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PPTP VPN with CSF firewall

17 January 2016·1 min readArchive

Issue PPTP VPN is not working after installing CSF firewall. How to allow PPTP in cPanel server with CSF firewall ? Solution Create a file /etc/csf/csfpre.sh with the below contents. iptables -A...

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OpenSSH – Information-leak vulnerability (CVE-2016-0777)

16 January 2016·1 min readArchive

Vulnerability Since version 5.4, the OpenSSH client supports an undocumented feature called roaming. If a connection to an SSH server breaks unexpectedly, and if the SSH server supports roaming as...

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How to Change the boot order in grub2 RHEL / CentOS 7

14 January 2016·1 min readArchive

Issue How to change the boot order in RHEL 7 / CentOS 7 / OEL 7 How to set default boot to windows on Dual boot on the above environments. Solution In boot menu, the number starts with 0, so the 3rd...

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CentOS / RHEL – 7 How to set hostname permanently

30 November 2015·1 min readArchive

Issue How to set hostname in CentOS-7 / RHEL-7 persistent across reboots. – I have changed /etc/hostname and it changes after reboot. Solution In CentOS / RHEL-7 you need to use the...

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Git doesn’t work after upgrading Mac OS X El Capitain

4 October 2015·1 min readArchive

Issue – Git doesn’t work after upgrading Mac OS to X El Capitain – Output when you run git xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at:...

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Enable TUN / TAP in OpenVZ

8 September 2015·1 min readArchive

Issue You have an OpenVZ VPS and you are getting the following error. [root@vps ~]# cat /dev/net/tun cat: /dev/net/tun: No such device Fix Makes sure you have TUN / TAP enabled on the Hardware node....

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macOS mail client with Gmail – Disable / unsubscribe syncing a folder

3 September 2015·1 min readArchive

Issue How do i select the folders ti sync from Gmail / Google Apps to Mac OsX Mail client. How do i unsubscribe Folders from syncing with OsX mail app from Google Apps. How do i unsubscribe SPAM...

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usbhid couldn’t find an input interrupt endpoint

21 August 2015·1 min readArchive

Issue usbhid couldn’t find an input interrupt endpoint The server is showing the above error and not booting at all. Some systems will give you a blinking booting window. Resolution * Remove all the...

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How to fix / Patch FREAK vulnerability on my server

6 March 2015·1 min readArchive

Issue How can i fix FREAK Vulnerabiltity on my server ### Effected Versions * All RHEL / CentOS Versions including 7 ###Solution * run the below yum update command to update `yum update -y openssl`...

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Allow a user to run specific sudo command only

6 March 2015·1 min readArchive

Issue I need to give permission to my develper to specific sudo command only. I need to give permission to restart apache httpd service. Versions Any Linux Flavour. CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu , SuSE etc...

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How to Extend the partition after extending it from VMware / SAN

6 March 2015·1 min readArchive

Issue CentOS 6/7, RHEL6/7 with XFS file system My / Filesystem is full I have extended the size from VMware datastore or SAN LUN Note Reboot is necessary (6/7) if it is an OS parition ie /. Makesure...

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Gaana Listen to Indian Music in HQ

28 February 2015·1 min readArchive

There is a new webapp called gaana.com available for all users who is intrested in listening music in HQ. Gaana App is available for iOS and Android. Also you can use the webapp from Any desktop You...

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