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User management in any operating system is one of the basic routine tasks of a system administrator. For a Linux-based OS, it usually involves creating user accounts, modifying existing accounts like changing their home directory, default shell, locking/unlocking one or more accounts, and removing user accounts. Before we investigate the commands and processes to carry…
Misconfigured or expired ARP cache entries in the system might be one of the reasons for network connectivity problems. Are you aware that clearing the ARP cache in your system may fix loading problems and connectivity errors? This article will look at how to check and clear the ARP cache in the different operating systems….
Have you ever faced a situation where you have been using a Wi-Fi network for many months and suddenly realized that you don’t remember its password? Our systems remember every Wi-Fi password we’ve ever connected to. That’s how it re-establishes connections with those networks without entering the password again. Here’s a tutorial on how you…
Using a Linux-based operating system to hide your identity on the internet is quite simple, and you can do it all without paying for a VPN service like those available today. Kali Linux distributions are used to test the security of WiFi networks, websites, and servers, among other things. Operating systems like Debian and Ubuntu…
tar is one of the popular file archiving formats available in Unix and Linux-based systems. The name itself is derived from Tape ARchive as it was developed for writing sequential data on tape devices. It is also referred to as tarball sometimes. By default, tar only archives the files without compression but using some portions….
With hundreds of different Linux commands, it becomes difficult to remember all of them. Using the best Linux cheat sheet saves yourself this hassle and allows you to continue your work cohesively. The reason is Linux commands may intimidate you when you are a beginner, or you are not used to playing with the terminal….
As a Sysadmin, one of the frequent activities is to reboot or power off servers. This could be due to regular maintenance activity like OS patching or due to some hardware failure that requires a system to be powered down for maintenance. A Linux system offers several different ways to reboot or shut down the…
grep, originally developed for Unix-based systems, is one of the most widely used command-line utility in Linux boxes. Its name comes from another similar command in ed tool, i.e., g/re/p which stands for globally search for a regular expression and print matching lines. grep basically searches for a given pattern or regular expression from standard…
It often happens that we find a Linux system has rebooted in an unplanned way or due to unknown apparent reasons. Finding and resolving the root cause can help in preventing the recurrence of such issues and avoid unplanned downtime. There are several ways we can find out what triggered a reboot. In this article,…
pip (or its recursive acronym “Pip Installs Packages”) is the package installer for Python. Python has an extensive index of available modules and packages that you can use in your projects. Often, downloading them or keeping them updated is a challenge, especially if your project is huge or needs to maintain multiple such projects. That’s…
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