Linux

Linux Firewalld Configuration

cheat sheet for firewalld

Hi everyone, today I want to go through some firewalld commands. The basic ones and some obscure. This will be more of a cheat sheet than anything else, since I …

Refreshing Status and Storage in BorgWarehouse using Systemd

Hello everyone. Lately I noticed, that my BorgWarehouse server did not update the storage and status information, leading to false notification emails being …

Managing Podman Containers with Systemd Quadlets

Hello everyone, today I want to talk about podman and quadlets specifically. I’m, hopefully, going to show you how to set up podman using systemd …

Using Podman with an Active Directory User on Fedora

Hello everyone, today we have a short but hopefully useful post. I am using a Lenovo L15 with Fedora Workstation 44 currently at work. The system is a part of …

Testing SMTP Auth - Swaks, PowerShell & OpenSSL

Hi there, I have been trying to solve a SMTP authentication issue for a few days now. One reason for the “a few days” is the lack of or just plain …

SSH Key-Based Sudo Authentication using pam_ssh_agent_auth

Update | Added one more required step Hi there, I have been using a lot of virtual private servers (vps) lately, for services that have to be reachable all the …

Katip-Launcher | A krunner like launcher for GNOME Shell v45+ - Vibe Coding (Claude.ai) [Update]

Update Released v75 which adds clipboard history, timers, process search and unit conversion Disclaimer: To be clear, I did not write a single line of code,. If …

Handwriting Recognition Tool for Linux - Vibe Coding (Claude.ai) - Update

Hello everyone. It’s been a while.. again. Did not have anything interesting to write about. But today I have something very cool I want to showcase to …

Fedora GNOME Yubikey LUKS2 Encryption and sudo FIDO2/2FA Authentication

Hello everyone, today, I want to walk through setting up Yubikey authentication in Fedora GNOME. I recently configured this for my Fedora KDE workstation at …

Active Directory / FreeIPA Trust

Hi there, Today, I want to create a domain trust between FreeIPA and Windows Active Directory. This will be, more or less, a continuation of the "Deploying …

Upgrading the Paperless-ngx PostgreSQL database to v16

Hi there, It’s been a while, hasn’t it. Had a few stressful months, but I should be back now. So, to get back into it, I will start with something …

Manage PiHole Custom DNS entries with Ansible (Update 2)

Hi everyone, the old ansible role does not work anymore with the latest version of PiHole. I will leave it, just in case, but below you can find the new role I …