Is Microsoft adding sudo to Windows? Are they turning Windows into Linux?
Microsoft is adding sudo to Windows 11 and Windows 12. This is an interesting development.
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How to set up your own Arma Reforger Conflict server on Windows.
How to set up a Conflict Server in Arma Reforger using the dedicated server component.
Read MoreParsing the contents of the Apache web server logs is a heap of fun.
How to easily parse Apache server logs and get useful information.
Read MoreWindows Terminal can use SSH now to connect to Linux machines.
How to use SSH in Windows Terminal and view Bitcoin prices instantly.
Read MoreHow to run the Arma 3 SOG DLC on a Linux server. This is easy to do.
How to install the Arma 3 SOG CDLC on a Linux dedicated server. This is easy and fun. And how to automatically load missions on the server.
Read MoreHow to add a new user on Ubuntu server and add a desktop environment if desired.
Adding a new user to the Ubuntu server is very simple. The useradd command may be used in a script to create multiple users very easily. This is a very good bash shell script to create a bunch of users in one go. All you need to do after this…
Read MoreSetting up an SSH server is very easy.
The Secure Shell, or SSH, provides a way of running command line and graphical applications, and transferring files, over an encrypted connection. SSH uses up to 2,048-bit encryption with a variety of cryptographic schemes to make sure that if a cracker intercepts your connection, all they can see is useless…
Read MoreHow to start the SSH server in Venom Linux.
To start the SSH server on a Venom Linux machine, use this command. bash-5.0# /usr/sbin/sshdbash-5.0# /usr/sbin/sshd This will start up the SSH server and then you may connect over SSH to your machine. Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and make these changes to allow the SSH server to run and allow…
Read MoreA Data Warehousing solution using SQL Server
I have been researching a system for deploying a database cluster. I have chosen the Microsoft SQL Server product. This does support server clustering and uses nodes clustered together on a network to create a failover network that will automatically maintain operation if one node is to fail. A virtual…
Read MoreWireshark is very useful for getting many types of information.
Using Wireshark to get information about the servers visited and traffic on your network is not as much fun as it used to be, but you can still get quite a bit of info even with an SSL connection. It is possible to get the name of visited websites even…
Read MoreBest solution for an online and dependable Linux VPS.
The best solution for a very reliable Linux VPS is Rose Hosting. They offer a Linux machine with a FreePBX service already installed, this can be a great solution for setting up a VOIP telephone system over the Internet. Also a machine for running other services like a mail or…
Read MoreDiscussion of virtualization and database servers.
I have been researching a system for deploying a database cluster. I have chosen the Microsoft SQL Server product. This does support server clustering and uses nodes clustered together on a network to create a failover network that will automatically maintain operation if one node is to fail. A virtual…
Read MorePrint useful Ubuntu news in your terminal easily.
This useful news is printed when a user opens the TTY console on Ubuntu and logs in. The news is from /var/cache/motd-news. But if a user puts this command in their .bashrc, the news will appear. cat /var/cache/motd-newscat /var/cache/motd-news The /var/run/motd.dynamic file contains the rest of the information printed to…
Read MoreHow to show a banner explaining terms of use for an SSH connection before login.
It is very simple to show a banner to your users, that explains the terms of use for an SSH connection upon the user reaching a login prompt. Firstly, create a file named info in the /etc/ssh directory. sudo touch /etc/ssh/infosudo touch /etc/ssh/info Then put this in it. *************************************************************************** NOTICE…
Read MoreThe ss command. A very useful way to find open and listening ports on a Linux system.
The ss command for Linux allows a user to list all listening ports on a Linux system. This command lists all listening TCP ports. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ ss -l -t State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port Peer Address:Port LISTEN 0 1 127.0.0.1:4101 *:* LISTEN 0 50 *:netbios-ssn *:* LISTEN 0 128…
Read MoreInstall the cockpit service on your Linux server and administer it from any PC on your network.
The cockpit service for Linux enables remote administration of a Linux PC from a client machine running any web browser. Installing this on Linux Mint is very easy. I am using Linux Mint 18.1 Firstly, run this command to install the PPA. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cockpit-project/cockpitjason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $…
Read MoreLinux just as important as ever in the modern world.
Windows 10 is the current operating system that Microsoft are pimping, but Linux is still very important. Servers run the free operating system, and there are many jobs that require Linux administration experience. The Windows 10 bash shell cannot run server software such as Apache and MySQL, this means that…
Read MoreHow to get just the IP address of your Linux machine using curl.
To get just the IP address of your Internet facing Linux machine, use this command. jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents/ipinfo/src$ curl icanhazip.comjason@jason-desktop:~/Documents/ipinfo/src$ curl icanhazip.com This will return just your IP address. This is another way to get this information. jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ curl ipinfo.io/ipjason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ curl ipinfo.io/ip To get information about a DNS server, use the dig…
Read MoreCool way to get large files onto a remote server with an SSH connection.
If you are using a remote server with SSH and you wish to get a large file off the Internet to the remote server easily, you may use the wget command to download it directly to the server instead of having to download it at home and then upload it…
Read MoreHow to setup NTP on Ubuntu to set the system time automatically.
To install NTP on Linux and update the system time automatically from the Internet, firstly install the NTP client. jason@darkstar:~$ sudo apt-get install ntpjason@darkstar:~$ sudo apt-get install ntp Then install the ntpdate utility. sudo apt-get install ntpdatesudo apt-get install ntpdate Then you may synchronize the time on your machine with…
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