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How To Temporarily Bypass A Bash Alias
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-temporarily-bypass-a-bash-alias
This article describes temporarily bypassing a BASH Alias for a single command.
How To Run An SSH Session With Full Login Shell
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-run-an-ssh-session-with-full-login-shell
This article describes running a full login shell with SSH.
How to Save Your Bash History Across Tabs And Sessions
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/save-your-bash-history-across-tabs-and-sessions
This article describes how to get your BASH history to be shared across all tabs and sessions.
How To Create A Samba Password For A User in Linux
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-create-a-samba-password-for-a-user
This article describes setting a users SMB password for file sharing access.
How to Fix Error: SSH Permissions Are Too Open
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/error-ssh-permissions-are-too-open
This article describes the correct permissions for your .ssh/id_rsa file.
How to Fix .bashrc Not Loading In OSX
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/bashrc-not-loading-in-osx
This article describes how to make sure your .bashrc is loaded with new tabs or terminals in OSX.
How To Do An Interactive Search And Replace In VIM
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-do-an-interactive-search-and-replace-in-vim
This article describes how to do an interactive search and replace in VIM.
How to Remove OSX Dock Auto-Hide Delay
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/remove-osx-dock-auto-hide-delay
This article describes how to remove the auto-hide delay from the OSX Dock.
How to Install the Android SDK with Brew on OSX
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/install-android-sdk-with-brew-on-mac-osx
This article describes how to install Android SDK from the terminal in OSX using Brew
How To Rename MySQL Databases From The Terminal
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-rename-a-mysql-database-from-the-command-line
This article describes how to rename MySQL databases from the terminal in Linux or OSX.
How to set OS specific BASH Aliases or Configs using Conditions
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/os-specific-bash-aliases-or-configs-using-conditions
This article explains how to set OS specific BASH aliases or Configs using Conditions.
How to Convert Audio File Formats from the Terminal in Linux
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/convert-audio-file-formats-from-the-linux-command-line
In this article I describe a simple way to convert audio formats from the linux command line.
How to Edit An Incorrect Git Commit Message.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/edit-an-incorrect-git-commit-message
How to edit an incorrect Git commit message.
How to Reset a Forgotten MySQL Root Password
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/reset-forgotten-mysql-root-password
This technique came in handy after I forgot the root password to the MySQL installation. Requires sudo access though.
Install & Setup PostgreSQL on Ubuntu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM2QSS-Lfb0
Learn how to install and setup PostgreSQL on Ubuntu. I also show a couple of good tips to make it easier to get into the psql console.
How to Setup Passwordless SSH & Disable Password SSH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgIZHEYyY4U
Learn how to setup passwordless SSH by generating SSH keys & How to protect your server against brute force attacks by disabling passwords on SSH.
Change the Default Index Page for your Apache Web Server
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/change-default-index-page-on-apache
I wanted to change the default index page for my Apache web server to add some links and change the look. Here’s how to change it to use any html file your specify.
Fix Corrupted System Fonts In Ubuntu
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/posts/fix-corrupted-system-fonts-in-ubuntu
In GNOME shell my Ubuntu machine occassionaly seems to get corrupt system fonts which result in some weird unicode characters being shown where the corrupt letters are. Here’s I describe a simple command to fix this.
Setting Proxy Variables in BASH
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/setting-proxys-in-bash
At one point I tussled with some proxies. Turns out theres a small quirk in settings the *_proxy variables in BASH.
Nginx Not Running With No Errors
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/nginx-not-running-with-no-errors
When I was initially setting up my Nginx server I was having trouble getting it started due to a syntax error, turns out Nginx has a built in syntax checker for the config file.
