Author: Christopher Scott
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Single line command to copy file from one file server to another
Here’s a simple command to copy a specified file from one file server to another – I use this to send our office contact list (stored on our local Samba file server) to our branch office’s file server whenever I update it so that both offices always have access to the current copy. Note that…
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Shell script to monitor /boot disk usage
Linux tends to allocate a relatively small amount of storage space to the /boot volume during the install process and, as a result, it can quickly fill up with kernel updates, particularly if you have your server set up to automatically apply any security updates. In my experience, when this happens then the server can begin…
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Forcing clients to use 5GHz on a Ruckus Wireless network
My office relies on a Ruckus Wireless-based wifi system, which has worked very well for us. We’re currently using a ZoneDirector 1000 controller and three ZoneFlex 7962 access points (they replaced the original, 2.4GHz-only ZF 7942 units we had for the sake of adding dual-band capability). I recently came to discover that many of our laptops,…