Linux Tutorials on the topic “Linux”

• Running Linux Live-CDs On Windows With MobaLiveCD

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, other • Comments: 8

  Running Linux Live-CDs On Windows With MobaLiveCD This article is a short introduction to running Linux Live-CDs with MobaLiveCD. MobaLiveCD is a standalone Windows application (i.e., you do not have to install it - it runs by clicking on the executable) that uses the Qemu emulator to run Linux Live-CDs on your Windows desktop.

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• Using Zivios Identity Management

  Author: rehanzafar • Tags: linux • Comments: 0

  Using Zivios Identity Management Zivios is an open source web based identity management application featuring single sign on, certificate authority, user, group and computer provisioning with remote management of services. Zivios is an n-tiered PHP-5 application and uses MySQL and OpenLDAP as it's data store, with OpenLdap being the primary back end for identity management and application integration and MySQL being used for panel specific data.

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• Spam Blocking And Web Filtering With The Untangle 5.3 Network Gateway

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, security • Comments: 1

  Spam Blocking And Web Filtering With The Untangle 5.3 Network Gateway Untangle bundles common open-source applications for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network in one single Linux distribution. It can be integrated into existing networks either as a router or as a transparent bridge (directly behind the router, but before the switch that connects the client PCs with the router). The best thing about Untangle is that you don't have to reconfigure the client PCs - Untangle works out of the box.

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• Triggering Commands On File/Directory Changes With Incron on Debian Etch

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, programming, server • Comments: 10

  Triggering Commands On File/Directory Changes With Incron This guide shows how you can install and use incron on a Debian Etch system. Incron is similar to cron, but instead of running commands based on time, it can trigger commands when file or directory events occur (e.g. a file modification, changes of permissions, etc.).

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• uvhd - File Investigation Utility

  Author: Owen_Townsend • Tags: fedora, linux • Comments: 0

  uvhd - File Investigation Utility 'uvhd' is a binary file investigation utility. It displays the contents of any file in vertical hexadecimal format, and prompts for commands to browse, search, select, update, scan/replace, print, translate, etc. uvhd is an interactive utility with a command line interface and 18 help screens.

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• How To Set Up A Cisco Lab On Linux (CentOS 5.2)

  Author: topdog • Tags: linux, other, virtualization, centos, commercial • Comments: 5

  How To Set Up A Cisco Lab On Linux (CentOS 5.2) I recently decided to study for the Cisco CCSP certification. My main concern in the beginning was the fact that most of the lab simulation software that I found out there could only run on Windows, this was a problem for me given the fact that I do not own a windows computer. After a quick search I found the wonderful Dynamips project that goes beyond what other simulators do by running actual Cisco IOS images, as well as the PEMU project which allows for running of Cisco PIX images. To integrate the various pieces of software and provide an interface for interaction with the devices I used dynagen.

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• How To Make monit Send SMS Alerts When Your Server Goes Down

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, monitoring • Comments: 9

  How To Make monit Send SMS Alerts When Your Server Goes Down This tutorial explains how you can configure monit to send alert messages per SMS to your mobile phone when a service fails. Because monit can send only emails but not SMS, we will use an email-to-sms gateway where monit will send its emails to, and the email-to-sms gateway will convert the emails to SMS messages.

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• How To Set Up A Shockvoice Server On Linux Using Mono

  Author: kobayashi • Tags: linux • Comments: 0

  How To Set Up A Shockvoice Server On Linux Using Mono This is a step-by-step instruction on how to install Shockvoice on a Linux machine. Shockvoice is a voice-over-ip communication tool. This tool is slightly different in its features. It's simply coded in C# and therefore runs on almost any platform of interest, be it Windows, Unix, Macintosh or Solaris. The client will only be available for Windows in the beginning.

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• How To Secure Postgresql Using Two-Factor Authentication From WiKID

  Author: nowen • Tags: linux, security • Comments: 0

  How To Secure Postgresql Using Two-Factor Authentication From WiKID Databases are the key repository for critical data.  If you are storing information that needs to be kept secure from prying eyes, especially credit card or personally identifiable information (PII) you might be required to control access using two-factor authentication.  This tutorial demonstrates how to secure Postgresql with two-factor authentication from WiKID.

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• Some Tips To Make SSH/SCP Usage More Convenient

  Author: tony2 • Tags: linux, other • Comments: 9

  Some Tips To Make SSH/SCP Usage More Convenient I guess many of us rely heavily on ssh/scp to access/maintain remote hosts. In this short article I would like to share some experiences I find useful for ssh/scp usage.

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