Category Archives: Linux

Stopping DOS Attacks with Mod_Evasive
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Posted on August 4, 2011 by

DOS attacks are becoming very common these days.  There are many different levels of DOS attack and monitoring your system and trying to prevent them all can be a full-time job.  However for the causal user you can easily add some basic … Continue reading →

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Easily Upgrade Fedora
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Posted on August 2, 2011 by

One of the downsides to using Fedora is that every six months there is another major release.  This can be annoying to keep up with but luckily Fedora has made it easy with the preupgrade command. All you need to … Continue reading →

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Clean-up Pacman
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Posted on August 2, 2011 by

In Arch when ever you install a package it is downloaded to your system. This make perfect sense because how else are you going to install it… What most people don’t realize is that those packages stay on the system … Continue reading →

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Working with ISO from the Linux Command Line
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Posted on August 1, 2011 by

If you have wondered how to create an iso from the command line, it is very simple.  You just need to use the following commands: mkisofs -o <name of iso>.iso <directory to be iso> To burn an ISO from the … Continue reading →

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Unlock An Account
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Posted on August 1, 2011 by

To unlock a user in Linux is quite easy you just need to run the following command: passwd -u <account> This will unlock the account which has expired, but if you have turned on the advanced PAM Account Auditing you will also need … Continue reading →

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