Talos Secure POWER8 Linux Workstation With Fully Open Source FirmwarenixCraft
Raptor Engineering is working and crowdfunding a high-end power8 based desktop computer with zero proprietary firmware blobs in the Talos Secure Workstation. Traditionally IBM, Oracle(Sun), Intel/AMD...
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How do I switch from a ksh shell to bash on Linux or Unix system? How to change shells on Unix-like system?
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I am a new user and trying to run Python program. I have a cloud based VM/VPS and when I type python mycode.py at the terminal of my server, I get the following error:-bash: python: command not found...
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I am a new bash shell scripting user. How do I find out the size of a file in my bash shell script and store this file size in a bash shell variable?
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You can reuse OpenSSH connections to the same server when you want to open subsequent connections to the same server. For example, if I ran ssh vivek@server42.cyberciti.biz, the ssh client will...
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View ArticlePatch your FreeBSD server for openssh vulnerabilities...
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I recently upgraded my MacOS Sierra and now ssh command keep asking for passphrase as follows when I try to login to my remote Linux/Unix server: Enter passphrase for key...
View ArticleHow to copy a single file to multiple directories in Linux or UnixnixCraft
If I want to copy a single file into three locations (directories), by using a single cp command (e.g. cp file /dir1/ /dir2/ /dir3/. Would that be possible? If yes, please provide the command for...
View Article7 Awesome Open Source Web Performance Software For Linux and Unix-like...
Web performance is nothing but the speed in which web pages are downloaded and displayed on the user's web browser. Faster website speeds have been shown to increase sales or increase visitor loyalty...
View ArticleLinux/Unix: Force ssh client to use only password auth authentication when...
Iconfigured and use my openssh server to accept only public key based authentication. I need to test if my server accepting password. How to allow ssh client to use only password auth when pubkey auth...
View ArticleError while loading shared libraries: libXrender.so.1 on LinuxnixCraft
I am trying to use wkhtmltopdf command to create and convert html pages to a pdf. However, I am running into errors though as follows when try to use wkhtmltopdf via a shell or Python script:...
View ArticleHow to create a new sudo user on Ubuntu Linux servernixCraft
I am a new Ubuntu Linux 16.04.xx LTS server user. How do I create a new sudo user on my server? How do I add a new user as sudoer file using the command line option on Ubuntu?
View ArticleHow to log real user’s IP address with Nginx in log filesnixCraft
My nginx server is behind a reverse proxy load balancer. How can I show the correct client IP address in nginx log files when nginx is behind a load balancer?
View ArticleHow to map static IP address using dnsmasq under LXD (Linux containers)nixCraft
I am using LXD (Linux container) to host Apache, MySQL, Perl and PHP-based app. I would like to assign or map fixed IP address to my MySQL container. How do I allow dnsmasq DHCP server to assign a...
View ArticleDownload Free eBook PDF: The Awk Programming Language757064617465 – nixCraft
AWK is a programming language designed for text processing and typically used for a data extraction and reporting tool. It is a standard feature of Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, MacOS and most Unix-like...
View ArticleHow to install LXD container under KVM or Xen virtual machinenixCraft
For security and ease of admin, I want to install LXD on my cloud server either powered by XEN or KVM. How do I install LXD on Ubuntu Linux server powered by KVM virtualization technology?
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A professional cable installation and a cable management solution is a dream for any sysadmin or IT team. Here are some of the best looking data centers cabling that could be considered as porn art for...
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