good pe puppet master doc ENC site.pp PE console

basics-of-assigning-and-configuring-classes

Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package

https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21742

summary :
Put this near the top of your spec file

%define _use_internal_dependency_generator 0
%define __find_requires %{nil}

%define __strip /bin/true

%define debug_package %{nil}

%global debug_package %{nil}

Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package

Put this at the top of your spec file

# To prevent these annoying errors:

# Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package eir-cnr-client-cel5

# Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.6 is needed by package eir-cnr-client-cel5

# Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.6 is needed by package eir-cnr-client-cel5

#

# do these defines

%define _use_internal_dependency_generator 0

%define __find_requires %{nil}

%define __strip /bin/true

%define debug_package %{nil}

%global debug_package %{nil}

how to type copyright symbol in gimp text

from http://www.ajopaul.com/2013/01/17/add-copyright-symbol-in-gimp-as-text/

ctrl-shift-u let up the u and type a 9 the let up ctrl and shift then a symbol will appear

un-delete files in Linux

http://www.linux.org/threads/undelete-files-on-linux-systems.4316/

A good REST tutorial

A rest tutorial that acrually makes sense and provides useful examples:  http://docs.phalconphp.com/en/latest/reference/tutorial-rest.html

bash history timestamp

to get timestamps in your bash history do this ...

export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F %T "

see http://larsmichelsen.com/open-source/bash-timestamp-in-bash-history/

ssh hangs on exit ... logout

Sometimes when I exit a ssh session the terminal hangs like so ...

$ exit
logout

HANG FOREVER!

The way to get out of this is hit ENTER ~ .

http://serverfault.com/questions/283129/why-do-consoles-sometimes-hang-forever-when-ssh-connection-breaks

android phone screen shots

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-capture-screenshots-with-your-android-mobile-phone/

checking the syntax of your init.pp puppet

http://www.puppetcookbook.com/posts/simple-syntax-check-manifests.html

with caveats ...

[red@mypuppet-master modules]$ puppet --parseonly eiryum/manifests/init.pp
--parseonly has been removed. Please use 'puppet parser validate <manifest>'

[red@mypuppet-master modules]$ puppet parser validate redyum/manifests/init.pp 

• Debugging puppet functions:

$/opt/puppet/bin/ruby -rpuppet /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/rpz/lib/puppet/parser/functions/list_allow_updates.rb 

• Debugging init.pp : http://www.puppetcookbook.com/posts/simple-syntax-check-manifests.html

[red@mypuppet-master modules]$ puppet parser validate redyum/manifests/init.pp 
err: Could not parse for environment production: Syntax error at 'class' at /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/redyum/manifests/init.pp:3 

err: Try 'puppet help parser validate' for usage 

excellent logrotate tutorial

http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/understanding-logrotate-part-1

'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

[root@red-1 mysql]# /etc/init.d/mysqld stop
Stopping mysqld:                                           [  OK  ]
[root@red-1 mysql]# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
[1] 22881
[root@red-1 mysql]# 130327 12:33:15 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mysqld.log'.
130327 12:33:15 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql

[root@red-1 mysql]# mysql -u root
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 5.1.61 Source distribution

Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> use mysql;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Database changed
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD('1234') where User='root';
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 3  Changed: 3  Warnings: 0

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> quit
Bye

Invalid file build.xml when building Google APK Expansion file libraries

if you get errors like this ...

build.xml:475: Invalid file: /home/embarsgo/android/android-sdk-linux/extras/google/play_licensing/library/build.xml

you need to do this ...


red@ubuntu:~/android/android-sdk-linux/extras/google/play_apk_expansion$ android update project --target 2 \
--name downloader_library \
--path /home/red/android/android-sdk-linux/extras/google/play_apk_expansion/downloader_library

The connection to the VMware USB Arbitration Service was unsuccesful

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/241662

redhat vs ubuntu /etc/init.d things

in redhat one does "sudo service puppetmaster start" in ubuntu one would do this "invoke-rc.d puppetmaster start"

I installed the SDK so where is ZipResourceFile ?

device eth1 does not seem to be present delaying initialization vmware

http://www.ryanchapin.com/fv-b-4-655/Cloned-VMware-CentOS6-Server-and--quot-device-eth0-does-not-seem-to-be-present--delaying-initialization-quot--Error-.html

If you get this ...

device eth1 does not seem to be present delaying initialization vmware

... stupid error read Ryan Chapin's web page

sqlfiddle.com WOW

Ever wanted to try out some oracle code without having to purchase and install oracle then this is for you...

http://sqlfiddle.com/

could DNS play chess?

Well maybe not yet but it can work as an calculator: http://www.isi.edu/touch/tools/dns-calc.html

upside down windows desktop

hit Crtl-Alt-DownArrow when in Australia 

"Bizarre copy of CODE in scalar assignment" at Carp.pm line 140

"Bizarre copy of CODE in scalar assignment" at Carp.pm line 140 wtf

Turns out that I was running my Perl code in a DMZ and my code was attempting to contact a RDBMS and was fired walled from the DMZ

how to get username with id command

id -un

help tcpdump commands

$ sudo /usr/sbin/tcpdump -s0 -A -c10 -vv -n dst host splunk.example.com

sudo no password :: ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

first become root
then execute visudo
then add this line:

red.cricket ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

rpmbuild error: Found '...BUILDROOT ...' in installed files; aborting

If you get this error you are probably doing something funky, but sometimes you are forced to do the funky deed. So to workaround the error you need to execute rpmbuild like so:

 QA_SKIP_BUILD_ROOT=1 rpmbuild ...

android camera turn on/off

http://www.mkyong.com/android/how-to-turn-onoff-camera-ledflashlight-in-android/

my stack over flow post on android webview file upload camera

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14347203/upload-pic-from-android-phone-intent-getdata-returning-null

How to disable java in chrome

http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/tutorials/how-to-disable-java-in-chrome/