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Linux-PAM (short for Pluggable Authentication Modules which evolved from the Unix-PAM architecture) is a powerful suite of shared libraries used to dynamically authenticate a user to applications (or services) in a Linux system. Read More
Configuring a static IP address for your Linux distribution is a fundamental task and should be completed in few easy steps. With the release of RHEL 8 public beta, you can now configure your network interface in a few different ways using NetworkManager utilities. Read More
Crontab Guru is a free editor for both beginner and advanced users to edit and schedule cron jobs in a quick and easy manner. You can use crontab to create cron schedule expressions for almost anytime period you can imagine. Its website has a schedule generator whose variables (minute, hour, day of the month, day […]
As you may already know, we use mv command to rename or move files and directories in Unix-like operating systems. But, the mv command won’t support renaming multiple files at once. It can rename only one file at a time. Worry not. There are few other utilities available, especially for batch renaming files. In this […]
Renowned Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the end of life of the Linux 4.18 kernel series, urging users to upgrade their distributions to a newer kernel as soon as possible. Read More
The service command lets you run a System V init script. In this tutorial, we will briefly discuss this tool using some easy to understand examples. Read More
Quick article listing what’s new in RHEL 8 BETA. Also, enlist steps to download RHEL 8 BETA ISO from Red Hat developer portal. Read More
The state of a port is either open, filtered, closed, or unfiltered. A port is said to be open if an application on the target machine is listening for connections/packets on that port. Read More
A quick tutorial to configure proxy for YUM in RHEL, CentOS or Fedora Linux. Read More
Short post on how to disable IPv6 in RHEL, Suse or Ubuntu Linux. Read More