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ssh on multiple servers Using cluster ssh

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:16:02 -0800

Cluster SSH opens terminal windows with connections to specified hosts and an administration console. Any text typed into the administration console is replicated to all other connected and active windows. This tool is intended for, but not limited to, cluster administration where the same configuration or commands must be run on each node within the cluster. Performing these commands all at once via this tool ensures all nodes are kept in sync. Full Story

FreeNX Server and Client Installation in Debian Etch

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:55:43 -0800

FreeNX is a system that allows you to access your desktop from another machine over the internet. You can use this to login graphically to your desktop from a remote location. One example of its use would be to have a FreeNX server set up on your home computer, and graphically logging in to the home computer from your work computer, using a FreeNX client. Full Story

Working with vast raster images: NIP2

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:36:09 -0800

Submit Debian Articles and Howtos and earn goodies!!!

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:54:46 -0700

Get a Rapidshare Premium Account for free when submit atleast 5 articles or write ups on Debian. This could just be anything from a HowTo on the operating system or an application to run on Debian to an article explaining an application or a concept on Debian.

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NTP Server and Client Configuration in debian

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:49:51 -0700

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency (Jitter).

Howto Boot debian in text mode instead of graphical mode (GUI)

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:25:59 -0700

You can prevent automatic running of the GUI when you boot your debian machine by disabling your login manager be it KDM, GDM or XDM from running at boot time. To disable the login manager from automatically running at boot up.

Howto restrict su command to superuser only in Linux

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:39 -0700

su is run a shell with substitute user and group IDs. su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked without a username, su defaults to becoming the super user. The optional argument - may be used to provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in directly.

Envy - ATI and NVIDIA drivers installation made easy

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:49:25 -0700

“Envy” is an application for Ubuntu Linux and Debian written in Python and PyGTK.

Monitoring Proftpd Server Using phpftpwho

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:54:04 -0700

phpftpwho is a program written in PHP that tells you the status of your local FTP server. It uses the unix/linux command ftpwho and formats and displays the information. The program is licensed under the GPL license. Full Story

Monitoring Debian Servers Using Monit

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:29:36 -0700

monit is a utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and devices on a UNIX system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations. Full Story

Filesystem Encryption Tools for Linux

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:29:20 -0700

Crypto filesystems keep your data safe – even if someone steals your computer.Linux offers a number of encrypted filesystem options – each with a different approach to the encryption problem.Encrypted filesystems may be overkill for family photos or your résumé, but they make sense for network-accessible servers that hold sensitive business documents, databases that contain credit-card information, offline backups, and laptops.

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Howto Change Default text editor in Debian Etch

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:57:26 -0700

By Default Debian Etch Provides the nano editor you need to follow this procedure.In this example i want to use vi editor as my default editor.This is Veryuseful if you want to change Default editor to your own choice.

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Debian Package management Using dpkg

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:45:25 -0700

Dpkg is the Debian package manager dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages. The primary and more user-friendly front-end for dpkg is dselect.dpkg itself is controlled entirely via command line parameters,which consist of exactly one action and zero or more options. The action-parameter tells dpkg what to do and options control the behavior of the action in some way.

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Desktop Search Engine with Doodle in Debian

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:36:05 -0700

Doodle is a tool to quickly search the documents on a computer. Doodle builds an index using meta-data contained in the documents and allows fast searches on the resulting database. Doodle uses libextractor to support obtaining meta-data from various file-formats. The database used by doodle is a suffix tree, resulting in fast lookups. Full Story

Mysql Database Status report using mysqlreport

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:37:16 -0800

mysqlreport makes a friendly report of important MySQL status values. mysqlreport transforms the values from SHOW STATUS into an easy-to-read report that provides a much more in-depth understanding of how well MySQL is running. For this and many other reasons, mysqlreport is a better alternative (and practically the only alternative) to manually interpreting SHOW STATUS.

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Install KDE Desktop in Debian Etch

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:29:26 -0800

KDE is a powerful Free Software graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality, and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system.

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Complete Nagios tutorials (Installation,Configurations,Plugins Configuration)

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:29:26 -0800

Nagios is a host and service monitor designed to inform you of network problems before your clients, end-users or managers do. It has been designed to run under the Linux operating system, but works fine under most *NIX variants as well. The monitoring daemon runs intermittent checks on hosts and services you specify using external "plugins" which return status information to Nagios. When problems are encountered, the daemon can send notifications out to administrative contacts in a variety of different ways (email, instant message, SMS, etc.). Current status information, historical logs, and reports can all be accessed via a web browser.

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Debian Network Tools

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:59:13 -0800

This is list of debian network tools with examples and man pages

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Install Skype Instant messanger in Debian

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:57:46 -0800

Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world. And even though the calls are free, they are really excellent quality. If you and your friends, family or business contacts are using webcams, you can also make free video calls. You can even call landlines and mobile phones at really cheap per minute rates (and there’s no setup or subscription fee).

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Debian Package administration Commands Reference

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:55:55 -0800

Debian Administration Utilities

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:50:34 -0800

These are the utilities i have collected and each utility is having man page which gives you more information about each utility.

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