extract & untar
This is a one step command to extract and untar a tar.gz file. tar zxvf…
Active Directory integration in CentOS using SAMBA
This is perhaps the best tutorial on how to set up Active Directory integration in…
How to tell what distro you are running?
So you inherit a box running linux and you have no idea which flavor of…
SNMP on OpenSolaris
SNMP is not installed by default on Open Solaris but really easy to set up.…
Installing VirtualBoxAdditions in Ubuntu
In order to install Virtual Box Additions on your newly install Ubuntu virtual machine, you…
Restrict SSH login access on CentOS
By default CentOS allows ssh access to all users who can authenticate with the server.…
Listing used ports in Linux
The lsof command can display all open files in Linux. With some filtering you can…
Adding Ubuntu to Active Directory with Likewise Open
The company I work for has been a Windows only shop for a long time…
Reset your lost Ubuntu Password
If you ever get locked out of your Ubuntu installation as I found myself to…
Alternate Shortcuts to cut-copy-paste
Did you know there are alternate shortcuts to the commonly used cut (ctrl+x), copy (ctrl+c)…