Telnet POP3 Commands17 April 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·36 words·1 minIf you ever need to communicate with a POP3 server via telnet to test it, here’s some commands you can use:
Disable SSH timeouts12 April 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·65 words·1 minTo pretty much completely disable SSH timeouts, simply adjust the following directives in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
Pre-upgrade Plesk Backup10 April 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·48 words·1 minBefore you upgrade Plesk, it’s always a good idea to make a backup and also make your ip and shell maps:
/bin/rm: Argument list too long26 March 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·19 words·1 minIf you have too many files to remove, try this trick:
Exporting SSL certificates from Windows to Linux23 March 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·504 words·3 minsFirst, you have to get the certificate and key out of Windows in a pfx (PKCS #12) format.
Chmod and the mysterious first octet14 February 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·783 words·4 minsIf you’ve ever worked on a linux system, chances are that you’ve used chmod many times.
Understanding LVM14 February 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·671 words·4 minsLVM is handy when you want additional flexibility to grow or shrink your storage space safely without impacting filesystems negatively.
Measuring raw shell bandwidth12 February 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·221 words·2 minsOkay, so we know it’s easy to measure web, ftp and mail traffic, right?
Delete single iptables rules9 February 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·36 words·1 minYou can delete them based on what they’re doing:
Fighting DDOS attacks in Linux7 February 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·40 words·1 minCheck for a SYN flood:
Cisco Logging to RHEL6 February 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·111 words·1 minIf you have a Cisco device logging to RHEL, here’s all that’s necessary:
Argument list too long24 January 2007·Updated: 26 April 2024·39 words·1 minIf 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: