Setting up a new Debian GNU/Linux system.
After a hardware change (either network interface or motherboard), the network interfaces can be missing. This guide describe how to fix this issue.
Liquid Prompt is an adaptive prompt for Bash and Zsh. This guide ease its installation on Debian.
This howto describes how to reinitialize the state of a USB device without unplugging it. It does not work for USB devices not listed by “lsusb” command.
In some cases, i can be needed to reset a PCI device without restarting the system. This guide describe how to reset a PCI device from command line.
By default, Ext 3 & 4 filesystems reserve 5% of available disk space for special processes (root user, syslog, fragmentation avoidance, etc.). On big partitions, it amount to quite a lot of lost space. This howto describe how to get back this disk space.
For system administrator frequently cloning Debian GNU/Linux virtual hosts, this guide ease the modification of the system hostname.
By default, a SSH session close in case of network disconnection, killing automatically any and all software currently running. This guide use the “byobu” software render SSH sessions persistent during disconnections.
NTP (acronym of Network Time Protocol) is a communication protocol conceived to synchronize computer clocks worldwide to the International Atomic Time (TAI).
By default, system emails are sent to the local root account. These emails can provide alerts and tips on the system health. This guide help you setup a redirection to an external email address (sysadmin’s one) for these emails.