The root user enjoys the privilege of being able to access just about anything in the Linux system. While disabling root login is an authentication strategy that might boost security, people still debate whether it’s truly effective or not. Don’t worry, in this tutorial we’re going to walk you through different ways to prevent root […]
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With windows, you have a couple of well-known GUI utilities like WinRAR, 7zip, etc. that allow you to play around with archived files. What do you do in the case of Linux? The answer is – Linux zip and unzip commands. These are very simple yet powerful commands that allow you to play around with
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Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing application processes in containers. Containers let you run your applications in resource-isolated processes. Containers are similar to Virtual Machines, but are much less resource-intensive, as they only need the absolute minimum to run a particular application, and does not require installation of a separate Operating
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NOTE: Before reading this article, I would like to inform you that the ifconfig command is outdated, and is not recommended anymore. The ip command is the current replacement for the ifconfig command. Even though this program may be outdated, you may be in a system where you may need this command, so I’ll start
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As a Linux user, or as a server administrator, you need to regularly understand how long your servers have been up and running to understand their patch levels. What that means is that if a major update was recently rolled out, but a server has been up for a few weeks, you know that the
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In this tutorial, we’ll cover the killall command in Linux. We recently posted a tutorial on the kill command in Linux where we covered the usage and the functionality of the command. Today, we’ll go over how to use the killall command in Linux, and understand the difference between kill and killall commands. What is
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In this article, we’ll look at how we can install the Laravel framework on our Ubuntu system in just a few steps! Let’s get started. Laravel is a free and open-source PHP web application framework that is used to build a wide range of scalable web applications and APIs. Step 1: Install Laravel Prerequisites Since
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The tail command in Linux displays the last few lines/blocks of any file, the number of lines/blocks being dependent on the options passed when using the command. Also read: The uptime Command in Linux The Linux tail command default output When no options are provided, the tail command prints the last 10 lines for all
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PostgreSQL, or Postgres, is a relational database management system that provides an implementation of the SQL querying language. It is a popular choice for many small and large projects, having many advanced features like transaction management and transaction without read-locks, which are essential for a high performant database. Now, in this tutorial, let us look
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In this tutorial, we’ll look at how we can install Node.JS on Ubuntu 18.04 machine, in just a few steps! Node.JS is one of the most popular Javascript frameworks used in web development – whether it be front end or back end; this provides the complete package, and is the most used Javascript library today.
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