If when trying to install an RPM you receive the below error. Try running the below command on the RPM affected and then put this back into your repository.
Error:
Header V4 RSA/SHA1 signature: BAD, key ID 8816c449#012
Fix:
rpm --delsign your.rpm
List sudo for another user
If you want to get permissions for another user as root.
Run the below command
sudo -U USERHERE -l
Run Powershell command from cmd prompt
To run a powershell command from cmd prompt just add the below. This is useful when using execute commands within chef as well.
@powershell Get-Help
execute 'powershell help' do command '@powershell Get-Help' action :run end
Bypass Confirmation on Powershell Commands
If your trying to automate running specific powershell commands, you can do this using the below example with -Confirm and WhatIf.
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Confirm:$Y -WhatIf
Set timezone windows command line
To set windows timezone via command prompt.
Run the below.
tzutil /s UTC
For a list of available Timezone options run the list below.
tzutil /l
Run remote aliased command
To run an aliased command remotely on servers. When trying to run the alias command add bash -ic to the command as show below.
bash -ic "mem"
Check if folder is on local or nfs storage
To check whether a folder is definately local or nfs storage.
Simply navigate to the folder via a cd and then run the below command.
df .
This will then display what storage is being used for the folder as we can sometimes see that a nfs mount displays however due to issues it may lose the mount point but still show as visible on a regular df display.
