Author Archives: alain

R3 certificate expired error (seen on older mac connecting to Debian 10 server)

/etc/ca-certificates.conf->Set 2 certs for removal by adding “!” in front of their lines:!mozilla/DST_Root_CA_X3.crt!mozilla/ISRG_Root_X1.crt (This can be done with GUI: dpkg-reconfigure ca-certificates) Then run certificates update:update-ca-certificates

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Grant all privileges including granting option, to a mysql user

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Quickly add GPG public key for Debian repository

For example to add the gpg key for the Jitsy repository: wget -qO – https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-key.gpg.key | apt-key add –

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Unban IP banned with Fail2ban

For example, unban the IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx that has been banned from sshd:fail2ban-client set sshd unbanip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx You can list the banned IP (basically firewall rules) with:iptables -L-> Look for the chain names, for example “Chain f2b-sshd” is holding list of … Continue reading

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Kill a bash script running in the background

kill ps -aux | grep sqs2.sh | grep -v grep | awk ‘{ print $2 }’ && killall inotifywait Line above, after kill is `, wrapping till }`

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Raspberry Pi / NetworkManager – No DNS resolution issue

edit following line in /etc/nsswitch.conf: hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] dns->hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] …

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Cryptpad – CSP error for “Sheets”

This is coming from security settings in nginx (to modify at own risk…) Have

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Thunderbird wraping lines

Thunderbird adds linebreaks by default at 72 characters per line. These are not visible from Thunderbird, but someone looking at your emails from gmail mobile, will see the linebreaks. It looks messy and makes it painful to read. To remove … Continue reading

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Linux terminal / Prevent screen flashing when using tab

edit /etc/screenrc :

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Linux networking – Setup with command line

nmtui

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