Category Archives: CentOS

MariaDB/SQL installed on CentOS 7 Server

Desired Outcome: Install MariaDB (SQL) on CentOS 7 Server, so I can work through my MySQL tutorial book. Note: This has been challenging trying to resolve what to actually install and how, so this document will be in FAQ format … Continue reading

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Configuring sudo privs for user in CentOS

On home CentOS 7 Server, I created an account and now need to add sudo privs: Note: What I’m really wanting it to have sudo access from my own account /usr/sbin/visudo (which came back with error of — visudo: /etc/sudoers: … Continue reading

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Installing CentOS within VirtualBox (running on Windows7)

Objective: Installing CentOS as a VM within VirtualBox on my Windows7 machine Q&A: Q: What selection within VirtualBox for choosing CenotOS? A: For CentOs choose Operating System: Linux and Version: Red Hat. Q: How much memory to allocate? FYI: My … Continue reading

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