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convert a file to equivalent hex/binary code 2007-08-15 06:04:00 Decade and years ago, PCTools was one of top list most widely used tool on viewing files with equivalent hexa codes. Here's how to convert or view a text on its equivalent hex codes. Assuming... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

spell check text file from terminal 2007-08-15 05:23:00 This blog entry is here to do spell check of text file(s) remotely via terminal or without using X. This can be done non-interactively and interactively using linux spell and aspell binary. Here are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

create screen timer from linux howto 2007-08-15 04:54:00 Creating stopwatch or timer from your screen can be done so many ways. This can be applied when you need to track or watch the exact time duration for certain execution of a particular script... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

recreate deleted /dev/null 2007-08-15 02:13:00 Wikipedia says: The null device is a special file that discards all data written to it (but reports that the write operation succeeded), and provides no data to any process that reads from it (it... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Interactive Linux Kernel Map [Digg] 2007-08-14 20:10:26 This is a detailed image map that allows anyone from newbies to hackers to learn about the various devices and functions of Linux. ...

harddisk monitoring using smartctl 2007-08-14 19:40:00 The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

bind ssh to selected IP address 2007-08-14 19:26:00 As we all know, by default installation and kickstart of openssh daemon service (sshd), it binds itself to all existing IP address from given host. Alternatively, if you wish to bind sshd service to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

restrict su command to superuser only 2007-08-14 18:03:00 Man su says: su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs Restricting su command to root superuser only is really simple. Here are the quick steps. First, determining the path location of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

thunderbird install howto 2007-08-14 14:26:00 I have just noticed that Mozilla Thunderbird is not installed from one of my desktop. Thunderbird is safe, fast, and easy email user agent, with intelligent spam filters, quick message search, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

dovecot POP3/POP3S server with SSL/TLS install howto 2007-08-14 12:30:00 I have decided to blog an entry on installing Dovecot as POP3/POP3S server with SSL/TLS support on mbox-type mail settings. Dovecot says: Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

qpopper POP3 server install howto 2007-08-14 09:51:00 Nowadays, there are lots of POP/POP3 server packages to choose from, some of them comes as an enterprise versions that includes the whole mail collaboration packages with webmail, mail server... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

my other linux pages 2007-08-13 10:58:00 Hi all! Thanks for visiting and posting comments to A Linux SysAd Blog. I appreciate. FYI, I have just created a separate blog entry that would cover mostly growing Linux news around the OS arena,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Open Source Global Load Balancing [Digg] 2007-08-13 05:42:24 Issue 6 of o3 magazine is now available. o3 is an open source magazine with a focus on the enterprise. This issue looks at deploying Global Load Balancing with Open Source solutions, Deploying Production Rails Applications, PostgreSQL, Thin WiFi Access Points, Simple Appliance Stacks with Linux From Scratch, Building Secure Global Networks and more ...

more ssh log parsing and monitoring 2007-08-12 17:17:00 Server SSH log files provides us information from simple system to critical system security message. This is a continuation of parsing ssh log file blogged recently which can easily be found here. I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

checking daemon service bash script 2007-08-12 03:36:00 How to restart daemon service if found not running? How to check for service at regular time interval? How to send notification from terminal? How to find PID of daemon? How to have a heartbeat-like... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...