Owner & Permissions
Changes the owner of all sub-directories and files in target directory: Changes permissions of all sub-directories and files in target directory:
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How & Why
In the end it was: Ubuntu, Pop OS and Garuda. I’ve tested many distributions and was using Ubuntu for about 2 years. I just got bored, I had no real complaints, so it was a time for a new distro. I really liked the looks of Deepin but it was almost useless. Garuda was a … Read moreHow & Why
TAR
Create archive from directory or a single file: tar -czvf archive.name.tar.gz /target.dir Extracts archive: tar xzvf archive.name.tar.gz Extracts archive in target directory: tar xzvf archive.name.tar.gz -C /target.dir
List disk, partitions & UUID
Disk and partitions in diagram, size (Mb) and mounting points (directories): Lists all block devices, UUID and partition: Block devices, UUID and attributes (issues with unpartitioned): Cfdisk is an interactive app for disk partitioning. It lets you create, delete, and modify partitions on a block device. for current disk: or selected disk: Parted is partition manager … Read moreList disk, partitions & UUID
WordPress Permalinks – “post name” in URL issues
There are many pages describing how to solve this problem. Rebuilding .htaccess, turning off plugins, updates etc. but the problem that I encountered is not described everywhere. When I moved my websites from one server to another, I made sure that the permission and file ownership is identical. WordPress was generating .htaccess with “rewrite” code … Read moreWordPress Permalinks – “post name” in URL issues
OS Update
These are tested on Ubuntu 20.04 but probably work on other Debian distributions Full update (no questions, yes to all) Removes packages that are no longer needed: