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Yum Update – Fatal error, run database recovery

Author: Scott ByrdOn: Aug 08Categories: Linux

We had some security updates to run on one of our servers and came across this error when executing sudo yum update: Fatal error, run database recovery. So being the obedient sort we are, running a database recovery is what we did. To run database recovery,...

Copy – Paste in Putty w/ VIM

Author: Scott ByrdOn: Jun 27Categories: Linux

To Copy: vim my-file-name : mouse=a [enter] Select the text with the mouse while holding the Shift key. This magically copies the selection to the clipboard. Open Notepad.exe (or whatever) and paste the clipboard data. Remove any tabs as they get all...

Add Groups and Users

Author: Scott ByrdOn: Jun 27Categories: Linux

This post is copied from: ArchLinux: Users and groups Group management /etc/group is the file that defines the groups on the system. Display group membership with the groups command: ]$ groups [user] If user is omitted, the current user’s...

Mounting Amazon EC2 Volume

Author: Scott ByrdOn: Jun 26Categories: Linux

This is a repost from: Making an Amazon F Volume Available For Use Connect to your instance using SSH. Depending on the block device driver of your instance’s kernel, the device may be attached with a different name than what you specify. For...

Simple Nginx Setup with PHP

Author: Scott ByrdOn: Jun 25Categories: Nginx

Install Nginx ]# yum install nginx Install php-fpm ]# yum install php54-fpm Create a *.conf file for php-fpm ]# cd /etc/php-fpm.d/ ]# cp www.conf your-domain.conf Setup the your-domain.conf file ]# vim your-domain.conf Type i to enter Edit mode. Change...

Nginx: Page Not Found

Author: Scott ByrdOn: Jun 12Categories: Nginx

This error is nearly always caused by permissions issues. Check that the user:group is set to use the nginx user and whichever group you’ve setup to access the file in the site directory.