Linux Tutorials on the topic “linux”

• Options For User Auditing On Linux Platforms

  Author: davidwise3131 • Tags: linux • Comments: 2

  Options For User Auditing On Linux Platforms A variety of methods exist for auditing user activity in UNIX and Linux environments. Some of them come preinstalled within common distributions, some can be downloaded as freeware, and some are commercially available products. Here are some of the most popular methods for auditing. Each method is described, along with tips for how to make the best use of each method. In addition, guidance is provided to show what type of auditing each method is best suited for.

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• A Beginner's Guide To btrfs

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

  A Beginner's Guide To btrfs This guide shows how to work with the btrfs file system on Linux. It covers creating and mounting btrfs file systems, resizing btrfs file systems online, adding and removing devices, changing RAID levels, creating subvolumes and snapshots, using compression and other things. btrfs is still marked as experimental, but all those features make it a very interesting and flexible file system that should be taken into consideration when you look for the right file system.

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• How To Clone And Simulate Network Devices On Linux

  Author: EugeneR. • Tags: linux • Comments: 0

  How To Clone And Simulate Network Devices On Linux This guide shows how to clone and simulate devices using free and commonly used tools. This could be helpful while conducting network stress-tests, network audits, etc.

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• Remote MySQL Performance And Query Monitoring

  Author: gbi • Tags: linux, mysql • Comments: 0

  Remote MySQL Performance and Query Monitoring There may be the situation that you have to monitor a MySQL server remotely. There are some linux tools to do performance and query monitoring locally, and these tools can also used to monitor remotely - but only unencrypted ! Also often MySQL is only listening on the loopback interface, so it is even not reachable remotely over the net (which is very good seen from the security viewpoint). But there is an easy solution in the Linux world.

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• Running A Small Business Server With ClearOS 6.3.0 (Community Edition)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, other, samba, storage • Comments: 2

  Running A Small Business Server With ClearOS 6.3.0 (Community Edition) This guide shows how you can install and run a Small Business Server with ClearOS 6.3.0 (Community Edition). With ClearOS, you can run various services (such as a file- and print server, a web proxy and content filter, a mail server, etc.) in your local network and manage them through an easy web interface. ClearOS provides apps for each of these tasks from its marketplace - many of them are free, some of them have to be paid for. ClearOS Community is open-source and free. There's also a professional version available for which you have to pay, but which in return provides better support, better tested apps and updates, etc.

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• Using Fail2ban To Block Wrong ISPConfig Logins

  Author: phry • Tags: linux, security, control panels, ispconfig • Comments: 5

  Using Fail2ban To Block Wrong ISPConfig Logins In this tutorial, we'll write an ISPConfig plugin to log failed logins to syslog, filter those entries using rsyslogd and add a fail2ban rule to block malicious users' IPs.

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• Create And Restore Partition Images With Partimage

  Author: CSch • Tags: linux, backup • Comments: 1

  Create And Restore Partition Images With Partimage Backups are usually made in one of two ways - either file-based which means that single files are backed up, often via synchronization and on an external disk, or image-based which means that a whole partition is stuffed into an image file that can be restored on the partition, containing everything there was on it. This tutorial covers image-based backups using Partimage from a live desktop environment.

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• How To Manage Your Servers With Rex - Best Practice

  Author: jfried • Tags: linux • Comments: 0

  How To Manage Your Servers With Rex - Best Practice (R)?ex is a server orchestration and configuration management tool. With (R)?ex you can manage all your boxes from a central point through the complete process of configuration management and software deployment. In this guide I will show you with the help of a project how to use (R)?ex to configure your servers and how to deploy software.

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• AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Qmail Mail Server

  Author: dervis • Tags: antivirus, email, freebsd, linux, security • Comments: 1

  AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Qmail Mail Server This document describes how to deploy AVG Antivirus for Linux/FreeBSD to the Qmail mail server. It is usable for AVG version 8.5, 10 and 2012.

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• Installing MySQL-Frontend Chive (A phpMyAdmin Alternative)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, mysql • Comments: 2

  Installing MySQL-Frontend Chive (A phpMyAdmin Alternative) This guide explains how to install the phpMyAdmin alternative Chive. Chive is a free, open source, web-based database management tool with easy administration, super fast UI and state of the art web technologies. It takes advantage of the capabilities of modern browsers. Features include an SQL editor with syntax highlighting and built-in profiling of SQL queries.

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