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Create superuser(root) in postgres database

Posted on October 11, 2013 by admin

I always forget the exact syntax for this so I am posting it here. It’s easy when you know how: CREATE USER root WITH PASSWORD ‘My.g00d.Pa55word’; ALTER USER root WITH SUPERUSER; Also make sure that your ip is allowed in … Continue reading →

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How to install same packages on another ubuntu 12.04 server

Posted on September 17, 2013 by admin

There is a lot of stuff out there about this, but none of them worked for me as well as this. The difference is that the deborphan command pretty much just lists the packages you actually installed, not the stuff … Continue reading →

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Connect mac osx to Cisco Switch using USB to Serial adapter

Posted on August 26, 2013 by admin

This worked for me using a prolific adapter Follow this: http://plugable.com/2011/07/12/installing-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-mac-os-x then screen -S cua -s serial /dev/tty.usbserial 115200,-cstop,-cs8,-parenbreset

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How to restore a postgres database with a different owner

Posted on August 22, 2013 by admin

To restore a database and have the tables owned by a different user use the pg_dump command like this: as root user run: su postgres pg_dump -Fc database_name > database_name.dump exit Now you can restore using pg_restore. createuser -P -s … Continue reading →

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mount error(13): Permission denied – Ubuntu 12.04

Posted on August 19, 2013 by admin

mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) This one can be really hard to track down.  There are many reasons you might get this error.  Basically it means you were denied access to the … Continue reading →

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