Linux and Unix, Open Source, Linux Howtos
As a Linux administrator, you may have noticed some requests from developers to convert files from DOS format to Unix format, and vice versa. This is because these files were …
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Sometimes we might need to kill a user session in Linux based on requests, which can be done by sending SIGNALS with kill command. We need to send one of …
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root user is a privileged user in Linux, which is similar to an administrator in Windows. All kind of administrative operations can be performed using root user privilege hence it …
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Generally, a file system must be mounted on a Linux system to access the contents. When adding a new hard disk to your system, you may need to use the …
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Link is a mechanism of creating a shortcut to the original file or directory which contains information about its files or directories. What is Soft link? A symbolic link, also …
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You may have missed to delete some files that are no longer needed on your computer in some directory. It could be either in “Download” or any other directory that …
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Well-known services in Linux can be added on boot time without any problems, because most of them come with their own script, which is done using ‘chkconfig’ and ‘systemctl’ commands. …
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We all know the purpose of the uptime command in Linux. This is used to check the uptime of the Linux system and how long the system runs without restarting. …
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Server primary interface would be configured as part of the server build activity, but sometimes you may need to configure an additional network interface in Linux for several reasons. An …
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If you enabled a password policy on Linux, the password must be changed before it expires, otherwise you will be notified to change the password upon login until the password …
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