Author Archives: Freejack

Making a Gaming Table

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Freejack

Years and years ago (1989 ish), I had an idea for a gaming table. I had a Toshiba 1100+ which was a very small laptop with a 23 or so line text screen. I’d been programming and was looking at … Continue reading →

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Using firewalld for Routing and Firewall

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Freejack

One of the teams at work replaced a group of old, end of life Dell hardware and contacted me (among others) to see if I wanted it. Sure! System: Dell R710 (Rack Mounted server). Was used as the DMZ Virtualization … Continue reading →

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Recover root Password

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Freejack

There are multiple methods of changing root’s password. Some of us old timers just boot a bootable system disk, fsck the root file system, mount it, and edit etc/shadow. This may not work correctly with a system configured using SELinux. … Continue reading →

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RHCE Database Services

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Freejack

RHCE Objectives: Database Services Install and configure MariaDB Backup and restore a database Create a simple database schema Perform simple SQL queries against a database Installing MariaDB is easy enough; yum install mariadb. This will install the main files, server, … Continue reading →

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RHCE NTP

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Freejack

RHCE Objectives: Network services Network services are an important subset of the exam objectives. RHCE candidates should be capable of meeting the following objectives for each of the network services listed below: Install the packages needed to provide the service … Continue reading →

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RHCE SSH

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Freejack

RHCE Objectives: Network services Network services are an important subset of the exam objectives. RHCE candidates should be capable of meeting the following objectives for each of the network services listed below: Install the packages needed to provide the service … Continue reading →

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RHCE SMTP

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Freejack

RHCE Objectives: Network services Network services are an important subset of the exam objectives. RHCE candidates should be capable of meeting the following objectives for each of the network services listed below: Install the packages needed to provide the service … Continue reading →

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RHCE SMB

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Freejack

RHCE Objectives: Network services Network services are an important subset of the exam objectives. RHCE candidates should be capable of meeting the following objectives for each of the network services listed below: Install the packages needed to provide the service … Continue reading →

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RHCE NFS

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Freejack

RHCE Objectives: Network services Network services are an important subset of the exam objectives. RHCE candidates should be capable of meeting the following objectives for each of the network services listed below: Install the packages needed to provide the service … Continue reading →

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RHCE DNS

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Freejack

RHCE Objectives: Network services Network services are an important subset of the exam objectives. RHCE candidates should be capable of meeting the following objectives for each of the network services listed below: Install the packages needed to provide the service … Continue reading →

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