Arch linux wont let me ssh in until user logs into the console
[ link: archlinuxssh | tags: Arch linux ssh | updated: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:04:41 -0400 ]
So there I was, installing Arch Linux on my Gigabyte Brick computer like a good sysadmin and noticed that I could not ping or ssh to the server after it was booted up.
Wireguard VPN on Raspberry PI
[ link: wireguard | tags: linux vpn raspberrypi | updated: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:02:48 -0400 ]
So it seems that wireguard vpn is the cool new toy for doing VPNs. I finally got around to getting it to work on my raspberry pi and yes there are lots of examples of how to set it up, A lot of them seemed to have conflicting information and/or didnt tell you if it was a peer to peer setup of client setup to server or what. So read on for my setup which is a mobile phone (android) connecting to a raspberry pi server.
TP-Link Archer T4U AC1200 on Fedora 28
[ link: AC1200 | tags: linux wifi kernel | updated: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:06:02 -0400 ]
I purchased a TP-Link Archer T4U AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U V1) off of FleaBAY and finally got it working on Linux.
Getting WingDing2 fonts working on fedora/centos
[ link: wingdings | tags: linux fonts | updated: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:07:47 -0400 ]
We were trying to convert some documents to PDFs with LibreOffice and noticed that we kept getting funky rectangle characters instead of "real" characters in some places. It was determined that it was a funky microsoft font called "wingdings 2" that was needed to make the character show up correctly.
Why wont snmpget work anymore?!
[ link: snmpbroke | tags: linux snmp | updated: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:06:22 -0400 ]
So I have been using the following little script for quite some time to test snmpd working on some remote server. After a recent Linux package update though, it stopped working. :(
Set system hostname on Centos 7
[ link: centos7hostname | tags: centos linux | updated: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:09:11 -0400 ]
I was kicking the tires of Centos 7 today and noticed that I could not get the system's hostname to set by setting the HOSTNAME variable in the /etc/sysconfig/network file.