Category Archives: Arch

Clean-up Pacman
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Posted on August 2, 2011 by

In Arch when ever you install a package it is downloaded to your system. This make perfect sense because how else are you going to install it… What most people don’t realize is that those packages stay on the system … Continue reading →

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Working with ISO from the Linux Command Line
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Posted on August 1, 2011 by

If you have wondered how to create an iso from the command line, it is very simple.  You just need to use the following commands: mkisofs -o <name of iso>.iso <directory to be iso> To burn an ISO from the … Continue reading →

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Unlock An Account
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Posted on August 1, 2011 by

To unlock a user in Linux is quite easy you just need to run the following command: passwd -u <account> This will unlock the account which has expired, but if you have turned on the advanced PAM Account Auditing you will also need … Continue reading →

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Mounting folders through SSH
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Posted on July 7, 2011 by

One of the first rules of security is to not have any ports open which you do not need to have open.  That is also pretty common sense.  One problem you run into though is you still need to access … Continue reading →

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Clean Out Orphaned Packages in Arch
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Posted on June 28, 2011 by

After using Arch for a while and installing and removing applications you are bound to accumulate orphaned packages… which are just packages that were install as dependencies  but now that the original program has been remove they are no longer needed.  An easy way … Continue reading →

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