Setting up new Disks for your Custom-Built File Server Very few things stay constant for long and the same is true of computers. I found myself needing to upgrade one of the hard-drives in my custom-built server not that long ago and thought ‘what a great idea for a new article!’ This is the companion […]
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Periodic Hard-Drive Checks using smartmontools Which do you prefer: knowing about a problem before it happens or finding out after-the-fact? I like to know ahead of time particularly if I can do something about it! Let me introduce a few handy Linux tools in this article to help you monitor your hard-disks. Tools that will
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Intro In Part 1 of this amazing multi-part article I explained how to configure a basic SSH set-up. Part 2 dealt with PublicKey which is safer. Part 3 deals with what to do once your local machine is upgraded and you are left with a broken SSH service. Not to worry: this latest article should
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Installing an SMTP Mail-Forwarding Service in Ubuntu Does your server talk to you? Mine does. I have to admit: I kind of like it. Perhaps I need to make more real-life friends? Jury is still out on this one. In any event I am happy that my computers now have the ability to e-mail me
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In Part 1 of this article I do a quick walk-through to set up a very basic SSH configuration. Part 2 picks up the pace by learning how to connect via PublicKey on Ubuntu. This is a better option than relying on a SuperUser password to remote-in. Initial Set-up Log-in to your server using a
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Basic Server Connectivity This a refresh of an earlier article where I described how to connect to a Raspberry Pi via SSH. This article is geared towards OpenSSH on Ubuntu. Part 1 describes an initial (read unsecure) set-up for SSH, while Part 2 delves into a (somewhat more) secure set-up. Do not attempt the steps
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How Companies Pivoting into Apps can turn into a Rodeo Gone Haywire In small western towns, everyone gets excited when a rodeo comes around. It is often a key attraction and is usually held at the exhibition grounds in late summer or early fall. For towns that do not have an exhibition, an alternate venue
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Optimize fstab to Improve R/W Performance of Hard-drives Wow what a difference! If you have read a couple of my other articles you may know about my adventures with file sharing on a home network. Taking a homebrew approach at setting all this up has proven… interesting. Not the least of which was when I
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Pertinent Steps to Configure a Linux Server to Share Files In this article I walk quickly through *most* of the steps needed to set up a file server for home sharing for a DIY networked attached storage (NAS). Spoiler alert: it is very basic and uses Samba. Yes, some of you might be thinking I
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Helpful Set-up Steps for the Ever-So-Nifty ADS-1250W Scanner In part 1 of this article I discussed how to connect the ADS-1250W to a network. Part 2 is where I do a walk-through of how to set it up in Ubuntu. Provided you completed all of the steps in Part 1, your Brother ADS-1250W scanner should
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