The Linux Compendium
The document will show you the step-by-step installation process of Debian 10 on Virtual Box. Virtual box is greatly recommended for IT users, students, and even professionals who have to work on multiple operating systems at once. Instead of installing different operating systems on your machine according to work requirements which involve complex setup process, … Read more
With NFS (Network File System), you can share files and folders with other systems in a network. NFS is based on a client-server architecture that allows users to remotely connect and access files through the network. With NFS, users can access shared files and folders as if they exist in their own system. In this … Read more
The keyboard in Linux operating system comes in a variety of layouts for different languages. Even for a single language, there are several layouts. When using our systems, many of us like to use our native language as the main input language. The Debian operating system allows us to add any language as the primary … Read more
Postfix is an efficient Mail Transfer Agent used for routing and sending receiving emails which is available as OpenSource software. It is the most well-known email server used in different Linux distributions. This is actually the replacement of an old Sendmail MTA that is pre-installed on the latest Rocky Linux versions as well. You may … Read more
As a system administrator, it is your job to keep the system up to date with the latest packages to increase system stability and reduce security risks. If you haven’t configured your server to check for updates automatically, you’ll have to update them manually. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to keep Rocky Linux 8 … Read more
A strong password is very important when you authenticate to a service with a username and password. Sometimes you need to protect your account or server and try to keep your data safe. It is often said that a strong password must have at least 14 characters, with variations such as lower and upper case … Read more
If you are a new Ubuntu admin user, you may want to know how to change the password in Ubuntu Linux Server from the bash shell or command line. After all, it is a good security practice to change passwords for every user, especially the SuperUser who can perform all sensitive operations in Ubuntu. Only … Read more
What is the mtr command? Mtr (my traceroute) is a command-line network diagnostic tool that provides the functions of the ping and traceroute commands. It is a simple and cross-platform tool that outputs information about the entire route that network packets take from the host system to the specified destination system. The mtr command is … Read more
With Ubuntu, you can customize your long Bash commands by using short and pleasant aliases as replacements. When working on the command line, you can simply use an alias in place of the entire command you don’t want to type. The alias works exactly like the command it was created for. In this tutorial, you … Read more
Installing Apache requires the installation of a complete LAMP package (Linux, Apache, MySQL and, PHP). To do development, users require a complete set of these open-source software and a locally set up machine before they can host their websites to test it out. We will go through the complete installation of the LAMP stack on … Read more