How to get information about a user on Linux with the command line.

It is easy to get comprehensive information about a user on Linux by using the command line. I will show you how to see password expiry information and other details. This example shows the use of the chage command to retrieve password expiry information. 4.4 Mon Jan 13 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo chage -l jason … Read more

Useful bash commands and how to manage packages with dpkg on a Debian distro.

This is another way to find out who your user is. bash 07:15:16 Fri Jul 05 [homer@deep-thought $ who is linux homer pts/0 2013-07-05 19:10 (:0.0)bash 07:15:16 Fri Jul 05 [homer@deep-thought $ who is linux homer pts/0 2013-07-05 19:10 (:0.0) And this command lists all logged in users on your Linux system. bash 07:15:09 Fri … Read more