Category Archives: Linux

Set Password Not to Expire for a User
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Posted on December 15, 2011 by

If you have your passwords set to expire automatically on your system for security reasons, there may be times when you want an account who’s password doesn’t expire (such as if you are using a cert or if you have … Continue reading →

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Linux / UNIX Automatically Log BASH / TCSH / SSH Users Out After a Period of Inactivity
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Posted on December 6, 2011 by

This is great to make sure that people are not signing in and leaving their connection open.  Who knows who can come over and start using that already authenticated connection? Linux / UNIX Automatically Log BASH / TCSH / SSH Users Out … Continue reading →

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Linux: Force Users To Change Their Passwords Upon First Login
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Posted on December 6, 2011 by

This is a great way to setup accounts so that you know that the password you provided will be sure to go. chage -d 0 {user-name} # chage -d 0 tom Linux: Force Users To Change Their Passwords Upon First … Continue reading →

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How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs – Slashdot
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Posted on September 21, 2011 by

      This scares me, Microsoft could really be jerks and make block out other Operating Systems, it is bad enough that you have to buy a copy of windows with every new computer even if you don’t want … Continue reading →

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How to Receive an Email with the Results of your Cron Jobs
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Posted on September 19, 2011 by

If you run a program which can sometimes output information in cron that information normally gets dumped to your user’s mail file.  That means you would need to sign into the server to check the mail file and see the … Continue reading →

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