How do you use badblocks?
I need to do a destructive (rw) test on a new drive, and a read-only on a drive that fell out of my RAID array. I want to see if it finds problems and how far along it is.
Unix & Linux
port forwarding to application in network namespace with vpn
I was able to set up a network namespace, establish a tunnel with openvpn and start an application that uses this tunnel inside the namespace. So far so good, but this application can be accessed via a web interface and I cant’t figure out how to route requests to the web interface inside my LAN.
Why does TZ=UTC-8 produce dates that are UTC+8?
The current time in Los Angeles is 18:05. But when I run TZ=UTC-8 date --iso=ns, I get:
xrdp disconnects immediately after connection from Windows10/Centos to Centos7
This is my xrdp config:
Why do we need the “at” command in Linux?
I was studying code in which the at command is used. I looked around and found that it is used to execute batch jobs. It is used to schedule jobs. It is given, as its input, a command, and a time, relative or absolute.
Remove all but one ( or more ) kind of filetype
I’ve been trying to find a command to remove all files in a folder but not a kind of filetype. But I seems to not have any luck. What I’ve tried so far :
Characters encodings supported by more, cat and less
I have a text file encoded as following according to file:
Setting PATH vs. exporting PATH in ~/.bash_profile
export does set the $PATH explicitly.
How to validate/verify .desktop files?
I have a couple of .desktop files that aren’t working as expected or not at all. I can’t see any error anywhere and asking for help on each one seems unproductive. Is there a way I can verify that I’m using the correct syntax in the file, that it complies with the FreeDesktop standard, so I can apply specific fixes?
How does PulseAudio start?
PulseAudio is always running on my system, and it always instantly restarts if it crashes or I kill it. However, I never actually start PulseAudio.