SFTP over reverse SSH tunnel?
I want to SFTP to a remote computer that is behind NAT. I can’t modify the NAT router, so I have set up a reverse SSH tunnel using a middleman server.
Unix & Linux
How to avoid being asked passphrase each time I push to Bitbucket
I set up my ssh stuff with the help of this guide, and it used to work well (I could run hg push without being asked for a passphrase). What could have happened between then and now, considering that I’m still using the same home directory.
Using custom tables in nft
I have a Fedora 31 system on which I am using iptables-nft. I need this because there is still a bunch of software that expects the legacy iptables command line tools. This means that my nftables configuration has the corresponding set of tables to match the legacy configuration:
Full-upgrade to Debian Testing fails due to libc6-dev : Breaks: libgcc-8-dev (< 8.4.0-2~) but 8.3.0-6 is to be installed
I switched the sources to Bullseye and the upgrade went smoothly, but when I do a full-upgrade, I get:
search and replace using grep (not sed)
I’ve been reading about sed and found that it was evolved from grep command.
Change write permissions on samba share mount CentOS7
I’ve got a samba share hosted on a Windows 10 PC and I have mounted it via a script that is set to automatically run on startup (my fstab wasn’t working right) and the script looks like this: sudo mount -t cifs //ipaddress/sharedfoldername /mount/location –verbose -o credentials=/credentials/file/location When I access the mount location folder before … Read more
What are the pros and cons of badblock’s two non-destructive tests?
I use badblocks to test my 32GB class-10 microSD card that I use to boot my RPi. I already have a functioning file system on it, so I don’t want to scan it with the -w option (destructive read-write test).
How can I reduce a video’s size with ffmpeg?
How can I use ffmpeg to reduce the size of a video by lowering the quality (as minimally as possible, naturally, because I need it to run on a mobile device that doesn’t have much available space)?
How do I “install” CentOS?
Taking my first Linux course and, ironically, I think I’ve hit a problem that could be fixed by someone proficient in Linux!