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Debian / Ubuntu Linux Install and Configure Remote Filesystem Snapshot with rsnapshot Incremental Backup Utility
Q. I’d like to configure my Debian box to backup two remote servers using rsnapshot software. It should make incremental snapshots of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines on 2nd hard disk located at /disk1 ( /dev/sdb2).
Remove Shutdown and Reboot Option from Linux GUI Login Screen ( GDM Setup )
Q. I’ve a central Linux test server. It has GDM based GUI login screen. How do I remove both shutdown and reboot server options from the login screen?
Run SSH In The background After Running a GUI Linux Application
This FAQ is part 2 of 2 in the series openssh
Q. How can I run ssh (ssh gui) in the background after running a Linux GUI application? How do I run any UNIX x11 application in background with SSH Linux client?
Find Linux / UNIX Kernel Version
Q. How do I find out what kernel version I am currently running under Debian Linux or any other Linux distribution using a shell prompt?
A. Use uname command which print certain system information such as:
=> Kernel version and name
=> Print the machine hardware name
=> print the processor type
=> print the operating system etc
Truss like command under Linux to monitor and diagnostic the system calls
Q. Solaris and FreeBSD both provide the truss command to monitor and debug system calls. I’m unable to find this command or package. How can I install truss under Linux?
A. truss is a debugging utility in Solaris and FreeBSD to monitor the system calls used. It is used to trace call and useful debugging [...]
Linux / UNIX set the DNS from the command line
Q. I just got Linux installed on my system. I’m able to connect to internet via IP address only. I’m not able to find out information about setting up new DNS sever ip under Linux. How do I configure primary and secondary DNS via terminal / shell prompt?
A. Under Linux / UNIX / BSD operating [...]
Find the file permission without using ls -l command
Q. I need to find file permission and store the same to a shell variable. How do I find out the file permission without parsing ls -l output?
A. Use GNU stat command to display file or file system status. It has option to display output in specific format.
Display stat for /etc/passwd file
Type the [...]
Apache Web Server Prevent Directory / Folder Listing
Q. If there is no index.html or index.php, Apache displays all other files in a Directory. How do I force Apache web server not to display my directory / folder list?
A.This controlled by a module called mod_autoindex or mod_dir.
You can completely remove (or replace) automatic index generation as per your requirements. The IndexIgnore directive adds [...]
UNIX / Linux Decompress tgz / tar.gz Files
I’ve downloaded a file from internet in .tgz format. How do I decompress .tgz file under UNIX or Linux operating system using a shell prompt?
UNIX: Remove a file with a name starting with - character
Q. Accidentally, I had created a file called -foo. Now how do I remove a file with a name starting with ‘-’ under UNIX or Linux operating system?
A. Use standard UNIX rm command, as follows:
rm command
Use rm command to remove files or directories as follows
rm ./-foo
rm ./-filename
rm — -foo
Alternatively, you can also [...]