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    Test your system for Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities

    Following the outbreak of three processor vulnerabilities, known as Spectre and Meltdown; I have already patched my systems and whilst doing so, came across this useful script written by Speed47. This script checks your system for the three vulnerabilities. I found it useful to check my systems were secure after applying kernel updates. To run ...
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    Version 2.0.0: Backup MySQL (Bash script)

    This is similar post to be read together with this. And a follow-up update to ‘Backup SQL files to FTP server‘ script. Some of my similar Backup scripts reside in a a GitHub here: https://github.com/ryanfitton/lxc-mysql-tar-backup-script-collection Version 2.0.0, now adds additional features and bug fixes: Now searches to ensure the required packages are installed. Uses ‘lftp‘ ...
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    Version 2.0.0: Backup server files as tar.gz (Bash script)

    This is a follow-up post with an update to the ‘Backup Files as Tar.GZ‘ script. Some of my similar Backup scripts reside in a a GitHub here: https://github.com/ryanfitton/lxc-mysql-tar-backup-script-collection Version 2.0.0, now adds additional features and bug fixes: Now searches to ensure the required packages are installed. Uses ‘lftp‘ to upload files via FTP. Lftp allows ...
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    Linux: Export computer specs as HTML

    This is a quick, but I thought it would be worth a post. Within Linux (I’m using Ubuntu 17.04) you can quickly export your computer specs as an HTML file, useful if you need some info on what particular hardware you’re running. Simply run this within your terminal at the location where you want the ...