How to Encrypt and Decrypt Files and Directories Using Tar and OpenSSL

When you have important sensitive data, then its crucial to have an extra layer of security to your files and directories, specially when you need to transmit the data with... Read more

How to Increase Number of Open Files Limit in Linux

In Linux, you can change the maximum amount of open files. You may modify this number by using the ulimit command. It grants you the ability to control the resources... Read more

5 Ways to Keep Remote SSH Sessions and Processes Running After Disconnection

SSH or Secure Shell in simple terms is a way by which a person can remotely access another user on other system but only in command line i.e. non-GUI mode.... Read more

How to Disable/Lock or Blacklist Package Updates using Apt Tool

APT means Advanced Packaging Tool is another package manager found on Linux based systems. Initially designed as a front-end for dpkg to work with .deb packages, apt has succeeded to... Read more

How to Delete User Accounts with Home Directory in Linux

In this tutorial, I am going to take your through steps you can use to delete a user’s account together with his/her home directory on a Linux system. Delete User... Read more

How To Set up a VSFTPD Server on a CentOS 7 VPS or Dedicated Server

Brief Description FTP is usually insecure exposing clear-text passwords, usernames and files to hackers. Very Secure FTP Daemon (VSFTPD) is adopted to secure these transfers using SSL-TLS to Centos 7... Read more

How to Impose High CPU Load and Stress Test on Linux Using ‘Stress-ng’ Tool

As a System Administrator, you may want to examine and monitor the status of your Linux systems when they are under stress of high load. This can be a good... Read more

How to Install ionCube Loader on a Debian 9 VPS or Dedicated Server

Introduction The IonCube Loader is a secure PHP extension designed to load PHP files that are encrypted using the IonCube Encoder software. It’s a robust solution that is used to... Read more

How to Find and Remove Duplicate/Unwanted Files in Linux Using ‘FSlint’ Tool

Very recently I have written a post on fdupes utility which is used to find and replace duplicate files in Linux. This post was very much liked by our readers.... Read more

2 Useful Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files in Linux

Organizing your home directory or even system can be particularly hard if you have the habit of downloading all kinds of stuff from the internet. Often you may find you... Read more