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2007


Telnet POP3 Commands

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If you ever need to communicate with a POP3 server via telnet to test it, here’s some commands you can use:

Disable SSH timeouts

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To pretty much completely disable SSH timeouts, simply adjust the following directives in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

Pre-upgrade Plesk Backup

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Before you upgrade Plesk, it’s always a good idea to make a backup and also make your ip and shell maps:

Chmod and the mysterious first octet

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If you’ve ever worked on a linux system, chances are that you’ve used chmod many times.

Understanding LVM

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LVM is handy when you want additional flexibility to grow or shrink your storage space safely without impacting filesystems negatively.

Measuring raw shell bandwidth

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Okay, so we know it’s easy to measure web, ftp and mail traffic, right?

Cisco Logging to RHEL

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If you have a Cisco device logging to RHEL, here’s all that’s necessary:

Argument list too long

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If you have a ton of files in a directory and you need to remove them, but rm says that the “argument list [is] too long”, just use find and xargs: