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Linux File Linking Explained: Hard vs. Soft Links

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In Linux, there are two types of file links: hardlinks and softlinks. This article shows the difference between hard and soft links, how they work, and explains when you should pick a softlink over a hardlink.

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Created by nemilar 11 years 35 weeks ago – Made popular 11 years 34 weeks ago
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How To Monitor Network Traffic: Two Indispensable Commands

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This how-to will teach you two commands, iftop and nethogs, that you can use to monitor network traffic on a Linux machine. You can use iftop to view traffic by individual connection, port, network segment, or remote host, which gives you a detailed accounting of all packets coming in and out of your machine.

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Created by nemilar 11 years 43 weeks ago – Made popular 11 years 43 weeks ago
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Malta's directive to boost uptake of open source

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Malta's public administration wants its institutions to increase their use of open source software. In a directive published early last week, the government says it also wants to share more of its own applications by publishing them using the European Union's open source licence.

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How I sped up my server by a factor of 6 (with one linux command)

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It occurred to me that I was running 3 CPU-bound processes on the same machine and that the processes might be stepping on each other's toes. It's possible that if the server is running on core 4 one second and the producer is running there the next, the level 1 cache of that core could be ruined for the server the next time it ambles over there.

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[Howto] Introduction to Puppet

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The administration of a large number of servers can be quite tiresome without a central configuration management. This article gives a first introduction into the configuration management Puppet.

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Secure remote firewall administration via SSH

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Most firewall systems contain a Web-based component that allows you to configure the firewall. This holds true for most entry-level firewall systems (Linksys, D-Link, etc.) and also open source firewall systems such as pfSense. These systems tend to provide ways to access the Web interface remotely via the Internet; however, this should not be considered secure at all.

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3 More Things Every Good Linux Adminstrator Knows

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Since my "5 Things Every Good Linux Administrator Knows" post the other day, I've received some indirect feedback from friends and readers alike, that admittedly, leaves a little egg on my face.

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Created by bridget 13 years 28 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 28 weeks ago
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Linux and Unix Admin Humor - The Web Site Is Down!

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Great video, and actual website, of another BOFH :)

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Created by eggixyz 13 years 41 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 40 weeks ago
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Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins

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Learn these 10 tricks and you'll be the most powerful Linux® systems administrator in the universe...well, maybe not the universe, but you will need these tips to play in the big leagues. Learn about SSH tunnels, VNC, password recovery, console spying, and more. Examples accompany each trick, so you can duplicate them on your own systems.

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Installation Security Baselines For Linux and Unix - 1b

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Part two of a five part post series on setting up Linux and Unix servers securely.

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Created by eggixyz 13 years 49 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 49 weeks ago
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UID and GID: the basics of Linux user admin

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It is important to understand how Linux user accounts work. There are GUI tools for this within GNOME and KDE but here we lift the lid on the bonnet to show what really makes a user exist, and what these commands are doing to your filesystem.

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