Category Archives: Guides

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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Fedora 15 Default Run-level
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Posted on July 11, 2011 by

There were many changes made to Fedora 15, one of the ones that I keep running into is how to change the default run-level of your box.  I use Fedora as a server OS in many situations because it offers … Continue reading →

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Linux File Permissions
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Posted on July 8, 2011 by

When you are first starting out using Linux, file permissions while being an easy concept to understand seem like they are very hard to setup.  Most of the time you will see a three digit number which “magically” will determine what the permissions are … 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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