Troubleshooting 3

Tutorials, tricks and tips for Linux system administration relating to troubleshooting servers and Linux environments.
 

Nginx Directory Protection

There are a few different ways to protect directories with Nginx. Password protection is typically to keep certain users out or only let certain users in. This is useful in protecting certain content on websites you do not want everyone to be able to access. This guide assumes you already have a running Nginx installation, […]

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Recover A Root Password On CentOS

To recover the root password on a linux system if you do not have it have misplaced it depends on the major release of the OS. This guide will cover both CentOS 6(and prior releases) and CentOS 7. Recover a root password on CentOS 6 or older You will need to boot into single user mode. […]

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Journalctl Introduction and Examples

journalctl was added into the  systemd release of CentOS 7 and has been part of Fedora since 17. It is a logging system for querying and printing messages form the journal. It can be used in with or replacing older logging services like rsyslogd. Journalct also uses highlighting for high priority messages in red and […]

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