[Solved] ERROR 1030 (HY000): Got error 168 from storage engine
If you are getting the following error in MySQL:
ERROR 1030 (HY000): Got error 168 from storage engine
Then this usually means that your server has …
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45 articles about linux development, tools, and best practices
How to Change the Hostname on Linux
On Linux, you can change the hostname by using the hostnamectl command.
How to Set the Hostname on Linux
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname …How to setup Certbot wildcard certificate on Apache
Certbot allows simple, quick and free provisioning of SSL certificates using LetsEncrypt.
How to install Certbot
Option 1 (recommended)
sudo snap …How to tell what the CHMOD value of a file/directory is
chmod alters the permissions for a file or directory, you could allow full read/write access to a file or directory by running the following command: …
How to cleanup a /var/log/journal in Linux
You may find your /var/log/journal directory taking up a lot of disk-space.
How do you go about removing, or deleting all these files under var log …
How to find all files in a directory with extension
I needed to find all files in a directory on Linux that ended with the file extension .php.
How to find all files in a directory with extension
You …
Read Article →Forensic Analysis on Linux (Unix)
Operating Systems come in a few competing choices, of which the major players are Apple’s MacOS, Microsoft’s Windows and then the various …
Read Article →Get the total size of all the files in a directory
It’s amazing how many times I’ve need to find out the total size of all the files in a directory on one of our servers.
I have grown to …
Read Article →How to debug an Apache 404 error
So you are getting an error 404 or perhaps even worse, a 500!
The error in your Apache2 logs looks something like this:
***.162.245.*** - - …
How to Change the Timezone on Ubuntu Server
If you’ve ever typed date into your Ubuntu Server and seen a different time or timezone appear than you expected, then it probably means that …
Remove Special Characters in a String using Bash
Programming languages provide the ability to remove special characters from a string quite easily.
Sometimes you need to also do this from your …
Read Article →How to Follow Redirects with cURL for CLI or PHP
Let’s take a really common example. Say we want to follow redirects with cURL for google.com. It is common to curl follow redirect a URL.