Installing just security updates with yum
Install just the security patches, but not kernel or java patches yum update –security –exclude=kernel* –exclude=java*
Yum Security Only Update
To update your system with YUM but only install the security patches, use the following: # yum update-minimal...
Install and configure EPEL repository
rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
Cool additions to the Gnome Desktop
Go to https://extensions.gnome.org and install the browser extension. Use firefox, not chrome, chrome goes haywire when you install...
Find and replace text within a file using sed
Find and replace text within a file using sed The procedure to change the text in files under...
Resetting the Root Password of RHEL-8
Resetting the Root Password of RHEL-8 Resolution 1) Break the boot sequence by adding ‘rd.break’ at kernel stanza...
Remove CTRL-M characters from a file in UNIX
Remove CTRL-M characters from a file in UNIX 1) Open the file in vi 2) Type the following...
Hard Drive Burn-in Testing
Hard Drive Burn-in Testing THIS TEST WILL DESTROY ANY DATA ON THE DISK SO ONLY RUN THIS ON...
Installing Visual Studio Code on RHEL
RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS based distributions We currently ship the stable 64-bit VS Code in a yum repository,...