Here is a great TCP/UDP Port finder tool.   This was useful for finding out which port “cbt” was in my Iftop listing.  It was 7777, which was in use for the Unreal Engine on an Ark: Survival Evolved game server. Iftop is the best real time network monitoring tool for Linux that has graced my [...]

dnf install cronie systemctl enable crond.service systemctl start crond.service

When I first obtained a CompTIA A+ certification some time ago, the concept of bit rot related to what happens to software reliability as the number of updates to the system increases. Over time, software that worked in years past ceases to work as new system updates block system calls or change permissions and files [...]

To convert a dynamic VirtualBox disk to a Fixed disk, run the following command: vboxmanage clonemedium disk /path/disk.vdi /path/newdisk.vdi -variant Fixed using –variant Standard would create a dynamic disk.  Then open the virtual machine and remove the existing disk and attach the new disk.  Then use the media manager to delete the unused media. Use [...]

A few quirks with Debain 12 include that path not being set in similar fashion to Fedora, Ubuntu, and other distributions.  One must regularly set export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin In Gnome, applications will open on the server instead of the client when using X11 forwarding.  This will occur even though xcalc opens on the client normally.  The [...]

To add a new virtual disk and move the existing Linux partition to the new disk use the following process. The process assumes standard partitions without the use of Logical Volume Manager (LVM). 1. Backup the existing VM. One good way to do that is to clone the Virtual Machine and use the procedure on [...]

Minecraft Java edition lost compatibility with Java 17 between 1.20.4 and 1.20.6. Version 1.20.4 works with Java 17, and 1.20.6 no longer works with Java 17.  Several guides appear online for installing downloaded packages of the 64-bit runtime from Oracle or other sources.  Since Debian offers 32-bit server operating systems in the present day, the [...]

Use printenv to see what environment variables are set. #!/usr/bin/env bash printenv set -x