How-to Secure your VPS using IPTables

IPTables In this how-to we will show you how to secure your VPS using IPTables. When you host a server on the internet, dedicated or a VPS, you need to... Read more

12 Practical Examples of Linux grep Command

Have you ever been confronted with the task of looking for a particular string or pattern in a file, yet have no idea where to start looking? Well then, here... Read more

2 Ways to Re-run Last Executed Commands in Linux

One of the greatest features of Bash is the command history, which stores all commands a user runs, in a history file within his/her home directory (typically /home/$USER/.bash_history). This allows... Read more

4 Ways to Disable Root Account in Linux

The root account is the ultimate account on a Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. This account has access to all commands and files on a system with full read,... Read more

How to Run MySQL/MariaDB Queries Directly from the Linux Command Line

If you are in charge of managing a database server, from time to time you may need to run a query and inspect it carefully. While you can do that... Read more

How to Find Files With SUID and SGID Permissions in Linux

In this tutorial, we will explain auxiliary file permissions, commonly referred to as “special permissions” in Linux, and also we will show you how to find files which have SUID... Read more

How to Set Static IP Address and Configure Network in Linux

If you are a Linux system administrator, time will come when you will need to configure networking on your system. Unlike desktop machines where you can use dynamic IP addresses,... Read more

Configure a Firewall with Arno Iptables in Debian 5 (Lenny)

Configure a Firewall with Arno Iptables in Debian 5 (Lenny) Deprecated This guide has been deprecated and is no longer being maintained. Firewall software is designed to limit access to... Read more

MTR – A Network Diagnostic Tool for Linux

MTR is a simple, cross-platform command-line network diagnostic tool that combines the functionality of commonly used traceroute and ping programs into a single tool. In a similar fashion as traceroute,... Read more

How to Use ‘find’ Command to Search for Multiple Filenames (Extensions) in Linux

Many times, we are locked in a situation where we have to search for multiple files with different extensions, this has probably happened to several Linux users especially from within... Read more