So, we set up a project on a new Digital Ocean droplet and the cron jobs started failing.
Not just that, the log file that we had set up to track the cron was showing up empty!
After a lot of head scratching, I had a look at /var/log/syslog
So, we set up a project on a new Digital Ocean droplet and the cron jobs started failing.
Not just that, the log file that we had set up to track the cron was showing up empty!
After a lot of head scratching, I had a look at /var/log/syslog
Starting up another computer on a network itself is such a fascinating idea! For me, it literally feels like magic!
There are so many things involved. The computer which needs to be started (or woken up) has to have the capability, both at the hardware and the software level.
Also the computer doing the waking needs to send a magic packet!
When I initially heard this, I honestly thought this was a joke of some kind. A magic packet? Really?
Continue readingI discovered that there are many different ways to run a program as root.
The most well known way is to use the sudo
command
$> sudo run_as_root_program.sh
This, of course, prompts for the password which you need to then enter.
But what if we need to run the program itself from another program so that the password prompt doesn’t appear?
I came across this requirement recently and it took quite a few iterations before I got it right.
Continue readingFor whatever reason, the default editor to change sudo permissions, which pops up when visudo
is entered, is set to nano. I don’t have a clue why an option can’t be given on first use to change the editor.
The way to change it is to run the update-alternatives
command
$> sudo update-alternatives --config editor
Which gives us these options.
Select 3
for vim.basic
and we’re back to sanity.
When I’m setting up a linux system, since it’s not very often, I have to keep looking up the basic commands for user setup.
I had started putting them in a text file and now it’s reached here!
Continue readingBy default when crontab-e
is run for the first time, we get the choice to set the editor.
The selected editor is stored in a file ~/.selected_editor
However, if the selected editor needs to be changed later, the command is –
select-editor
To reset or unset the selected-editor completely, we can remove the ~/.selected_editor
file completely.
Ref: https://www.howtogeek.com/410995/how-to-change-the-default-crontab-editor/
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