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Quick Tip: Turn off the login banner in Linux or Unix .hushlogin filenixCraft
Did you know? You can turn off the banner in Linux or Unix using a particular file. When you log in using ssh or other methods, you will find tons of information on the screen. Here is how my FreeBSD...
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How to install X Window System XQuartz on macOS for ssh X11...
{Updated} Learn how to set up and use ssh based X11 forwarding on your macOS so that you can run graphical apps on your Mac from Linux or *BSD/Unix system.The post How to install X Window System...
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How To Update Samsung SSD Firmware on LinuxnixCraft
Typically, we apply firmware updates to fix a security issue and enhance SATA/PCIe/NVMe solid-state (SSD) drive performance. Failing to install available updates may lead to vulnerable SSD. This quick...
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How to find Intel NUC (or any laptop/desktop) BIOS version and model name on...
{Updated} Simple bash for loop to display your Linux/*BSD system's OEM name, product __DESC__ BIOS version from the CLI using dmidecode.The post How to find Intel NUC (or any laptop/desktop) BIOS...
View ArticleHow to shutdown FreeBSD laptop when running out of battery powernixCraft
After my Raspberry PI died, I decided not to get a new one immediately. Instead, I turned the older laptop into a FreeBSD server. I use this server for Git, backup via ZFS snapshots, running...
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zcommands: Read gzip Compressed Text Files On a Fly on Linux and UnixnixCraft...
{Updated} Linux and Unix like operating systems comes with z* commands. These commands allow you to read gzip compressed text files using zless, zcat, zmore, and friends commands. The gzip command...
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How to remove grep command while grepping using ps commandnixCraft Updated...
{Updated} We all use ps | grep foo combo to find and narrow down a running process on Linux and Unix-like systems. However, this results in an annoying problem where the grep command also appears in...
View ArticleRHEL 8.4 released and here is how to upgrade 8.3 to 8.4nixCraft
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4 released. This version includes updates and various improvements for developers, hybrid cloud, edge deployments and more.The post RHEL 8.4 released and here is how...
View ArticleRHEL 8.4 released and here is how to upgrade 8.3 to 8.4nixCraft
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4 released. This version includes updates and various improvements for developers, hybrid cloud, edge deployments and more.The post RHEL 8.4 released and here is how...
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How to set up ZFS ARC size on FreeBSDnixCraft
When working with FreeBSD and ZFS, you will run into ZFS cache size problems. Not all FreeBSD servers are file servers. Some servers act as backup servers. Others might run Linux and Windows VM where...
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How to set up ZFS ARC size on FreeBSDnixCraft
When working with FreeBSD and ZFS, you will run into ZFS cache size problems. Not all FreeBSD servers are file servers. Some servers act as backup servers. Others might run Linux and Windows VM where...
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How to flush Redis cache and delete everything using the CLInixCraft Updated...
{Updated} This page explains various methods to delete Redis server key-values (keys) and clear Redis cache from your Linux and Unix server, including AWS ElastiCache for Redis.The post How to flush...
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How to find out video card GPU memory RAM size on LinuxnixCraft Updated...
{Updated} I am trying to find out my NVDIA display card memory size on Fedora Linux. How do I find out my VIDEO Card (VGA) Memory size on Linux?The post How to find out video card GPU memory RAM size...
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How to find out video card GPU memory RAM size on LinuxnixCraft Updated...
{Updated} I am trying to find out my NVDIA display card memory size on Fedora Linux. How do I find out my VIDEO Card (VGA) Memory size on Linux?The post How to find out video card GPU memory RAM size...
View ArticleShell script too see Time-To-Live (TTL) for a DNS recordnixCraft
Say you want to see the Time-To-Live (TTL) value for a given DNS record for A, AAAA, and MX. Here is a sample shell script that works on Linux, Unix, and macOS. You must have the bash and dig command...
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How to repeat a character ‘n’ times in BashnixCraft
Let us say you want to repeat a character such as '-' OR '=' multiple times while writing bash script. Please note that I needed a quick script to work on Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD server to repeat a...
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How to repeat a character ‘n’ times in BashnixCraft
Let us say you want to repeat a character such as '-' OR '=' multiple times while writing bash script. Please note that I needed a quick script to work on Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD server to repeat a...
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How to install LAMP on Debian 10 (Buster)nixCraft Updated Tutorials/Posts
{Updated} The LAMP is an acronym for software stack that includes Linux, Apache web server, MariaDB database (MySQL drop in replacement), and PHP web scripting language. This page shows you how to...
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How to audit SSH server and client config on Linux/UnixnixCraft Updated...
{Updated} All developers and Unix users know how to use an ssh client. OpenSSH is a widely used implementation of Secure Shell (SSH) Internet communication protocol. Back in the old days, Unix folks...
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How to audit SSH server and client config on Linux/UnixnixCraft Updated...
{Updated} All developers and Unix users know how to use an ssh client. OpenSSH is a widely used implementation of Secure Shell (SSH) Internet communication protocol. Back in the old days, Unix folks...
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