Frequently Asked Questions

Password Management in Linux by using passwd command

A password(commonly knows as passwd in linux) is an unspaced sequence of characters used to determine that a computer user requesting access to a...

SSH to your Linux systems from Android

Let us say, you are out of the office. You got a call from your office, and you are asked to fix an important...

How to Install and Configure SQUID Proxy server in RHEL/CENTOS

SQUID Proxy Server A proxy server is a device that usually sits between a client and the destination the user is trying to reach. It...

ttystudio – Record the Terminal session in GIF

A while ago, we have written about 'script' command which can be used to record the Terminal activities in Linux. For more details about...

TLDR Pages – A Simplified alternative to Unix/Linux man pages

About Linux man pages As you probably know, Manual pages, shortly man pages, are the online software documentation for Unix and Linux like operating systems....

How to Block access of USB and CD/DVD in Debian and...

Now a  days Security is an area where no compromise should be allowed at all. It doesn’t matters if you are using office, home...

Installing JAVA jre/jdk with Ubuntu 16.04

Introduction Two variable of java are available, JRE (Java Runtime environment) and Java Development kit or JDK. JRE comes with minimal tools to create java...

How to Configure PPPOE in Centos 7/RHEL 7

The Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (pppoe or PPPOE) is a network protocol for encapsulating PPP frames inside Ethernet frames. It appeared shortly after the...

configure BIND Server with Ubuntu 16.04

Introduction All of  Linux users are already families with BIND service, already a lots of articles has been published with recent Ubuntu Linux versions ,...

How to change Grub Background themes in ubuntu and Linux Mint

The default  Grub Background of Debian Linux  is like shown in below. you might have got tired of seeing a blue box with black...

HOW TO SET GRUB2 PASSWORD IN RHEL7/CENTOS 7

  In our last article we known about how to reset the root password but its security vulnerable to Linux.Anyone who have physical access to...

Backup and restore Gmail with GMvault

Introduction GMvault is very easy to use, lightweight and quick application that is used to backup and restore all of your email accounts from gmail....

How to Configure apt-get behind proxy server for Ubuntu 14/15/16

After Installing Ubuntu 16.04 to make some monitoring tests, I was not able to get or update behind the http/https/ftp  proxy  . Here how...

Setup static IP on Debian 8

Many People are using Debian like a Server,  and the Static IP  is one the requirements of  using   Linux servers to make them...

How to upgrade debian to latest release

i  will  show  in this small tutorial how to upgrade debian to latest release .in this example  i will update my debian 8.2 to...

Reset Your Forgotten Root Password On RHEL 7

Sometimes you forget stuff like meetings, seminars,passwords etc. I do. But forgetting a password to a Servers with no easy way to reset it...

How to run Yum bind proxy in Centos7

The Yellowdog Updater, Modified (yum) is an open-source command-line package-management utility for Linux operating systems using the RPM Package Manager.Though yum has a command-line...

Apache HTTP Secure Server Configuration for CentOS 7

Securing the Apache server is one of the most important tasks of the webmaster. In this example, we will show you in this Apache...