Posts in Linux - Page 4

How to recover a MySql server after you've lost the root password.

Simple tips for formatting and copying an image to a floppy drive.

A tutorial on how to change a lost root Linux password.

A guide on how to upgrade SSH remotely while being logged in with SSH.

See how to configure a Linux DHCP server to allocate IP addresses and configure clients while updating a local DNS server.

A tutorial on how to configure BIND to be a caching nameserver and also handle queries for your local intranet domain.

Some hints on setting up disk quotas on Linux.

A couple hints to help optimize and secure NFS.

This example code will check a user password to see if is the correct password for a given user.

Use ssh to broadcast a command to a list of hosts given that you've already setup ssh keys and the login is automatic.

See how you can use rsync to distribute files in a Linux cluster to do such things as enable distributed accounts.

A simple backup script that performs monthly, weekly, and daily incremental backups using tar and gzip.

I installed my Colorado 5GB tape drive in one of my linux machines and had some fun learning about tape drives on Linux in the process.

Some go-to commands related to creating a CD or DVD with Linux.