How to Copy Files with SCP between Linux Servers
1.1 SCP Command Line-An Overview The SCP command line is commonly used to copy files over SSH, and between popular Operating systems like Linux, Mac and Windows in a secure fashion. SCP is used to...
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Linux: Add user to Group
Examples on how to add Linux users to groups with simple shell commands for CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. Add a new Linux User to a Group. A Linux user can have one primary group and one or more secondary...
View ArticleCreate shortcuts in Linux (symbolic links)
Windows users are used to be able to create shortcuts to have fast access to their files and folders. This is is especially useful when these are buried deep in their system. This feature isn't as...
View ArticleHow to Shutdown or Reboot Debian 10 (Buster)
Debian 10 has now fully switched to Systemd which means that the traditional commands to halt or reboot a system like 'shutdown -h now' or 'reboot' will not work anymore. First of all, run the command...
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How to enable verbose logging in pure-ftpd on Debian and Ubuntu
To turn on verbose logging (e.g. to debug FTP connection or authentication problems) in pure-ftpd FTP server on Debian and Ubuntu Linux. Enable debug log in pure-ftpd Execute the following command as...
View ArticleBackup and Restore MySQL Databases on the shell
One way to create a backup of a MySQL database on the shell is to use the mysqldump command. Mysqldump creates a dump of the database in form of sql commands, which can be easily restored using the...
View ArticleHow to convert filenames or text to lowercase on the Linux command line
There is no simple 'tolower' command on the bash, but you can convert uppercase characters to lowercase with a little shell script. The script uses the tr command internally for converting the chars....
View ArticleHow to prevent a Linux system user from logging into the system
The shell setting in /etc/passwd determines whether a Linux system user may log in via the shell or over SSH. If you don't want a certain user to be able to log in, set the shell to /bin/false or...
View ArticleRotating screen in Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Just as in Windows you have the option to rotate your screen into any direction in Linux, too. While in Windows you only need to press some keys, a key combination is not configured in Linux by...
View ArticleHow to delete saved passwords for network drives on Linux desktops
The majority of graphical environments let you choose to remember the passwords you enter somewhere to ease access to something but they usually don't tell you how to delete them again. Most Linux...
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