Create new SSH key pair
For reference to create an RSA key. ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “your_email@example.com”
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grep: (standard input): binary file matches
When greping a file you get this error message. grep: (standard input): binary file matches It means it is detecting binary in the file. use […]
A quick fly through systemd services (systemctl)
systemctl is-enabled SERVICE-NAME Check if a service is enabled or disabled. systemctl status SERVICE-NAME Check if a service is running, stopped, enabled, or masked, and […]
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on
When using crontab -e I get this error message. E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on To fix it run […]
Things I do on a new Debian 12 Server.
Update Apt and install a bunch of utilities I use a lot. apt update apt install vim net-tools neofetch mlocate curl rsync git cron postfix […]
Set the title bar text when you SSH to a server in Debian 12 (and others)
If you are logged into multiple servers it is quite useful to have CLEAR text in the title bar showing which server is which. In […]
Enable right mouse button in vim for copy/paste
In ~/.vimrc add this line set mousemodel=popup
Debian 11 uses Joe for visudo how to exit and how to change it to vi.
I have never used joe as an editor so when I ran visudo on a fresh install of Debian 11 I got stuck. I didn’t […]