In linux, hard drive dev assignments can get changed between reboots – especially with external/removable drives. This means using /dev/sdX or /dev/hdX is not the best way to mount a drive that needs to be mounted every time at boot. … Continue reading →
first – determine the dev of the hard drive – as in /dev/sda /dev/sdb etc Then excute shred -vz -n 3 /dev/XXX where XXX is the identifier of the hard drive Increase 3 to a larger value for higher security … Continue reading →
If you need email delivered to a specific server for selected domains you do the following: As root, edit the /etc/postfix/main.cf. Find (or add) the line that starts with transport_maps= If it does not exist, add the line “transport_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/transport. If … Continue reading →
This is a new feature in bash that it “helps” you by trying to install software you dont have. To disable this, edit /etc/PackageKit/CommandNotFound.conf and change the line SoftwareSourceSearch=true to be SoftwareSourceSearch=false
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