I was helping a friend with creating a video and we need to mask out the distracting content around the video subject. If I had this problem with a static image I would use Gimp and the 'Crop' tool but I couldn't find anything in Kdenlive to allow me to... » More
It took me a little digging to re-discover the name of this tool that allows remotely logging RDP users off from other servers so I thought I would write it down in case I need a reminder. The command to run is: tsadmin.msc Or it can be added... » More
Quick reminder of steps to setup a Laravel project on Ubuntu/Linux Mint and similar. First install composer: Install PHP dependencies: Use composer to create your Laravel project: Install composer.json... » More
Using Red Hat / CentOS etc one method of resetting the root user password is to boot into single user mode. To do so, interrupt the booting process if necessary so that you see the Grub boot menu: Press the 'e' keyboard button to edit the boot... » More
The goal here was to be able to log in to the MySQL command prompt be simply typing rather than: This is particularly useful for automation of routine backups etc. mysql_config_editor The command mysql_config_editor has several options (e.g. add,... » More
Just recording a few of these steps for future reference. Pull the MySQL image from the hub: Run an instance: Run a shell on the instance: Once inside the instance use the MySQL client: and create a new user: Quit the MySQL client and... » More
I had been allowing normal users to create groups within Gitlab but subsequently discovered some confusion among users between groups and projects. Some users had been creating a group with a single project when a project with multiple members was more... » More
With several machines configured to use OpenLdap for user and group authentication/permissions I was having the problem that the getent and id commands were not returning all the group information. My groups exist in the Ldap directory with members... » More
Just some instructions to remind myself how I got the Minecraft Overviewer working on CentOS. Now create a config file to tell Overviewer where the assets (texture images etc) are: Then run Overviewer telling it the location of your config... » More
There appears to be a few methods for managing a Gitlab installation from the command line. I liked python-gitlab and I installed it onto Linux Mint/Ubuntu as follows: After installation I created a config file: With the content as below but the... » More
I was helping a friend with creating a video and we need to mask out the distracting content around the video subject. If I had this problem with a static image I would use Gimp and the 'Crop' tool but I couldn't find anything in Kdenlive to allow me to... » More
