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Unix / Linux: Check New Files In File System /var/www/uploads/Linux / Unix...

Recently, I switched from MS-Windows based web-server to CentOS Linux based Apache web-server. All user uploaded files are stored in /var/www/uploads/ directory. Is there command that can give me a...

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Linux / Unix: whereis Command ExamplesLinux / Unix Tutorial for Beginners and...

I am a new Linux and Unix-like system command line user. How do I find and locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a given command?Read answer to: "Linux / Unix: whereis Command Examples"   

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10 Linux/Unix Bash and KSH Shell Job Control ExamplesnixCraft: Linux Tips,...

Linux and Unix are multitasking operating systems i.e. a system that can run multiple tasks (process) during the same period of time. In this new blog series, I am going to list the Linux and Unix job...

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HowTo: Prevent Yum From Upgrading The Kernel On a CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise...

I am a new RHEL / Centos Linux server admin. I would like yum to update all packages except the Linux Kernel. How can I prevent yum command from updating kernel on a CentOS/RHEL/Fedora Linux based...

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Increase NFS Client Mount Point Security For a Web-Server noexec, nosuid,...

I am using NFS server version 4.x on a CentOS/RHEL based system. I'm mounting my shared /var/www/ directory on five Apache based nodes using the following syntax:mount -t nfs4 -o rw,intr,hard,proto=tcp...

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Linux: Log Suspicious Martian Packets / Un-routable Source AddressesLinux /...

I run a web-server and I would like to log packets with un-routable source addresses on Linux operating system. How can I log spoofed packets on Debian / Ubuntu / CentOS / RHEL / Linux based server?...

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Ubuntu Copy File CommandLinux / Unix Tutorial for Beginners and Advanced...

I'm a new Ubuntu Linux user. This seems like a newbie question, but I can not seem to find examples to copy files on Ubuntu. How do I copy file to another directory on Ubuntu Linux using command line...

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Explain: {,} in cp or mv Bash Shell CommandsLinux / Unix Tutorial for...

I often see commands as follows posted on blog or forums cp /etc/httpd/httpd.{,.bakup} OR mv resume{z,}.doc What is the purpose of {,} in Linux and Unix shell commands?Read answer to: "Explain: {,} in...

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Explain: {,} in cp or mv Bash Shell CommandsLinux / Unix Tutorial for...

I often see commands as follows posted on blog or forums cp /etc/httpd/httpd.{,.bakup} OR mv resume{z,}.doc What is the purpose of {,} in Linux and Unix shell commands?Read answer to: "Explain: {,} in...

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FreeBSD Show Disk Quota Limits CommandLinux / Unix Tutorial for Beginners and...

I'm a new FreeBSD unix user and backup file on a FreeBSD based unix server. How can I check quota limits and disk usage using shell prompt on a FreeBSD based system?Read answer to: "FreeBSD Show Disk...

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curl Command Resume Broken DownloadLinux / Unix Tutorial for Beginners and...

Iknow wget can resume a failed download. I am on a Mac OS X and do now want to install wget command. How can I resume a failed download using curl command on Linux or Unix-like systems?Read answer to:...

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HowTo: Update gcutil / gcloud Components On a Linux / Unix / OS XLinux / Unix...

How can I update for Google Cloud SDK components on a Linux or OS X unix based systems?Read answer to: "HowTo: Update gcutil / gcloud Components On a Linux / Unix / OS X"   

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CentOS: rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery error and...

I am using a CentOS Linux v6.5 on my home server and I am getting the following error when I execute yum command:rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery error: db3 error(-30974) from...

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CentOS Install Java SDK using yum CommandLinux / Unix Tutorial for Beginners...

How do I install JDK runtime environment on a CentOS Linux version 6.x using yum command?Read answer to: "CentOS Install Java SDK using yum Command"   

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CentOS Install Lighttpd Web-server With yum CommandLinux / Unix Tutorial for...

I know how to install nginx on a CentOS Linux using yum command. Is there is a guide to install Lighttpd web-server on a CentOS Linux or RHEL server with yum command? How can I install and configure...

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Minify and Compress CSS & Javascript Files At a Linux/Unix Shell PromptLinux...

How do I minify and compress CSS & JS files on Linux or Unix-like system using shell prompt on my server? How can I minify JavaScripts and stylesheets at shell promot so they can download faster...

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Linux / Unix: chroot Command ExamplesLinux / Unix Tutorial for Beginners and...

I am a new Linux and Unix user. How do I change the root directory of a command? How do I change the root directory of a process such as web-server using a chroot command to isolate file system? How do...

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HowTo: Setup SSH Keys on a Linux / Unix SystemLinux / Unix Tutorial for...

I recently read that SSH keys provide a secure way of logging into a Linux and Unix-based server. How do I set up SSH keys on a Linux or Unix based systems? In SSH for Linux/Unix, how do I set up...

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Linux/Unix: Find Command Ignore Case Insensitive SearchLinux / Unix Tutorial...

I am a new Linux and Unix-command line user. I am using find command to search file called "fooBar.conf.sample" in my home directory. I do not know the case, it could be uppercase, lowercase, or a mix...

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HowTo: Uninstall MySQL Server in Ubuntu LinuxLinux / Unix Tutorial for...

I'm a new Ubuntu Linux user and my cloud hosting company installed MySQL server by default. I need to remove it and delete it from my server as I have no use of MySQL server. How can I uninstall MySQL...

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