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Monitor remote systems with Nagios

Nagios is a fantastic program that allows you to monitor remote systems for availability.

Automount filesystems with flexible AutoFS tool

AutoFS comes standard on almost every Linux system and let's you use automounting to have remote NFS shares available on demand.

Try this workaround for time-out issues in kernel 2.6.17 and higher

Because of a recent change in TCP window scale settings in Linux 2.6.17 kernel and higher, you may have had some problems connecting to certain Web sites. We'll show you a quick workaround.

Use lbdb to combine contact sources for easy address lookup

Address book storage varies by e-mail client; many keep contacts in their own storage format that makes them inaccessible to other clients. One program, called the Little Brother's Database, can bring many of these together to make it easy to search for contacts outside of your e-mail client.

Linux Command Line Tips: Find

Command line skills are something you pick up over time, but some may not be aware of everything the common tool find can do.

Set up Logical Volume Manager in Linux

Logical Volume Manager (LVM), is a mechanism to create virtual drives out of physical drives. In this quick tip we'll show you how.

10 things you should do to a new Linux PC before exposing it to the Internet

When you are embarking on the Linux experience for your initial time, there's a few things you should know.

Learn the power features of zsh

Vincent Danen describes some of the features of the Z shell, such as tab-completion and prompt-handling.

Using script to record terminal sessions

Most sys admins know the importance of keeping an action log where various tasks, configuration changes, etc. are kept. One answer is to use a little-known program called script, which is part of the util-linux package on most Linux distributions.

Modify data in an LDAP directory

LDAP is perhaps one of the largest growing database technologies available for Linux due to its speed and its read-often, write-little design. We'll give you some quick pointers.

Running hook scripts in Subversion

Subversion is a great version control system, particularly in the ease with which it processes data at various points of the repository management process. We'll show you how you can use hook scripts to handle data after or during commits.

Establish more effective security capabilities with OpenSSH

Longtime Linux admins know that SSH, the "Secure Shell" protocol, is one of the most handy and potentially critical utilities in their software toolbox. We'll show you how to get it up and running in no time.

Making manpages work for you

One of the most important skills to have for navigating the command line in Linux is the ability to use manpages. We show how to gain help with almost any UNIX command line program by using the 'man' command.

Set up a Linux VPN server by following these 10 steps

This article lists the 10 steps you should take to set up a VPN server in a Redhat distribution of Linux.

Read input and manipulate files on Linux systems with PHP scripts

If you are already familiar with PHP code for Web sites, then you'll find it works great for command-line scripting on Linux systems.

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