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Favicon/URL/Bookmark icon for you website

You can easily create a bookmark icon / URL icon / Domain Icon / favicon.ico for your website. This is usually called favicon.ico, and usually exists in your web root folder (htdocs, public_html, etc). Why would you do this? Your Brand is present in the users Browser URL/URI field in browsers and/or on the browser… Continue reading Favicon/URL/Bookmark icon for you website

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root user password recovery / resetting on Debian/GNU based linux systems

I have had need for this more often than I would like of late, it is a nice and quick way to reset the root password if you can’t remember, or the person who had it isn’t around any more. You need access to the actual console of course, physical access or a remote KVM.… Continue reading root user password recovery / resetting on Debian/GNU based linux systems

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On demand “Tailing” of a database log table: select the last x records

Recently I had to monitor some data being output to a log table while an application was running. The log table was quite large, and being written to constantly and also by portions of that system I wasn’t interested in. So I only wanted to see the 10 or 20 most recent rows / records… Continue reading On demand “Tailing” of a database log table: select the last x records

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Creating labels for disks in Ubuntu Debian GNU/Linux

The ability to create or change the disk label of fat/fat32/vfat file systems/partitions doesn’t come with Parted; yet is quite simple to achieve with Ubuntu Debian GNU/Linux :). This comes in very handy when you have a number of fat devices (like USB, SD, etc) and want something more meaningful than just “disk” as its… Continue reading Creating labels for disks in Ubuntu Debian GNU/Linux

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Undelete files on a vfat partition in Ubuntu Debian GNU/Linux

I have recently used the ‘photorec’ component of the ‘testdisk’ application for recovering files from FAT32 file systems. I had used it before to recover files from general USB devices and others like Compact Flash/MMC/Secure Digital media with great success. Then, I was focusing on recovery of photos and movies. This time I was looking… Continue reading Undelete files on a vfat partition in Ubuntu Debian GNU/Linux