I have multiple gateways configured on my Linux or Unix based router. How do I ping through a specific interface of the gateway? How can I ping using a particular source IP address?
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I have a file named openvpn.client.ovpn. How do I use this file to connect my OpenBSD based desktop to remote OpenVPN server and setup secure VPN? How do I configure OpenVPN client on OpenBSD Unix system?
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I read that OpenBSD is the first BSD family of the operating system to release updates for its stable releases to mitigate the Meltdown vulnerability. How do I patch Meltdown on OpenBSD Unix operating system?
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I need to copy all the *.c files from local laptop named hostA to hostB including all directories. I am using the following scp command but do not know how to exclude specific files (such as *.out):
$ scp -r ~/projects/ user@hostB:/home/delta/projects/
How do I tell scp command to exclude particular file or directory at the Linux/Unix command line?
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I am a new sysadmin for the Unix operating system. How do I check running process in Unix using the command line option?
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I have set up a bash alias named file_repl. It works entirely when I log in using ssh command. However, my bash aliases are not running over ssh, for example:
$ ssh vivek@server1.cyberciti.biz file_repl
bash: file_repl: command not found
How do I run bash shell aliases when I use ssh command?
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