688 Mar 18 2008 symlinkmodify.sh
[root@compevo8001 httpdocs]# groupadd software [root@compevo8001 httpdocs]# useradd softwareuser -g software

[root@compevo8001 httpdocs]# chown -R someuser.software membersonly/dllnow/

So basically "softwareuser" who is part of the "software" group can only write to "dllnow" and cannot write anywhere else based on their group permissions.

Centos 7 python34 how to install the gi library

Getting an error about gi missing when running a .py python script?

Just install EPEL and install the python3-gobject package:

yum install python34-gobject

Centos 7 - Convert Minimal to Graphical GUI GNOME or KDE Desktop

Did you just install the minimal version by accident or want to install the GUI? No need to reinstall just tell yum to do the work for you!

You could actually have both installed and choose one as your preference on demand (although many people prefer GNOME's simplicity).

Step 1.)

Install Gnome and/or KDE.

To install the GNOME Desktop on Centos 7:

yum -y groups install "GNOME Desktop"

To install the KDE Desktop on Centos 7:

yum -y groups install "KDE Plasma Workspaces"

Step 2.)

Type the following command (no need to reboot!):

startx

Now you'll be into your graphical session!

Step 3.)

Make it permanent otherwise you will start in run level 3 without any GUI after rebooting:

systemctl set-default graphical.target

AMD Set Fan Speed and Other Powerplay Memory/CPU Timings with a Linux script

You can do other things but this particular script is just to set all AMD cards to 80% fan speed (remember this script needs to applied everytime you reboot). You could set it is a cron or just throw it into /etc/rc.local

basepath=/sys/class/drm for hwmon in `ls -1 /sys/class/drm|grep card[0-99]$`; do echo card=$hwmon; hwmonname=`ls $basepath/$hwmon/device/hwmon|grep hwmon[0-99]` hwmonpath=$basepath/$hwmon/device/hwmon/$hwmonname echo "echo 1 > $hwmonpath/pwm1_enable" echo "echo 205 > $hwmonpath/pwm1" echo 1 > $hwmonpath/pwm1_enable echo 205 > $hwmonpath/pwm1 done

The way it works is as follows:

The card power play settings are located in:

/sys/class/drm/cardNumber/device/hwmon/hwmonNumber

The card number is also the same order that you'll find in say Claymore and the hwmon number is usually 1 less than your card number. So as you can see below card4's hwmon path is hwmon3.

In the script I account for that just in case it may be different though.

cat /sys/class/drm/card4/device/hwmon/hwmon3/pwm1_enable 2

#enable pwm (if the value is not 1 it is not enabled so setting the fan speed would have no effect)
echo 1 > /sys/class/drm/card4/device/hwmon/hwmon3/pwm1_enable

The parameters for fan speed are a percentage or number out of max 255. So 80% would be the number 205 (it also seems to round to the nearest 5% I believe)

cat /sys/class/drm/card4/device/hwmon/hwmon3/pwm1_max
255
cat /sys/class/drm/card4/device/hwmon/hwmon3/pwm1_min
0

# 210/255 is about 82% fan speed (this still resulted in 80% actual fan speed)
echo "210" > /sys/class/drm/card4/device/hwmon/hwmon3/pwm1

The results of higher fan speeds

In one of my test rigs see that on some cards the temperature reduced by about 14C degrees!

Before:

ETH: GPU0 t=72C fan=64%, GPU1 t=72C fan=63%, GPU2 t=69C fan=23%, GPU3 t=84C fan=0%, GPU4 t=69C fan=27%

After:

ETH: GPU0 30.457 Mh/s, GPU1 30.455 Mh/s, GPU2 29.473 Mh/s, GPU3 29.498 Mh/s, GPU4 29.484 Mh/s
GPU0 t=65C fan=80%, GPU1 t=71C fan=80%, GPU2 t=55C fan=80%, GPU3 t=57C fan=80%, GPU4 t=55C fan=80%

Ethereum Mining Claymore Nanopool Error

This happens if you don' have an updated version normally (eg. things were working fine and you suddenly get this error):

Pool sent wrong data, cannot set epoch, disconnect ETH: Connection lost, retry in 20 sec... ETH: Connection lost, retry in 20 sec...

Solution - Download an updated Claymore!

genisoimage errors with long filenames and deep directory structures

You'll have to violate the iso9660 standards but it is necessary if you want to preserve your filesystem and filenames and shouldn't be an issue as long as you are using a modern OS like Linux.

genisoimage -o Backup-Myfiles.iso -r -J -joliet-long /some/path/

You will get errors like below (even enabling joliet-long didn't help)

genisoimage: Error: /some/filename.pdf have the same Joliet name Joliet tree sort failed. The -joliet-long switch may help you.

#the best way

genisoimage -o /tmp/Backup-Myfiles2.iso -U -iso-level 4 -R /source/dir

This was the only way I could get unmodified long file names and VERY deep directories onto the iso image as original otherwise they get renamed and truncated which breaks a lot of things and makes it confusing. But be warned this breaks the iso9660 standard so many OS's especially Windows may not be able to read it.

==========

#this fixes it
-R is for Rock Ridge and allows for more than 8 deep folders
-U allows for untranslated filenames

genisoimage -o /tmp/Backup-Myfiles.iso -R -U .
#with an exclude

genisoimage -o /tmp/Backup-Myfiles.iso -R -U -m WebSites/blabla .
Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)

#the -m causes a shrink error unless you put it earlier

genisoimage: File 'blank.html' did shrink. Files must not be changed while genisoimage runs!

genisoimage -m WebSites/blabla -o /tmp/Backup-Myfiles.iso -R -U .

Linux Kernel USB Export Errors

    4.374647] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[    4.403334] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)
[    4.427736] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.427844] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    4.429040] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: hcc params 0x200077c1 hci version 0x100 quirks 0x01109810
[    4.429141] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[    4.429290] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    4.429371] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.429464] usb usb1: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.429541] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.4.98 xhci-hcd
[    4.429619] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:15.0
[    4.429906] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.429999] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[    4.430779] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.430865] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    4.431011] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[    4.431092] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.431186] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.431262] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.4.98 xhci-hcd
[    4.431339] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:15.0
[    4.431588] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.431682] hub 2-0:1.0: 7 ports detected
[    4.439651] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[    4.467341] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)
[    4.498125] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[    4.519335] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)
[    4.542999] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    4.543095] Warning! ehci_hcd should always be loaded before uhci_hcd and ohci_hcd, not after
[    4.543348] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver
[    4.550673] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[    4.579335] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)
[    4.610100] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[    4.631351] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)
[    4.658940] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[    4.666245] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[    4.699334] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)
[    4.742420] usb 1-3: new low-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[    4.930061] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=13ba, idProduct=0018
[    4.930143] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[    4.930223] usb 1-3: Product: Barcode Reader
[    5.042408] usb 1-8: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[    5.171384] usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0aa7
[    5.171469] usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[    5.174480] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[    5.209804] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[    5.235470] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)
[    5.259595] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    5.267989] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[    5.295427] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)

How to download gajim 0.16.9 XMPP/Jabber client so you can use OMEMO encryption

#Linux Mint 18.2 how to install gajim .16.9 so you can use OMEMO encryption: sudo apt-get install python-axolotl python-nbxmpp wget https://gajim.org/downloads/0.16/gajim-0.16.9.tar.gz tar -zxvf gajim-0.16.9.tar.gz cd gajim-0.16.9 ./autogen.sh ;make;sudo make install

#if you get this error you need to get a newer python-nbxmpp from here: gajim Gajim needs python-nbxmpp >= 0.6.1 to run. Quiting... wget -q https://gajim.org/gajim.key -O - | apt-key add - #Add the repository: sh -c "echo deb ftp://ftp.gajim.org/debian unstable main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gajim.list" apt-get update sudo apt-get install python-nbxmpp

HP DL385 G7 Linux BIOS Update Flash

wget https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/repo/spp/rhel/6/x86_64/current/CP017004.scexe
--2018-08-16 05:11:16-- https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/repo/spp/rhel/6/x86_64/current/CP017004.scexe
Resolving downloads.linux.hpe.com (downloads.linux.hpe.com)... 15.249.152.85
Connecting to downloads.linux.hpe.com (downloads.linux.hpe.com)|15.249.152.85|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1525561 (1.5M) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘CP017004.scexe’

100%[=====================================================================================>] 1,525,561 5.07MB/s in 0.3s

2018-08-16 05:11:16 (5.07 MB/s) - ‘CP017004.scexe’ saved [1525561/1525561]

[root@bx ~]# chmod +x CP017004.scexe
[root@bx ~]# ./CP017004.scexe --unpack=/tmp/newbios

mint@mint ~/2018-Linux-Update-BIOS $ ./cpqsetup
You must be root to execute this utility!
mint@mint ~/2018-Linux-Update-BIOS $ sudo ./cpqsetup
Flash Engine Version: Linux-4.4.1-1

Name: Online ROM Flash Component for Linux - HP ProLiant DL385 G7 (A18) Servers
New Version: 03/19/2012

Current Version: 12/20/2010

The software is installed but is not up to date.

Do you want to upgrade the software to a newer version (y/n) ?y

Flash in progress do not interrupt or your system may become unusable.
Working.........................................................
The installation procedure completed successfully.

A reboot is required to finish the installation completely.
Do you want to reboot your system now?

Once you have cpqsetup you can use the binary for other BIOS updates. For example if you can only find the Windows .exe BIOS update you can extract the BIOS file and replace the original file above.

You can use the Windows BIOS file by unzipping the .exe and then copying the actual firmware to the name of the old file from an older Linux flash download (it uses the new file that you give the old name):

mv CPQA1802.873 CPQA1802.873-
mint@mint ~/2018-Linux-Update-BIOS $ wget https://downloads.hpe.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw-sys/p1709043947/v150899/cp036023.exe
--2018-08-17 00:14:42-- https://downloads.hpe.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw-sys/p1709043947/v150899/cp036023.exe
Resolving downloads.hpe.com (downloads.hpe.com)... 15.241.20.93
Connecting to downloads.hpe.com (downloads.hpe.com)|15.241.20.93|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1809864 (1.7M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘cp036023.exe’

cp036023.exe        100%[===================>]   1.73M 1.16MB/s    in 1.5s

2018-08-17 00:14:44 (1.16 MB/s) - ‘cp036023.exe’ saved [1809864/1809864]

mint@mint ~/2018-Linux-Update-BIOS $ unzip cp036023.exe
Archive: cp036023.exe
inflating: CPQA1803.46E
inflating: SysRomInstaller.dll
inflating: cp036023.xml
inflating: cpqasmi.sys
inflating: cpqasmi64.sys
inflating: cpqftbl.sys
inflating: cpqftbl64.sys
inflating: cpqpsmi.sys
inflating: cpqpsmi64.sys
inflating: cpqsetup.exe
replace cpqsfa18.cfg? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: a
error: invalid response [a]
replace cpqsfa18.cfg? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: A
inflating: cpqsfa18.cfg
inflating: cpqsysio.sys
inflating: cpqsysio64.sys
inflating: readme.txt

mint@mint ~/2018-Linux-Update-BIOS $ cp CPQA1803.46E CPQA1802.873
mint@mint ~/2018-Linux-Update-BIOS $ sudo ./cpqsetup
Flash Engine Version: Linux-4.4.1-1

Name: Online ROM Flash Component for Windows - HP ProLiant DL385 G7 (A18) Servers
New Version: 03/14/2018

Current Version: 03/19/2012

The software is installed but is not up to date.

Do you want to upgrade the software to a newer version (y/n) ?y

Flash in progress do not interrupt or your system may become unusable.
Working.........................................................
The installation procedure completed successfully.

A reboot is required to finish the installation completely.
Do you want to reboot your system now? y
Connection to 192.168.1.71 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.1.71 closed.

hwloc-nox set CPU affinity in Linux

sudo apt-get install hwloc-nox Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: hwloc-nox 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 530 not upgraded. Need to get 151 kB of archives. After this operation, 453 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 hwloc-nox amd64 1.11.2-3 [151 kB] Fetched 151 kB in 0s (184 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package hwloc-nox. (Reading database ... 224148 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../hwloc-nox_1.11.2-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking hwloc-nox (1.11.2-3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up hwloc-nox (1.11.2-3) ... mint@mint ~ $ apt-cache search lstopo^C mint@mint ~ $ lstopo lstopo lstopo-no-graphics mint@mint ~ $ lstopo-no-graphics Machine (16GB total) NUMANode L#0 (P#0 7962MB) Package L#0 L3 L#0 (6144KB) L2 L#0 (2048KB) + L1i L#0 (64KB) + Core L#0 L1d L#0 (16KB) + PU L#0 (P#0) L1d L#1 (16KB) + PU L#1 (P#2) L2 L#1 (2048KB) + L1i L#1 (64KB) + Core L#1 L1d L#2 (16KB) + PU L#2 (P#4) L1d L#3 (16KB) + PU L#3 (P#6) L2 L#2 (2048KB) + L1i L#2 (64KB) + Core L#2 L1d L#4 (16KB) + PU L#4 (P#8) L1d L#5 (16KB) + PU L#5 (P#10) L2 L#3 (2048KB) + L1i L#3 (64KB) + Core L#3 L1d L#6 (16KB) + PU L#6 (P#12) L1d L#7 (16KB) + PU L#7 (P#14) L3 L#1 (6144KB) L2 L#4 (2048KB) + L1i L#4 (64KB) + Core L#4 L1d L#8 (16KB) + PU L#8 (P#16) L1d L#9 (16KB) + PU L#9 (P#18) L2 L#5 (2048KB) + L1i L#5 (64KB) + Core L#5 L1d L#10 (16KB) + PU L#10 (P#20) L1d L#11 (16KB) + PU L#11 (P#22) L2 L#6 (2048KB) + L1i L#6 (64KB) + Core L#6 L1d L#12 (16KB) + PU L#12 (P#24) L1d L#13 (16KB) + PU L#13 (P#26) L2 L#7 (2048KB) + L1i L#7 (64KB) + Core L#7 L1d L#14 (16KB) + PU L#14 (P#28) L1d L#15 (16KB) + PU L#15 (P#30) HostBridge L#0 PCIBridge PCI 14e4:1639 Net L#0 "enp4s0f0" PCI 14e4:1639 Net L#1 "enp4s0f1" PCIBridge PCI 14e4:1639 Net L#2 "enp5s0f0" PCI 14e4:1639 Net L#3 "enp5s0f1" PCIBridge PCI 103c:323a PCI 1002:4390 PCI 1002:439c Block(Removable Media Device) L#4 "sr0" PCIBridge PCI 1002:515e GPU L#5 "renderD128" GPU L#6 "card0" GPU L#7 "controlD64" NUMANode L#1 (P#2 8032MB) + Package L#1 L3 L#2 (6144KB) L2 L#8 (2048KB) + L1i L#8 (64KB) + Core L#8 L1d L#16 (16KB) + PU L#16 (P#1) L1d L#17 (16KB) + PU L#17 (P#3) L2 L#9 (2048KB) + L1i L#9 (64KB) + Core L#9 L1d L#18 (16KB) + PU L#18 (P#5) L1d L#19 (16KB) + PU L#19 (P#7) L2 L#10 (2048KB) + L1i L#10 (64KB) + Core L#10 L1d L#20 (16KB) + PU L#20 (P#9) L1d L#21 (16KB) + PU L#21 (P#11) L2 L#11 (2048KB) + L1i L#11 (64KB) + Core L#11 L1d L#22 (16KB) + PU L#22 (P#13) L1d L#23 (16KB) + PU L#23 (P#15) L3 L#3 (6144KB) L2 L#12 (2048KB) + L1i L#12 (64KB) + Core L#12 L1d L#24 (16KB) + PU L#24 (P#17) L1d L#25 (16KB) + PU L#25 (P#19) L2 L#13 (2048KB) + L1i L#13 (64KB) + Core L#13 L1d L#26 (16KB) + PU L#26 (P#21) L1d L#27 (16KB) + PU L#27 (P#23) L2 L#14 (2048KB) + L1i L#14 (64KB) + Core L#14 L1d L#28 (16KB) + PU L#28 (P#25) L1d L#29 (16KB) + PU L#29 (P#27) L2 L#15 (2048KB) + L1i L#15 (64KB) + Core L#15 L1d L#30 (16KB) + PU L#30 (P#29) L1d L#31 (16KB) + PU L#31 (P#31)

Set your affinity

taskset -p ps aux^C
mint mint # ps aux|grep kvm
root      1306 0.0 0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Aug17   0:00 [kvm-irqfd-clean]
root      3724 0.0 0.0 91656 5056 pts/3    S+   16:44   0:00 sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -m 11264 -smp 1 -net tap -net nic -enable-kvm -cpu host -drive file=/dev/sda
root      3725 8.7 45.2 12405860 7413032 pts/3 Sl+ 16:44 11:34 qemu-system-x86_64 -m 11264 -smp 1 -net tap -net nic -enable-kvm -cpu host -drive file=/dev/sda
root      3759 0.0 0.0      0     0 ?        S    16:44   0:00 [kvm-pit/3725]
root      5234 0.0 0.0 14224   980 pts/6    S+   18:56   0:00 grep --color=auto kvm
mint mint # taskset -pc 31 3725
pid 3725's current affinity list: 0-31 pid 3725's new affinity list: 31 mint mint # taskset -pc 30,31 3725 pid 3725's current affinity list: 31 pid 3725's new affinity list: 30,31

In the above command I set the affinity to core 31 and then changed it to cores 30 and 31.

Firefox An error occurred during a connection to some-ip-or-domain. SSL peer reports incorrect Message Authentication Code. Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_MAC_ALERT Solution

An error occurred during a connection to some-ip-or-domain. SSL peer reports incorrect Message Authentication Code. Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_MAC_ALERT The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

**Solution**

Go to about:config

security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts

Set your hostname or IP that isn't work as the value.

Proxmox understanding the directory structure and why an NFS datastore appears to be missing files/isos

Proxmox at the root of your storage creates and "images" and "templates/iso" folder for VM images and iso's respectively. It ignores files in any other location.

pandoc convert markdown to html

Where markdown=markdown language file and $output is your outputfile.html

pandoc -f markdown $markdown -t html5 --toc --toc-depth=1 > $output

Proxmox error uploading an iso solution

Error 0 occurred while receiving the document

root@vh1:/var/tmp# wget http://mirror.compevo.com/proxmox/proxmox-ve_5.2-1.iso
--2018-08-30 16:27:37-- http://mirror.compevo.com/proxmox/proxmox-ve_5.2-1.iso
Resolving mirror.compevo.com (mirror.compevo.com)... 103.25.61.44
Connecting to mirror.compevo.com (mirror.compevo.com)|103.25.61.44|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 641517568 (612M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘proxmox-ve_5.2-1.iso’

proxmox-ve_5.2-1.iso 80%[==================================> ] 493.39M 2.38MB/s in 45s

2018-08-30 16:28:22 (10.9 MB/s) - Connection closed at byte 517359784. Retrying.

--2018-08-30 16:28:23-- (try: 2) http://mirror.compevo.com/proxmox/proxmox-ve_5.2-1.iso
Connecting to mirror.compevo.com (mirror.compevo.com)|103.25.61.44|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 206 Partial Content
Length: 641517568 (612M), 124157784 (118M) remaining [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘proxmox-ve_5.2-1.iso’

var/tmp is out of space the same as tmpfs

#this normally happens when Proxmox first uploads it to a place in /tmp on your / filesystem and if you have used a small HDD for testing it's easy for a simple ISO upload to fail for this reason. You'll have to wget directly to the main filesystem or datastore with more space.

Cannot install moodle

After starting the install it stalls here:
admin/index.php?cache=0&agreelicense=1&confirmrelease=1&lang=en

If you manually refresh you get a Plugins check screen:

Installation
System

Moodle second step fails just blank screen:

https://domain.la/user/editadvanced.php?id=2

Solution: give up and choose something else it shouldn't be this hard to just install this moodle software!

MySQL change for Antelope format to Barracuda error solution

Your database uses Antelope as the file format. Full UTF-8 support in MySQL and MariaDB requires the Barracuda file format. Please switch to the Barracuda file format. See the documentation MySQL full unicode support for details.

In /etc/my.cnf under [mysqld]

180827 21:43:14 InnoDB: 5.5.59 started; log sequence number 1589339
180827 21:43:14 [ERROR] /usr/libexec/mysqld: unknown variable 'db_file_format=Barracuda'
#instead set this: innodb_file_format=Barracuda

You will also need to run mysql_upgrade after changing the format and restarting mysql:

mysql_upgrade -u root -p

vmkping -I vmk1 10.0.2.69 PING 10.0.2.69 (10.0.2.69): 56 data bytes sendto() failed (Host is down)

[root@localhost:~] vmkping -I vmk1 10.0.2.69 PING 10.0.2.69 (10.0.2.69): 56 data bytes sendto() failed (Host is down) vsphere distributed switch vmotion not working [root@localhost:~] esxcfg-route -l VMkernel Routes: Network Netmask Gateway Interface 10.0.2.0 255.255.255.0 Local Subnet vmk1 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 Local Subnet vmk0 default 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 vmk0

Have you set internal IPs in VMWare and cannot ping between them on servers? It is probably because you are using an older than 6.5 version of VMWare's switch without MAC learning. To fix it you'll need to enable Promiscuous mode on the port group or change the software version ot 6.5 which has MAC learning and will make things work fine again.

gvfs mount in /run/user cannot be accessed or displayed wrong permissions

The folder contents could not be displayed
Backend currently unmounting

drwx------ 10 userhere group 260 Aug 23 19:40 ..
?????????? ? ?   ?      ?            ? sftp:host=192.168.8.80,user=adhoc
ls: cannot access 'sftp:host=192.168.8.80,user=adoc': Input/output error

$ ps aux|grep fuse
one       2534 0.0 0.0 1071572 6472 ?        Sl   Jul13   1:19 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1001/gvfs -f -o big_writes
one      24028 0.0 0.0 14228   976 pts/22   S+   12:51   0:00 grep --color=auto fuse
youruser@superuser-desktop ~ $ sudo killall -9 gvfsd-fuse

youruser@superuser-desktop /run/user/1001 $ ls -alh
ls: cannot access 'gvfs': Transport endpoint is not connected
total 0
drwx------ 10 myuser myuser 260 Aug 23 19:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Jul 30 08:10 ..
drwx------ 2 myuser myuser   60 Aug 27 12:51 dconf
d????????? ? ?    ?      ?            ? gvfs

sudo fuser -a -k /usr/lib/gvfs
[sudo] password for youruser:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for youruser:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for youruser:
Cannot stat file /proc/4748/fd/3: Permission denied
Cannot stat file /proc/4748/fd/8: Permission denied
Cannot stat file /proc/4748/fd/33: Permission denied
Cannot stat file /proc/4748/fd/34: Permission denied

ps aux|grep gvfs|awk '{print $11}'|sed s#/usr/lib/gvfs/##g
gvfsd-sftp
gvfsd-trash
gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor
gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
gvfs-afc-volume-monitor
gvfs-goa-volume-monitor
gvfsd-metadata
gvfsd-network
gvfsd-smb-browse
gvfsd-smb
gvfsd-dnssd
gvfsd-http
gvfsd-sftp
gvfsd-sftp
gvfsd-computer
gvfsd-burn
grep
sed
youruser@superuser-desktop /run/user/1001 $ for binary in `ps aux|grep gvfs|awk '{print $11}'|sed s#/usr/lib/gvfs/##g`; do
> sudo killall -9 $binary
> done

#sftp from the ui works OK for other apps but the gvfs folder is messed up still

ls: cannot access 'gvfs': Transport endpoint is not connected

VMWare vSphere 6.7 Errors Solution 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint:

503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x00005556ba09c070] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _pipeName =/var/run/vmware/vpxd-webserver-pipe) 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x00007fd26000b240] _serverNamespace = /ui action = Allow _port = 5090)

Errors like the above are usually because there is an issue with your vSphere or more commonly it is just taking a very long time to start so check back in a number of minutes.

How To Enable Nested KVM so guests can virtualize with hardware extensions

#check if nested KVM is enabled by doing a cat on nested inside sys

root@s14:~# cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested

root@s14:~# echo "options kvm-intel nested=Y" > /etc/modprobe.d/kvm-intel.conf root@s14:~# echo "options kvm-amd nested=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/kvm-amd.conf root@s14:~# modprobe -r kvm_intel modprobe: FATAL: Module kvm_intel is in use. root@s14:~# modprobe kvm_intel

To apply it properly you may need to reboot after the above

vi error solution E166: Can't open linked file for writing

This is not so much of a vi error as it is a physical filesystem error in the sense that the file you are trying to write to is a symlink and the destination doesn't exist or for some other reason is inacessible.

So vi is tellng you "you're writing to a symlinked file and the file the symlink points to cannot be written to". This is especially highlighted byt he fact that if you are using wq! to write and you still get the error.

Supermicro IPMI / KVM / BMC Remote Console Screen Resizing Issue - Window Cut Off Solution

It could just be my specific Java but other KVM/IP works ok on my machine but with Supermicro's IPMI for some reason the console window doesn't resize and even putting it in full screen leaves the window cut off as shown below:

As you can see above the screen is cut off you can't see the "I agree" on the right side.

The window resize option is on and it is clearly not working properly. Even choosing full screen doesn't change anything.

Solution - Here's how you can fix it with the Macro option:

Macro Menu/Settings and click the option for "Hold Left Alt Key"
Then click and hold and the mouse pointer becomes a hand.
You can then drag to the right to expose what is cut off or whereever else you need to see.
After you've moved the screen to where you need and want to click something make sure you disable the "Hold Left Alt Key" in macro or you won't be able to click or interact with anything.

See the example below after using the process above:

Supermicro IPMI Screen Cut Off

Linux bash shell doesn't show username, hostname or current path fix solution

Usually this is because when you created your user you added a user but didn't create their home directory and/or for some reason your .bashrc and .bash_profile in ~ (home) is broken/missing.

In your home just create the following files with the following content to solve it:

.bashrc and .bash_profile.

To apply it just relogin/start a new bash session

# .bash_profile# Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH

# .bashrc# User specific aliases and functions alias rm='rm -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias mv='mv -i' # Source global definitions if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc fi

zenity popup messages, windows, dialogs, error messages calendars and more howto on Gnome Linux including Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Centos and more

zenity is a nice utility as part of the gnome window manager that allows you to script from bash and retrieve the input from the user. It could also be helpful in just notifying a user when they login with a popup window.

I'll give an overview of what's available with zenity:

Application Options:
  --calendar                                        Display calendar dialog
  --entry                                           Display text entry dialog
  --error                                           Display error dialog
  --info                                            Display info dialog
  --file-selection                                  Display file selection dialog
  --list                                            Display list dialog
  --notification                                    Display notification
  --progress                                        Display progress indication dialog
  --question                                        Display question dialog
  --warning                                         Display warning dialog
  --scale                                           Display scale dialog
  --text-info                                       Display text information dialog
  --color-selection                                 Display color selection dialog
  --password                                        Display password dialog
  --forms                                           Display forms dialog
  --display=DISPLAY                                 X display to use

A few quick examples:

Note you can even use zenity remotely from an SSH session and make a zenity window popup.

zenity --info --text="hello" --title="hithere" --display=:0 Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.

As you can see below I've chosen the "info" dialog type and the text inside it will be "hello" and the title of the window is "hithere" and it is going to show on X Window Display ":0" (the default). The --display portion is only necessary if you have multiple displays or if you are running from a remote SSH session.

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint Linux How To Set VLAN in /etc/network/interfaces

You can find many ways to specify the VLAN in your network configuration but I find this is the simplest and quickest.

In this case we are talking about a bridged adapter "vmbr0" but it works even if you just had a normal non-bridged interface.

The key here is that in vmbr0 you'll notice there is no IP address. We just specify "manual".

Below it is a similar stanza for "vmbr0.58" in this case 58 represents the VLAN (change the 58 to the number of your desired VLAN). Then below it we set the IP address or we could have used DHCP as well.

auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface enp2s0 inet manual auto vmbr0 iface vmbr0 inet manual bridge_ports enp2s0 bridge_stp off bridge_fd 0 auto vmbr0.58 iface vmbr0.58 inet static address 172.16.58.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 172.16.58.254

moodle install error Error reading from database

Error reading from database

More information about this error

It is usually not possible to recover from errors triggered during installation, you may need to create a new database or use a different database prefix if you want to retry the installation.
Solution:

This happened when I was running MySQL 5.1. Assuming your database details are right and the DB is up then make sure you are using the correct and required MySQL 5.5

After upgrading to MySQL 5.5 things were good.

PHP Displaying Blank Page on Apache

Almost always the reason will be that the php.so file is missing but also that php.conf is misconfigured.

In the problem machine it is actually PHP 7 installed so if you reference PHP 5 of course things wil be broken!

Take for example here:

cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf # # PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language which attempts to make it # easy for developers to write dynamically generated webpages. # LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so # # Cause the PHP interpreter to handle files with a .php extension. # AddHandler php7-script .php AddType text/html .php # # Add index.php to the list of files that will be served as directory # indexes. # DirectoryIndex index.php # # Uncomment the following line to allow PHP to pretty-print .phps # files as PHP source code: # #AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

moodle displays code instead of outputting HTML
cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf|grep -i addhandlerAddHandler php5-script .php

Fix it and then restart Apache

sed -i s/"php5-script"/"php7-script"/g /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf service httpd restart

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/geoip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/geoip.so: undefined symbol: GeoIP_country_code_by_name_v6 in Unknown on line 0

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/geoip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/geoip.so: undefined symbol: GeoIP_country_code_by_name_v6 in Unknown on line 0

Solution:

Edit geoip.ini

vi /etc/php.d/geoip.ini

Comment out the .so like so:

;extension=geoip.so

service httpd restart

Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 221 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 6 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so: cannot open shared object file:

Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 221 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 6 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This is basically caused by the PHP module specified in php.conf being non existent. The error tells us it couldn't fnd /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so

OK let's see what PHP module we do have:

ls /etc/httpd/modules/libphp* /etc/httpd/modules/libphp7-zts.so /etc/httpd/modules/libphp7.so

If you have one there that works for you then just update php.conf to match.

sed -i s/"libphp5.so"/"libphp7.so"/g /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf sed -i s/"php5_module"/"php7_module"/g /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf

prosody xmpp server "Failed in all attempts to connect to proxy.eu.jabber.org"

Aug 13 13:46:33 s2sout2d45040 info Failed in all attempts to connect to proxy.eu.jabber.org Aug 13 13:46:33 s2sout2d45040 info Sending error replies for 1 queued stanzas because of failed outgoing connection to proxy.eu.jabber.org
No clue why it tries to use a proxy not explicitly specified. This could be because the proxy specified for the domain fails when someone is trying to send a file. I wish this could be disabled for security reasons in prosody.

VMWare ESXi 6.7 SSH/PowerShell CLI Commands

[root@localhost:~]
BootModuleConfig.sh          echo                         host-ind                     nfcd                         seq                          vim-cmd
InstallHelper.sh             egrep                        host_reboot.sh               nohup                        services.sh                  vm-support
Xorg                         eject                        host_shutdown.sh             nologin                      setsid                       vmcp
[                            enum_instances               hostd                        nslookup                     sfcbd                        vmdumper
[[                           env                          hostd-probe                  ntfscat                      sh                           vmfs-support
amldump                      esxcfg-advcfg                hostd-probe.sh               ntp-keygen                   sha1sum                      vmfsfilelockinfo
apply-host-profiles          esxcfg-dumppart              hostdCgiServer               ntpd                         sha256sum                    vmkbacktrace
applyHostProfile             esxcfg-fcoe                  hostname                     ntpq                         sha512sum                    vmkchdev
applyHostProfileWrapper      esxcfg-hwiscsi               hwclock                      nvidiaStats                  sharedStorageHostProfile.sh vmkdevmgr
ash                          esxcfg-info                  indcfg                       od                           shutdown.sh                  vmkdump_extract
authd                        esxcfg-init                  inetd                        openssl                      sleep                        vmkerrcode
auto-backup.sh               esxcfg-ipsec                 init                         openwsmand                   slpd                         vmkfstools
awk                          esxcfg-module                init-launcher                pam_tally2                   smartd                       vmkiscsi-tool
backup.sh                    esxcfg-mpath                 initterm.sh                  partedUtil                   smbiosDump                   vmkiscsid
basename                     esxcfg-nas                   install                      passwd                       snmpd                        vmkload_mod
bootOption                   esxcfg-nics                  irqinfo                      pcscd                        sntp                         vmkmkdev
bunzip2                      esxcfg-rescan                isoinfo                      pgrep                        sort                         vmkperf
bzip2                        esxcfg-resgrp                jumpstart                    pidof                        ssh                          vmkping
cat                          esxcfg-route                 kdestroy                     pigz                         stat                         vmkramdisk
chardevlogger                esxcfg-scsidevs              kill                         ping                         storageRM                    vmkvsitools
check_serial                 esxcfg-swiscsi               kinit                        ping6                        strace                       vmtar
chgrp                        esxcfg-vmknic                klist                        pkill                        stty                         vmtoolsd
chkconfig                    esxcfg-volume                less                         pktcap-uw                    sum                          vmware
chmod                        esxcfg-vswitch               lldpnetmap                   powerOffVms                  summarize-dvfilter           vmware-autostart.sh
chown                        esxcli                       ln                           poweroff                     sync                         vmware-toolbox-cmd
chvt                         esxcli.cgi                   localcli                     printf                       tail                         vmware-usbarbitrator
cim-diagnostic.sh            esxcli.py                    lockfile                     prop_of_instances            tar                          vmware-vimdump
cim_host_powerops            esxhpcli                     logchannellogger             ps                           taskset                      vmx
cksum                        esxhpedit                    logger                       pwqcheck                     tcpdump-uw                   vmx-buildtype
clear                        esxtop                       login                        python                       techsupport.sh               vmx-debug
cmmds-tool                   esxupdate                    ls                           python3                      tee                          vmx-stats
cp                           ethtool                      lsof                         python3.5                    test                         voma
cpio                         expr                         lspci                        python3.5m                   time                         vprobe
crond                        false                        lsusb                        randomSeed                   timeout                      vscsiStats
crypto-util                  fdisk                        lzop                         readlink                     tmpwatch.py                  vsi_traverse
cut                          fgrep                        lzopcat                      reboot                       touch                        vsish
date                         find                         mcopy                        remoteDeviceConnect          tracenet                     vvold
dcbd                         firmwareConfig.sh            md5sum                       reset                        traceroute                   watch
dcui                         gdbserver                    memstats                     resize                       true                         watchdog.sh
dcuiweasel                   generate-certificates        mkdir                        rhttpproxy                   tune2fs                      wc
dd                           genisoimage                  mkfifo                       rm                           uname                        wget
debugfs                      getty                        mknod                        rmdir                        uniq                         which
df                           gpuvm                        mktemp                       runInRP                      unlzop                       who
dhclient-uw                  grabCIMData                  more                         scantools                    unzip                        xargs
diff                         grep                         mv                           sched-stats                  uptime                       xkbcomp
dirname                      gunzip                       nc                           schedsnapshot                usleep                       xz
dmesg                        gzip                         net-cdp                      scp                          uwstats                      zcat
dnsdomainname                halt                         net-dvs                      sdrsInjector                 vdf
doat                         hbrfilterctl                 net-lacp                     secpolicytools               vdq
dosfsck                      head                         net-lbt                      sed                          vdu
du                           hexdump                      net-stats                    sensord                      vi

VMWare Vsphere VCSA Graphical Install Creates json

yes it does create its own json
============================================
cat /tmp/vcsaUiInstaller/ovftool-20180809-175238948-20180809-175603497.log |grep -i json
2018-08-09T17:56:04.238-07:00 verbose OVFTool[30966] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Manifest file entry: SHA1(VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.7.0.12000-8832884_OVF10-file1.json) = 1deb658c724767697587d5909c4051c01813e6a1
-->     <ovf:File ovf:href="VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.7.0.12000-8832884_OVF10-file1.json" ovf:id="layout.json_id" ovf:size="25562"/>
-->         <Description>A string encoding a JSON object mapping port names to port numbers.</Description>
-->         <Description>Advanced upgrade settings specified in json format. Optional. Set only for upgrade</Description>
-->                      description = "A string encoding a JSON object mapping port names to port numbers."
-->                      description = "Advanced upgrade settings specified in json format. Optional. Set only for upgrade"

============================================================
ps aux|grep -i vcsa
one      30656 3.2 0.5 1301368 93476 ?       Sl   17:52   0:09 /media/one/VMware VCSA/vcsa-ui-installer/lin64/installer
one      30660 0.0 0.1 321468 27316 ?        S    17:52   0:00 /media/one/VMware VCSA/vcsa-ui-installer/lin64/installer --type=zygote --no-sandbox
one      30686 9.5 0.9 1203472 155008 ?      Sl   17:52   0:26 /media/one/VMware VCSA/vcsa-ui-installer/lin64/installer --type=renderer --no-sandbox --primordial-pipe-token=AA8FF400C3DED10AF8B8A9961BBF72D7 --lang=en-US --node-integration=true --enable-pinch --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --content-image-texture-target=0,0,3553;0,1,3553;0,2,3553;0,3,3553;0,4,3553;0,5,3553;0,6,3553;0,7,3553;0,8,3553;0,9,3553;0,10,3553;0,11,3553;0,12,3553;0,13,3553;0,14,3553;0,15,3553;1,0,3553;1,1,3553;1,2,3553;1,3,3553;1,4,3553;1,5,3553;1,6,3553;1,7,3553;1,8,3553;1,9,3553;1,10,3553;1,11,3553;1,12,3553;1,13,3553;1,14,3553;1,15,3553;2,0,3553;2,1,3553;2,2,3553;2,3,3553;2,4,3553;2,5,3553;2,6,3553;2,7,3553;2,8,3553;2,9,3553;2,10,3553;2,11,3553;2,12,3553;2,13,3553;2,14,3553;2,15,3553;3,0,3553;3,1,3553;3,2,3553;3,3,3553;3,4,3553;3,5,3553;3,6,3553;3,7,3553;3,8,3553;3,9,3553;3,10,3553;3,11,3553;3,12,3553;3,13,3553;3,14,3553;3,15,3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --service-request-channel-token=AA8FF400C3DED10AF8B8A9961BBF72D7 --renderer-client-id=4 --v8-natives-passed-by-fd --v8-snapshot-passed-by-fd
one      30734 0.4 0.5 1072436 91628 ?       Sl   17:52   0:01 /media/one/VMware VCSA/vcsa-ui-installer/lin64/installer --type=renderer --no-sandbox --primordial-pipe-token=758945DCC6827E2BF8399B10D8557D01 --lang=en-US --node-integration=false --guest-instance-id=1 --enable-blink-features --disable-blink-features --enable-pinch --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --content-image-texture-target=0,0,3553;0,1,3553;0,2,3553;0,3,3553;0,4,3553;0,5,3553;0,6,3553;0,7,3553;0,8,3553;0,9,3553;0,10,3553;0,11,3553;0,12,3553;0,13,3553;0,14,3553;0,15,3553;1,0,3553;1,1,3553;1,2,3553;1,3,3553;1,4,3553;1,5,3553;1,6,3553;1,7,3553;1,8,3553;1,9,3553;1,10,3553;1,11,3553;1,12,3553;1,13,3553;1,14,3553;1,15,3553;2,0,3553;2,1,3553;2,2,3553;2,3,3553;2,4,3553;2,5,3553;2,6,3553;2,7,3553;2,8,3553;2,9,3553;2,10,3553;2,11,3553;2,12,3553;2,13,3553;2,14,3553;2,15,3553;3,0,3553;3,1,3553;3,2,3553;3,3,3553;3,4,3553;3,5,3553;3,6,3553;3,7,3553;3,8,3553;3,9,3553;3,10,3553;3,11,3553;3,12,3553;3,13,3553;3,14,3553;3,15,3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --service-request-channel-token=758945DCC6827E2BF8399B10D8557D01 --renderer-client-id=6 --v8-natives-passed-by-fd --v8-snapshot-passed-by-fd
one      30966 13.1 0.3 1268676 62372 ?       Sl   17:56   0:09 /media/one/VMware VCSA/vcsa/ovftool/lin64/ovftool.bin --X:logFile=/tmp/vcsaUiInstaller/ovftool-20180809-175238948-20180809-175603497.log --X:logLevel=trivia --machineOutput --I:morefArgs --targetSSLThumbprint=F9:93:44:4C:6F:07:E5:32:36:0D:D9:99:88:71:D1:4A:6E:35:ED:DA --acceptAllEulas --powerOn --X:enableHiddenProperties --allowExtraConfig --X:injectOvfEnv --sourceType=OVA --name=UserVMware vCenter Server Appliance --deploymentOption=tiny --prop:guestinfo.cis.deployment.node.type=embedded --prop:guestinfo.cis.deployment.autoconfig=False --prop:guestinfo.cis.clientlocale=en --datastore=vim.Datastore:192.168.1.125:/nfs/nfstestshare --net:Network 1=vim.Network:HaNetwork-VM Network --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family=ipv4 --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode=static --diskMode=thin --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.pnid=areeb.vcenter.lab --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr=192.168.1.68 --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.prefix=24 --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.dns.servers=192.168.1.1 --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.gateway=192.168.1.1 --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.ports={"rhttpproxy.ext.port1":"80","rhttpproxy.ext.port2":"443"} --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.root.passwd=insecurepassword* /media/one/VMware VCSA/vcsa/VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.7.0.12000-8832884_OVF10.ova vi://root:insecurepassword@192.168.1.67:443
one      31060 0.0 0.0 14228   944 pts/40   S+   17:57   0:00 grep --color=auto -i vcsa

error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

./tronwatch: error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[root@testing linux-unpacked-1.0.7]#

Solution:

yum -y install alsa-lib-devel

./xmr-stak: error while loading shared libraries: libmicrohttpd.so.10: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The solution is just to install libmicrohttpd-dev

./xmr-stak
./xmr-stak: error while loading shared libraries: libmicrohttpd.so.10: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
libmicrohttpd
libmicrohttpd10 - library embedding HTTP server functionality
libmicrohttpd-dbg - library embedding HTTP server functionality (debug)
libmicrohttpd-dev - library embedding HTTP server functionality (development)
$ sudo apt-get install libmicrohttpd-dev
[sudo] password for one:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libmicrohttpd10
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libmicrohttpd-dev libmicrohttpd10
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 305 not upgraded.
Need to get 190 kB of archives.
After this operation, 499 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe libmicrohttpd10 amd64 0.9.33-1 [41.0 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe libmicrohttpd-dev amd64 0.9.33-1 [149 kB]
Fetched 190 kB in 0s (192 kB/s)

qemu-img resize howto

The Correct Way To Resize In Place

qemu-img resize kvmuserwindows2008dcetest.img +1G Image resized.

Below is a common mistake that some users make they are trying to specify a new image name but it can be resized in place (just make sure the VM is NOT running and you've backed up the data in case something goes wrong).

qemu-img resize kvmuser453111.img kvmuser453111-larger.img +5G New image size must be positive

gmail.com address failing in Postfix

Aug 10 01:11:54 mailserver postfix/smtp[6180]: 020AE17C2BD1: to=<theuserperson@gmail.con>, relay=none, delay=0.29, delays=0.28/0/0/0, dsn=5.4.4, status=bounced (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=gmail.con type=A: Host not found)

A user complained that their e-mails weren't being delivered but they actually made a small typo and used gmail.con so it wasn't working as expected of course!

VMWare Hardware virtualization is selected and cannot be deselected due to selection of VBS Insufficient resources to satisfy configured failover level for vSphere HA.

There is no such option as "VBS" that I can see in vSphere 6.7 I believe this is actually an issue because of using old hardware in this case L5420 doesn't support Nested Virtualization I believe.

Hardware virtualization is selected and cannot be deselected due to selection of VBS Insufficient resources to satisfy configured failover level for vSphere HA.

Debian Mint Ubuntu compiling xmr-stak

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev git build-essential autotools-dev autoconf libcurl3
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev

git clone https://github.com/wolf9466/cpuminer-multi

sudo apt-get install cmake libpthread-* libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev libhwloc-dev
git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu.git
make install
cd bin
chmod +x xmr-stak-cpu

./xmr-stak -O xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:14433 -u --currency monero7 -i 0 -p "" -r ""

for i in {0..31}; do echo { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : $i },; done
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 0 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 1 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 2 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 3 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 4 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 5 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 6 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 7 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 8 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 9 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 10 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 11 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 12 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 13 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 14 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 15 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 16 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 17 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 18 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 19 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 20 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 21 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 22 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 23 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 24 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 25 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 26 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 27 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 28 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 29 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 30 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 31 },

#use 28 cores or you will not 1005 h/s you'll get 865 h/s or so

https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak
wget https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/archive/master.zip

mint@mint ~ $ cd xmr-stak-master/
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master $ ls
CI CMakeLists.txt CONTRIBUTING.md doc Dockerfile LICENSE README.md scripts THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES xmrstak
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master $ cd xmrstak/
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/xmrstak $ ls
backend cli config.tpl cpputil donate-level.hpp http jconf.cpp jconf.hpp misc net params.hpp picosha2 pools.tpl rapidjson version.cpp version.hpp
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/xmrstak $ cd ..
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master $ ls
CI CMakeLists.txt CONTRIBUTING.md doc Dockerfile LICENSE README.md scripts THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES xmrstak
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master $ cd scripts/
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts $ ls
build_xmr-stak_docker
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts $ cd build_xmr-stak_docker/
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ ls
build_xmr-stak_docker.sh
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ sudo ^C
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ ./build_xmr-stak_docker.sh
+ [[ 999 -ne 0 ]]
+ echo 'This script must be run as root'
This script must be run as root
+ exit 1
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ sudo ./build_xmr-stak_docker.sh
+ [[ 0 -ne 0 ]]
+ '[' -d xmr-stak ']'
+ git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak.git
Cloning into 'xmr-stak'...
remote: Counting objects: 5108, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 5108 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 5102
Receiving objects: 100% (5108/5108), 1.49 MiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (3642/3642), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
+ wget -c https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run
--2018-08-04 18:34:23-- https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run
Resolving developer.nvidia.com (developer.nvidia.com)... 192.229.162.216
Connecting to developer.nvidia.com (developer.nvidia.com)|192.229.162.216|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/secure/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux.run?ZX7wuQ4plyyj4R-GNCbYZsePieK4HW5E0zO3qXB-1feswNzXmUm7yNO2iSgtHK73v2OgUn2hxP4HNsAdLKS3WAkvjiiZZGEijzlt2Ve6Eili6Qvjl71_QQZorpl2WlnBwvEN7jRxmJnFhX_Jwzu0BGApoZ7j1Kpnnx15uMfuiMvhv8HzQl39L-Gt [following]
--2018-08-04 18:34:24-- https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/secure/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux.run?ZX7wuQ4plyyj4R-GNCbYZsePieK4HW5E0zO3qXB-1feswNzXmUm7yNO2iSgtHK73v2OgUn2hxP4HNsAdLKS3WAkvjiiZZGEijzlt2Ve6Eili6Qvjl71_QQZorpl2WlnBwvEN7jRxmJnFhX_Jwzu0BGApoZ7j1Kpnnx15uMfuiMvhv8HzQl39L-Gt
Resolving developer.download.nvidia.com (developer.download.nvidia.com)... 192.229.211.70, 2606:2800:21f:3aa:dcf:37b:1ed6:1fb
Connecting to developer.download.nvidia.com (developer.download.nvidia.com)|192.229.211.70|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1643293725 (1.5G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run’

cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run                     100%[===========================================================================================================>]   1.53G 20.9MB/s    in 77s

2018-08-04 18:35:41 (20.4 MB/s) - ‘cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run’ saved [1643293725/1643293725]

+ chmod a+x cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run
+ docker run --rm -it -v /home/mint/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker:/mnt fedora:27 /bin/bash -c '
set -x ;
dnf install -y -q cmake gcc-c++ hwloc-devel libmicrohttpd-devel libstdc++-static make openssl-devel;
cd /mnt/xmr-stak ;
cmake -DCUDA_ENABLE=OFF -DOpenCL_ENABLE=OFF . ;
make ;
'
./build_xmr-stak_docker.sh: line 22: docker: command not found
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ sudo apt-get install docker
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
docker
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 525 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 65.5 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 docker amd64 1.5-1 [12.2 kB]
Fetched 12.2 kB in 0s (40.1 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package docker.
(Reading database ... 224040 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../docker_1.5-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking docker (1.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up docker (1.5-1) ...
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ sudo ./build_xmr-stak_docker.sh
+ [[ 0 -ne 0 ]]
+ '[' -d xmr-stak ']'
+ git -C xmr-stak clean -fd
+ wget -c https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run
--2018-08-04 18:36:03-- https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run
Resolving developer.nvidia.com (developer.nvidia.com)... 192.229.162.216
Connecting to developer.nvidia.com (developer.nvidia.com)|192.229.162.216|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/secure/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux.run?hEToY5LvMogLvVQXRAaUxyQIifpZ2UTHTq95b2roNjuBoyhMdJaorG2jYri3qMoxTUyfTdKaOh1n1aZrZCX3gRytNMyhIysa3EAldjZ-gu6FqzKfqsbcauJReZ5dNaJqfNGordQB21H4J28vRpa16iHzzxIl7qk9Mm0oiDQitXEQHjNXwu-xjLdM [following]
--2018-08-04 18:36:03-- https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.0/secure/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux.run?hEToY5LvMogLvVQXRAaUxyQIifpZ2UTHTq95b2roNjuBoyhMdJaorG2jYri3qMoxTUyfTdKaOh1n1aZrZCX3gRytNMyhIysa3EAldjZ-gu6FqzKfqsbcauJReZ5dNaJqfNGordQB21H4J28vRpa16iHzzxIl7qk9Mm0oiDQitXEQHjNXwu-xjLdM
Resolving developer.download.nvidia.com (developer.download.nvidia.com)... 192.229.211.70, 2606:2800:21f:3aa:dcf:37b:1ed6:1fb
Connecting to developer.download.nvidia.com (developer.download.nvidia.com)|192.229.211.70|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable

    The file is already fully retrieved; nothing to do.

+ chmod a+x cuda_9.0.176_384.81_linux-run
+ docker run --rm -it -v /home/mint/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker:/mnt fedora:27 /bin/bash -c '
set -x ;
dnf install -y -q cmake gcc-c++ hwloc-devel libmicrohttpd-devel libstdc++-static make openssl-devel;
cd /mnt/xmr-stak ;
cmake -DCUDA_ENABLE=OFF -DOpenCL_ENABLE=OFF . ;
make ;
'
./build_xmr-stak_docker.sh: line 22: docker: command not found
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ docker
The program 'docker' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt install docker.io
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ sudo ./build_xmr-stak_docker.sh ^C
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/scripts/build_xmr-stak_docker $ apt-cache search docker

sudo apt-get install docker.io

./build_xmr-stak_docker.sh

cd ./xmrstak/donate-level.hpp
constexpr double fDevDonationLevel = 0.0 / 100.0;

cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/g++-5 -DCMAKE_CC_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc5 -DCUDA_ENABLE=OFF
#some say adding -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-march=native adds more hashing but I didn't see this I saw about 4 h/s less!
# also if you added a bad -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS you can just set it to -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=""

make install

#considering I have 32 total cores (16 per CPU Opteron 6276)
#remember to put the affine settings in cpu.txt anywhere else is ignored!
#in this new XMR stack 29 cores gets you in 886 h/s so I have moved to 27 but that gets lower.
31 got me about 925 h/s
30 got me about 945.4 h/s
29 got me about 890 h/s

cd bin/
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/bin $ ls
libxmr-stak-backend.a libxmr-stak-c.a libxmrstak_opencl_backend.so xmr-stak
mint@mint ~/xmr-stak-master/bin $ ./xmr-stak
sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128
Please enter:
- Do you want to use the HTTP interface?
Unlike the screen display, browser interface is not affected by the GPU lag.
If you don't want to use it, please enter 0, otherwise enter port number that the miner should listen on

0
Configuration stored in file 'config.txt'
Please enter:
- Please enter the currency that you want to mine:
    - aeon7
    - bbscoin
    - bittube
    - cryptonight
    - cryptonight_bittube2
    - cryptonight_masari
    - cryptonight_haven
    - cryptonight_heavy
    - cryptonight_lite
    - cryptonight_lite_v7
    - cryptonight_lite_v7_xor
    - cryptonight_v7
    - cryptonight_v7_stellite
    - graft
    - haven
    - intense
    - masari
    - monero7
    - ryo
    - stellite
    - turtlecoin

monero7
- Pool address: e.g. pool.usxmrpool.com:3333

./xmr-stak
Please enter:
- Do you want to use the HTTP interface?
Unlike the screen display, browser interface is not affected by the GPU lag.
If you don't want to use it, please enter 0, otherwise enter port number that the miner should listen on

0
Configuration stored in file 'config.txt'
Please enter:
- Please enter the currency that you want to mine:
    - aeon7
    - bbscoin
    - bittube
    - cryptonight
    - cryptonight_bittube2
    - cryptonight_masari
    - cryptonight_haven
    - cryptonight_heavy
    - cryptonight_lite
    - cryptonight_lite_v7
    - cryptonight_lite_v7_xor
    - cryptonight_v7
    - cryptonight_v7_stellite
    - graft
    - haven
    - intense
    - masari
    - monero7
    - ryo
    - stellite
    - turtlecoin

monero7
- Pool address: e.g. pool.usxmrpool.com:3333
xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:14433
- Username (wallet address or pool login):
yourmonerwalletaddress.1/youremail@domain.com
- Password (mostly empty or x):

- Rig identifier for pool-side statistics (needs pool support). Can be empty:

- Does this pool port support TLS/SSL? Use no if unknown. (y/N)
y
- Do you want to use nicehash on this pool? (y/n)
n
- Do you want to use multiple pools? (y/n)
n
Pool configuration stored in file 'pools.txt'
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------
xmr-stak 2.4.7 c5f0505d

Brought to you by fireice_uk and psychocrypt under GPLv3.
Based on CPU mining code by wolf9466 (heavily optimized by fireice_uk).
Based on OpenCL mining code by wolf9466.

Configurable dev donation level is set to 2.0%

You can use following keys to display reports:
'h' - hashrate
'r' - results
'c' - connection
-------------------------------------------------------------------
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : Mining coin: monero7
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : WARNING: UNKNOWN_ERROR when calling clGetPlatformIDs for number of platforms.
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : WARNING: No OpenCL platform found.
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : WARNING: No AMD OpenCL platform found. Possible driver issues or wrong vendor driver.
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : WARNING: backend AMD (OpenCL) disabled.
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : Autoconf FAILED: Failed to allocate a PU.. Create config for a single thread.
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : CPU configuration stored in file 'cpu.txt'
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : Starting 1x thread, no affinity.
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : Fast-connecting to xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:14433 pool ...
[2018-08-04 18:49:59] : Pool xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:14433 connected. Logging in...
[2018-08-04 18:50:00] : SOCKET ERROR - [xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:14433] RECEIVE error: socket closed
HASHRATE REPORT - CPU
| ID |    10s |    60s |    15m |
| 0 |   (na) |   (na) |   (na) |
Totals (CPU):     0.0    0.0    0.0 H/s
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Totals (ALL):      0.0    0.0    0.0 H/s
Highest:     0.0 H/s
-----------------------------------------------------------------
HASHRATE REPORT - CPU
| ID |    10s |    60s |    15m |
| 0 |   (na) |   (na) |   (na) |
Totals (CPU):     0.0    0.0    0.0 H/s
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Totals (ALL):      0.0    0.0    0.0 H/s
Highest:     0.0 H/s
-----------------------------------------------------------------

./nsgpucnminer: error while loading shared libraries: libOpenCL.so.1w: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

*** These critical programs are missing or too old: gawk

checking whether autoconf works... ../configure: line 5377: 7325 Segmentation fault $AUTOCONF $ACFLAGS configure.in > /dev/null 2>&1 no configure: error: *** These critical programs are missing or too old: gawk *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.

migration/4 migration 4 is using too much CPU

top - 13:02:52 up 603 days, 19:19, 2 users, load average: 5.01, 4.15, 3.44 Tasks: 604 total, 5 running, 599 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 17.7%us, 36.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 42.0%id, 4.1%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.2%si, 0.0%st Mem: 16278908k total, 4269684k used, 12009224k free, 119672k buffers Swap: 8k total, 8k used, 0k free, 1802992k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 273765 root 20 0 102m 680 572 R 36.1 0.0 7:23.08 swapoff 410417 501 20 0 229m 53m 1784 S 26.1 0.3 0:13.60 imap 19 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 37.9 0.0 217:19.08 migration/4

migration/4 migration 4 is using too much CPU but not sure why. I think it was due to heavy IO or swapping at the time possibly.

convert.im6: Unknown field with tag 317 (0x13d) encountered. `TIFFReadDirectory' @ warning/tiff.c/TIFFWarnings/788.

convert "file.TIF" "resize.jpg" convert.im6: Unknown field with tag 317 (0x13d) encountered. `TIFFReadDirectory' @ warning/tiff.c/TIFFWarnings/788.

I've been getting this error in ImageMagick on some .tif files even though it seems to actually convert properly.

Python SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'

SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'

This is an annoying issue where the syntax between Python 2 and 3 changed which breaks old scripts.

print "hello" #change to print("Hello, World!")

Linux How To Rename Files

To remove all spaces from all files in the current directory

linux rename remove spaces

rename "s/ //g" *

The above won't work in Centos but in Debian based distros as rename in Centos doesn't work that way.

See this more comprehensive article.

OpenVZ container will not stop Child 546246 exited with status 1

vzctl stop 4096 Removing stale lock file /vz/lock/4096.lck Stopping container ... Child 546213 exited with status 1 ^Z [1]+ Stopped vzctl stop 4096 ~]# rm /vz/lock/4096.lck rm: remove regular file `/vz/lock/4096.lck'? y ~]# vzctl stop 4096 Stopping container ... Child 546246 exited with status 1 vzctl chkpnt 4096 --kill Removing stale lock file /vz/lock/4096.lck Can not join cpt context 4096: No such file or directory

[warn] VirtualHost 10.2.5.101:443 overlaps with VirtualHost 10.2.5.101:443, the first has precedence, perhaps you need a NameVirtualHost directive

[root@thetor2017 conf]# service httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: WARNING: MaxClients of 3000 exceeds ServerLimit value of 300 servers,
lowering MaxClients to 300. To increase, please see the ServerLimit
directive.
Warning: DocumentRoot [/www/vhosts/seconddomain.com/httpdocs] does not exist
Warning: DocumentRoot [/www/vhosts/seconddomain.com/httpdocs] does not exist
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 10.2.5.69 for ServerName
[Sat Jul 21 19:17:31 2018] [warn] VirtualHost 10.2.5.101:443 overlaps with VirtualHost 10.2.5.101:443, the first has precedence, perhaps you need a NameVirtualHost directive
[Sat Jul 21 19:17:31 2018] [warn] NameVirtualHost *:9343 has no VirtualHosts
[ OK ]
=======

The Solution

Edit the vhosts that are having the trouble they probably have a hardcoded IP.

Change it like so:

<VirtualHost some-ip.here:443>

<VirtualHost *:443>

================

[root@thetor2017 conf]# grep 10.2.5.101 *
hostdomain.com.conf:
hostdomain.com.conf-orig:

========

apache shared ssl returns wrong certificate vhost
I believe it has to do with the IP they are hitting:

[root@thetor2017 conf]# host seconddomain.com
seconddomain.com has address 10.2.5.55
seconddomain.com mail is handled by 10 mail.seconddomain.com.
[root@thetor2017 conf]# host realtechtalk.com
realtechtalk.com has address 10.2.5.55
realtechtalk.com mail is handled by 10 mail.realtechtalk.com.
[root@thetor2017 conf]# host thirddomain.com.com
thirddomain.com.com has address 10.2.5.102
thirddomain.com.com mail is handled by 10 mail.thirddomain.com.com.
[root@thetor2017 conf]# host onedomain.com
onedomain.com has address 10.2.5.102

the IPs with .55 work fine with SSL

The IPs with .102 serve domain.cn because I believe it is the first vhost and cert by alphabet on that IP

the problem is in this vhost# domain.cn.conf:
it applies to onedomain.com and thirddomain.com.com because they use the same IP as domain.cn 10.2.5.102

Normally when using .55 the first domain it would find and search is the default 00-defaultsite.conf which points to the generic cert
On top of that domain.cn.conf has the IP as the vhost "" so it is the first match for SSL.

So it defaults to the first IP and cert it finds which is domain.cn rather than sending the default 10.2.5.55 generic cert

Ethereum Client Errors

INFO [07-19|12:11:51] Imported new block receipts count=590 elapsed=8.440s bytes=74117699 number=4870906 hash=6bc60b…934753 ignored=0 INFO [07-19|12:11:57] Imported new state entries count=499 elapsed=9.963ms processed=71076 pending=1526 retry=2 duplicate=0 unexpected=384 WARN [07-19|12:12:05] Stalling state sync, dropping peer peer=ce5db7601fa43fe0 WARN [07-19|12:12:06] Stalling state sync, dropping peer peer=aa7f4024eb42bd70 WARN [07-19|12:12:09] Stalling state sync, dropping peer peer=868d7f91fb0463d1 WARN [07-19|12:12:10] Stalling state sync, dropping peer peer=b6490529f4b4848d WARN [07-19|12:12:11] Stalling state sync, dropping peer peer=146c324e5559b344 WARN [07-19|12:12:11] Node data write error err="state node eb281e…3b0157 failed with all peers (2 tries, 2 peers)"

The solution is to update to the latest Ethereum client and wipeout your "chaindata" if that doesn't work. Ethereum is a work in progress and unlike stable currencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin it must be updated to the latest version or things won't work (which means almost weekly updates!).

PayPal IPN Failed "result: IPN Handshake Invalid"

This is often the result of PayPal's "item name" or another name having invalid characters or not supporting Unicode.

173.0.81.1 - - [17/Jul/2018:13:39:45 -0400] "POST //modules/gateways/callback/paypal.php HTTP/1.1" 406 - "-" "PayPal IPN ( https://www.paypal.com/ipn )"

A good clue is if you check the debug output of the IPN and find a mandatory column empty.

item_name =>

Obviously item_name has to be populated or things will usually break. Login to your PayPal settings and update your character encoding settings:

See how to do this in PayPal below:

Linux Centos 7 HowTo Install Yarn

https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/#centos-stable

curl --silent --location https://dl.yarnpkg.com/rpm/yarn.repo | tee /etc/yum.repos.d/yarn.repo

If you need node.js:

curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | bash -  yum install nodejs yarn

HP DL385 G7 BIOS Key Enter

Just Press F9.

F11 gets you the boot Menu.

Centos 7 - How To Install NFS and Mount Remotely

Server Side Config

1.) First install nfs-utils

yum -y install nfs-utils

2.) Configure nfs share

Create a directory for your NFS share

mkdir /datastore

Create your NFS share in /etc/exports

echo "/datastore 10.220.101.0/24(rw,sync,no_root_squash)" >> /etc/exports systemctl restart nfs

/etc/exports is where all NFS shares are defined

Allowed Client IP Range = 10.220.101.0/24

Read and Writing Allowed = rw

no_root_squash = makes it so the default of nobody is not used on the NFS share as a user (not secure in normal environments with user access but it makes sense for our situation)

sync = a good idea because otherwise the nfs server will reply to requests for unwritten/unstable data which can lead to corruption and data loss potentially.

Client Side

yum -y install nfs-utils

mount 10.10.2.20:/tmp/nfsmount /mnt/nfs/

IP of NFS Server = 10.10.2.20

NFS Share = /tmp/nfsmount

Local Mount Path = /mnt/nfs

Make it permanent with fstab

10.10.2.20:/tmp/nfsmount /mnt/nfs nfs defaults 0 0

Troubleshooting

Most issues are a result of a few things.

You can't mount because nfs-utils was not installed on the client side.
The IP range you specified is incorrect or invalid (if you are using NAT absolutely verify what the source IP from your client looks like to the server).
Insecure ports issue if you are using NAT (you should set the "insecure" option

 rpc.mountd: refused mount request from somehostname.com for /some/path (/a/path/): illegal port 59201

If you get the above error you are probably using NAT somewhere between the client and server. NAT mapping ends up resulting in high and so-called "insecure" ports to be used (I guess the fact that they are unprivileged and a non-root user could easly sniff or intercept on those ports). However if that's not a concern you modify your exports line like this:

/datastore 10.220.101.0/24(insecure,rw,sync,no_root_squash)

wodim / cdrecord error cannot burn DVD or BDR .iso Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error

dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0
INQUIRY: [ASUS ][BW-16D1HT ][3.00] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 11h, DVD-R Sequential Media ID: RITEKF1 Current Write Speed: 16.0x1385=22160KB/s Write Speed #0: 16.0x1385=22160KB/s Write Speed #1: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s Speed Descriptor#0: 08/2297887 R@16.0x1385=22160KB/s W@16.0x1385=22160KB/s Speed Descriptor#1: 08/2297887 R@16.0x1385=22160KB/s W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]: Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0] Legacy lead-out at: 2298496*2KB=4707319808 READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5] Last border-out at: 2045*2KB=4188160 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: blank Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: empty "Next" Track: 1 Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: blank Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 2298496*2KB Track Size: 2298496*2KB READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0

The problem with cdrecord / wodim when burning a DVD

:~/00-ISO$ sudo cdrecord linuxmint-18.2-mate-64bit.iso

wodim: No write mode specified. wodim: Assuming -tao mode. wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults. Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive... Looking for a DVD-R drive to store 1659.12 MiB... Detected DVD-R drive: /dev/sr0 Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'ASUS ' Identification : 'BW-16D1HT ' Revision : '3.00' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Speed set to 22160 KB/s Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 17.0 in real unknown mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 1F 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 72 06 28 00 00 00 00 0E 09 0C 00 20 00 03 00 00 Sense Key: 0x8 Blank Check, Segment 6 Sense Code: 0x00 Qual 0x03 (setmark detected) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) illegal block length cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s write track data: error after 63488 bytes wodim: A write error occured. wodim: Please properly read the error message above. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), test unit ready scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 04 08 00 00 Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x04 Qual 0x08 (logical unit not ready, long write in progress) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.007s timeout 40s ^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^Cc

The error even happens if you lower the speed:

sudo wodim speed=8 driveropts=burnfree linuxmint-18.2-mate-64bit.iso wodim: No write mode specified. wodim: Assuming -tao mode. wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults. Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive... Looking for a DVD-R drive to store 1659.12 MiB... Detected DVD-R drive: /dev/sr0 Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'ASUS ' Identification : 'BW-16D1HT ' Revision : '3.00' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Speed set to 11080 KB/s Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 8.0 in real unknown mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 1F 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 72 06 28 00 00 00 00 0E 09 0C 00 20 00 03 00 00 Sense Key: 0x8 Blank Check, Segment 6 Sense Code: 0x00 Qual 0x03 (setmark detected) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) illegal block length cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s write track data: error after 63488 bytes wodim: A write error occured. wodim: Please properly read the error message above. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), test unit ready scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 04 08 00 00 Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x04 Qual 0x08 (logical unit not ready, long write in progress) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.007s timeout 40s

linux mint image convert menu option missing solution

I already have the caja-image-converter option installed but it shows nothing.

Weirdly enough if you install nemo and nautilus converter it does show and work inside caja:

The solution is to install *-image-converter

sudo apt-get install *-image-converter Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'nemo-image-converter' for glob '*-image-converter' Note, selecting 'caja-image-converter' for glob '*-image-converter' Note, selecting 'nautilus-image-converter' for glob '*-image-converter' caja-image-converter is already the newest version (1.16.0-1+serena). The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: gyp libgoocanvas-common libgoocanvas3 libjs-inherits libjs-node-uuid libkf5plotting5 libssl-dev libuv1 libuv1-dev python-pygoocanvas Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. Recommended packages: nautilus nemo The following NEW packages will be installed: nautilus-image-converter nemo-image-converter 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 459 not upgraded. Need to get 42.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 328 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com serena/backport amd64 nemo-image-converter amd64 3.2.0+serena [19.8 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 nautilus-image-converter amd64 0.3.1~git20110416-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 [22.7 kB] Fetched 42.5 kB in 0s (97.7 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package nautilus-image-converter. (Reading database ... 364378 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../nautilus-image-converter_0.3.1~git20110416-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking nautilus-image-converter (0.3.1~git20110416-1ubuntu1.16.04.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package nemo-image-converter. Preparing to unpack .../nemo-image-converter_3.2.0+serena_amd64.deb ... Unpacking nemo-image-converter (3.2.0+serena) ... Setting up nautilus-image-converter (0.3.1~git20110416-1ubuntu1.16.04.1) ... Setting up nemo-image-converter (3.2.0+serena) ...

ImageMagick How To Convert Specific PDF Pages or a Range

A very handy feature of ImageMagick's convert command is that it can convert PDF's to other image formats like jpg but did you know you can even manually select a range or specific pages from the PDF?

Here is an example of converting a range of pages from a PDF in this case pages 25 to 36:

convert -density 300 "vSphere 6.5-1.pdf[25-36]" vsphere.jpg

Here is an example of converting a list of specific pages from a PDF in this case pages 45,54,69:

convert -density 300 "vSphere 6.5-1.pdf[45,54,69]" vsphere.jpg