Telnet POP3 Commands 17 April 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·36 words·1 min If you ever need to communicate with a POP3 server via telnet to test it, here’s some commands you can use:
Disable SSH timeouts 12 April 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·65 words·1 min To pretty much completely disable SSH timeouts, simply adjust the following directives in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
Pre-upgrade Plesk Backup 10 April 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·48 words·1 min Before you upgrade Plesk, it’s always a good idea to make a backup and also make your ip and shell maps:
/bin/rm: Argument list too long 26 March 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·19 words·1 min If you have too many files to remove, try this trick:
Exporting SSL certificates from Windows to Linux 23 March 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·504 words·3 mins First, you have to get the certificate and key out of Windows in a pfx (PKCS #12) format.
Chmod and the mysterious first octet 14 February 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·783 words·4 mins If you’ve ever worked on a linux system, chances are that you’ve used chmod many times.
Understanding LVM 14 February 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·671 words·4 mins LVM is handy when you want additional flexibility to grow or shrink your storage space safely without impacting filesystems negatively.
Measuring raw shell bandwidth 12 February 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·221 words·2 mins Okay, so we know it’s easy to measure web, ftp and mail traffic, right?
Delete single iptables rules 9 February 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·36 words·1 min You can delete them based on what they’re doing:
Fighting DDOS attacks in Linux 7 February 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·40 words·1 min Check for a SYN flood:
Cisco Logging to RHEL 6 February 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·111 words·1 min If you have a Cisco device logging to RHEL, here’s all that’s necessary:
Argument list too long 24 January 2007·Updated: 9 May 2024·39 words·1 min If you have a ton of files in a directory and you need to remove them, but rm says that the “argument list [is] too long”, just use find and xargs: