Secure Your Linux Desktop and SSH Login Using Two Factor Google...
Two factor authentication is increasingly becoming a strongly recommended way of protecting user accounts in web applications from attackers by requiring a second method of authentication in addition...
View ArticleHow To Use Vagrant To Create Small Virtual Test Lab on a Linux / OS X /...
Vagrant is a multi-platform command line tool for creating lightweight, reproducible and portable virtual environments. Vagrant acts as a glue layer between different virtualization solutions...
View Article8 Tips to Solve Linux & Unix Systems Hard Disk Problems Like Disk Full Or...
Can't write to the hard disk on a Linux or Unix-like systems? Want to diagnose corrupt disk issues on a server? Want to find out why you are getting "disk full" messages on screen? Want to learn how to...
View Article5 Awesome Open Source Backup Software For Linux and Unix-like SystemsnixCraft
A good backup plan is essential in order to have the ability to recover fromHuman errorsRAID or disk failureFile system corruptionData center destruction and more. In this post I'm going to list...
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How To Install ncurses Library on a LinuxnixCraft
I need to compile an application with ncurses library and header files. How do I install install ncurses libs and header files on a Linux operating system? How do I write a simple hello world program...
View ArticleShell Script To Turn On or Off PHP Uploads For Php5-fpm/Apache/Nginx/Lighttpd...
A simple shell script wrapper to disable or enable PHP 5 upload support in an Apache or Nginx or Lighttpd web server. The script look for file_uploads directive in php.ini file and change its state...
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How to Compile and Install Linux Kernel v4.2 Source On a Debian / Ubuntu...
How do I download, compile and install the latest version of the Linux kernel on a Debian Linux v8.x or Ubuntu Linux LTS home server or my laptop? How do I build and install a custom Linux kernel on a...
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Btrfs Filesystem /etc/fstab Entry To Mount It Automatically At Linux System...
I've RAID-1 based btrfs store backups on my person system and how do I mount a multi-volume btrfs filesystem using /etc/fstab file when my Linux server comes online?
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Google Compute Engine scp Files on a Linux or Unix or Mac OS XnixCraft
Scp command copies files between hosts on a network using ssh for data transfer. How do I use scp toefacilitate the remote file transfer using Google Compute Engine virtual machines on a Linux, OS X or...
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How To Build and Install the Latest Version of btrfs-tools on LinuxnixCraft
Since Linux kernel version 2.6.29-rc1, Btrfs has been included in the mainline kernel. How do I download and build/compile the latest version of Btrfs on Linux?
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Display Awesome Linux Logo With Basic Hardware Info Using screenfetch and...
Do you want to display a super cool logo of your Linux distribution along with basic hardware information? Look no further try awesome screenfetch and linux_logo utilities.
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Display Awesome Linux Logo With Basic Hardware Info Using screenfetch and...
Do you want to display a super cool logo of your Linux distribution along with basic hardware information? Look no further try awesome screenfetch and linux_logo utilities.
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How To Install Speedtest-cli On a CentOS / RHEL / Scientific / Fedora Linux...
I do not want to use Adobe flash based speed testing site due to security concern on my desktop. How do I install Speedtest-cli on a CentOS Linux or Fedora Linux or Red Hat Enterise Linux (RHEL) for...
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How To Use apt-get with IPv4 or IPv6 Transport on a Ubuntu or Debian or Mint...
It is possible that I can forces my apt-get command command only use IPv6 or Ipv4 transport on a Debian or Ubuntu Linux server?
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How To SSH Run Multiple Command On Remote Machine And Exit SafelynixCraft
I have a backup sync program on local server. I have an ssh password less login set up, and I can run commands on an external server in bash script doing: ssh root@server2 "sync; sync; /sbin/shutdown...
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How to Set Locales (i18n) On a Linux or UnixnixCraft
What is a "locale" on a Linux operating system? How do I set or get locals (i18n) values on a Linux operating system?
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How To Wakeup Backup Nas Server and Mirror Files Using Rsync in LinuxnixCraft
I've a critical data stored on my small home server. I backup my Desktop, Laptop and a remote VPS server to my home nas server powered by Debian Linux using rsnapshot backup utility. In the event that...
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Book Review: FreeBSD Mastery – Storage EssentialsnixCraft
I have been a big fan of author, Michael W Lucus for years now. I love his Absolute OpenBSD book and have yet to read one better on OpenBSD. I am also a fan of his book Absolute FreeBSD so was looking...
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How To Find Out HP Network Printer Serial Number Remotely Using Bash Shell On...
I manage a small network including couple of HP printers. Is there an easy way to access HP printer serial number in the terminal on Linux or Unix-like system? How do I find the model, product, and...
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How To FreeNAS Install And Configure APC UPS For Power ManagementnixCraft
I have an APC SUA1500i smart ups, and want to configure power option from my FreeNAS using this ups. How can I install an appropriate APC UPS USB driver on my FreeNAS server, and use it to control...
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