ssh keys HowTo
HowTo setup SSH keys Guide on how to setup SSH keys on Linux this should work on Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, RHEL, Fedora, Gentoo etc Create the key pair, this will create the public and private keys:...
View ArticleCommand to logout users on Linux
Use the pkill command to kill / logout users, this will also logout gnome / kde users. This is handy if you leave an X session logged in as you locally, you can then login over ssh and pkill the user,...
View ArticleCreate Logical Volume lvcreate
Create Logical Volume with lvcreate This guide walks you through creating a logical volume with lvcreate assumes you have free space in your existing Logical Group (LG for short), the operating system...
View ArticleTop 10 Linux Admin Epic Fails!
My Top 10 Linux Admin fails of all time… Some of them by me well actually only one or two of them are mine I would also like to point out this was never on a production system! However most of these...
View ArticleCentOS Kickstart – Fedora, Redhat Kickstart HowTo
CentOS Kickstart, Fedora Kickstart, Redhat Kickstart How To This guide will walk you through the process of creating a CentOS Kickstart file the same rules will apply when creating a Fedora Kickstart...
View ArticleCreating a kickstart CD DVD Fedora / Redhat / CentOS
Create a Kick Start DVD / CD for RHEL / Fedora / CentOS The instructions below use Fedora as an example but the same should apply for Redhat / CentOS and other RHEL clones. The guide below will show...
View ArticleYUM How To guide for Linux RPM distros Fedora, CentOS, RHEL
Ultimate how to guide for YUM the Linux package manager used on a number of Linux distributions such as Redhat RHEL, CentOS & Fedora. Yum uses repositories of RPM packages to download and install...
View ArticleInstall bash mail command CentOS RHEL or Fedora
How to install the bash mail command on CentOS, RHEL or Fedora, this is handy for sending mail from the command line: cat /some/file | mail youraddress@yourdomain.com If you don’t have the mail command...
View ArticleRecursively copy whole directories FTP Linux command line
Recently I’v had a fair amount of website migration work, requiring me to copy large amounts of data and MySQL database dumps from my the old Linux box to my desktop then re-upload to the new host....
View ArticleLinux unzip command | Linux .zip file guide
How to extract .zip files on Linux using the linux unzip command. First of all we must make sure we have the correct tool installed, this is going to vary depending on your version of Linux – I will...
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