The finger command is used in Linux and Unix-like systems to check the information of all currently logged on users from the terminal. It is a command line utility that gives users logon time, tty (name), idle time, home directory, shell name, etc. The Finger package is not installed by default in most Linux and …
Regardless of the operating system you are using; there are multiple reasons why you might want to uninstall software. Maybe the software has become corrupted, and it doesn’t function the same as before, or your application is now virus-ridden, so uninstalling it is safe. There are times when you don’t use the software anymore, so …
This guide will step you through the steps to install the VMWare tools onto a Linux machine. In some cases, open-vm-tools may already be installed as a default package in your distribution. Below are some example installation commands. If you are running a non graphical/server operating system, use the server examples. If you are running …
During the installation of Ubuntu, it will try and automatically obtain an IP address using DHCP. While that may be fine for most users, if you are wanting to set up a server, the chances are you will want it to always have the same IP address. There are two options for ensuring you get/use …
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When you need to access network devices located on a different network segment than the one you are on, you need to have a route set up so the networking stack knows how to get to the other network segment. This generally just points to your main gateway, but you may want to set up …
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Converting png images to jpg is extremely simple using linux. The examples below will show you how to install ImageMagick, which is the software that actually does the conversion, and what commands to run to actually do the conversion. The installation process outlined below is specific for Ubuntu / systems that use the apt package …
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The Domain Name System (DNS for short) is one of the most important parts of the internet infrastructure. It converts the easy to remember domain names, into IP (and IPv6) addresses, that aren’t so friendly to the end user. Regardless of the distribution of Linux that you are using (such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Arch, …
When you need to access networks located on a different network segment, you need to have a route set up so the PC knows how to get to the other network segment. This generally just points to your main gateway, but you may want to set up additional static routes, where you don’t want the …
If you have a Ubuntu web server (running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 13.10, 12.04 LTS, or 10.04 LTS) set up using PHP FPM with Unix sockets, be warned that a recent security patch that fixes an issue with the PHP FPM socket permissions, may also break existing configurations, preventing your website from load php files. After …
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The ‘sed’ command can be used to easily replace all occurrences of one string in a text file, with another string. For example: sed -i “s/wordtofind/replacewithword/g” /path/to/file.txt This command will find all occurrences of “wordtofind” and replace them on the fly with “replacewithword” in the file “/path/to/file.txt”. The “-i” command switch specifies to edit the …
