Tightening security for SSH Server…
Hi all. When I was setting up my server while back I have noticed 100’s of entries in my: /var/log/auth.log about failed log in attempts…
Year: 2014
Passwordless SSH authentication. Using authentication keys.
Hi all. It would drive me bananas if I would have to remember password for each and every of my shell accounts… Using password as…
SSH installation and first steps…
SSH as in Secure SHell in the words of wikipedia: Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote command-line login,…
Secure access to the website’s resources with .htaccess and .htpasswd files.
This is a very loose translation of this article by SloniuPL. Its actually an improvement as You don’t have to rely on a 3rd party…
How to stop some of the cron frequent jobs from sending e-mail and filling up Your inbox?
How to stop some of the cron frequent jobs from sending e-mail and filling up Your inbox? /dev/null them. How? Add this after the command:…
So I have a mail server configured and I want cron to send me a summary each time it runs the task…
So I have a mail server configured and I want cron to send me a summary each time it runs the task… Am I asking…
Cron installation and first steps.
Cron installation and first steps. Cron? What is it…? Well… Cron is a task scheduler. Its an application that runs as a daemon in the…
Changing the default command line text editor to Your favorite one.
Changing the default command line text editor to Your favorite one. How? Edit ~/.bashrc and add this: export EDITOR=mcedit after this line: # User specific…
Block the annoyances on Twitter’s ‘log in’ page using Adblock Plus.
Block the annoyances on Twitter’s ‘log in’ page using Adblock Plus. Add this to the filters: Background slideshow: twitter.com##div.front-bg Little animated message displayed below the…
Block the stupid World Cup banner on Twitter using Adblock Plus.
Block the stupid World Cup banner on Twitter using Adblock Plus. Add this to the filters: twitter.com ##div.promptbird.promptbird-wide-above-timeline Cheers. Andrzej