Custom Tab Completion
I'm sure you already know about tab completion: type part of a command name and hit TAB and you get its matches. Leave a space and then hit TAB, and you get filenames. Wonderful stuff. But what if YOUR command wants user names instead of file names?
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The
Top 10 Essential Ingredients Of Every LINUX HOSTING Plan (Package)
Lets
say, You have got your Domain Name (www.yourdomain.com).
Its time to check for a good hosting service provider
to have your files uploaded in the domain. If you are
opting for Linux Based Hosting Plan, make sure you have
the following included in your plans :
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/1208.html
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12.08.04 |
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Sun
And Open Source
II'm
reading everywhere that Sun is making Solaris 10 free
and open source. However, that's not quite true yet: if
you go to their download pages, you;ll have to accept
a license that says (among other things):
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/1201.html
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12.01.04 |
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Getting
100% Network Uptime from Your Provider
When
your host is down, there's not much you can do but wait
and check to see if they've gone over the network downtime
written into the contract. Rackspace is a different kind
of managed hosting company.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/1109.html
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11.09.04 |
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Rebuilding
Failed Linux Software RAID
Recently
I had a hard drive fail. It was part of a Linux software
RAID 1 (mirrored drives), so we lost no data, and just
needed to replace hardware. However, the raid does requires
rebuilding. A hardware array would usually automatically
rebuild upon drive replacement, but this needed some help.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/1027.html
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10.27.04 |
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Quality
Assurance For Linux Training
The
President of the Linux Professional Institute attended
Linux World Expo in London to announce the launch of a
quality assurance program for Linux training in the UK.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/1020.html
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10.20.04 |
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Real-Time
Linux Project
MontaVista
Software has launched an initiative to gain orders of
magnitude improvement in the real-time responsiveness
of Linux, by extending Linux to achieve hard real-time
performance.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/1013.html
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10.13.04 |
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Broadcom
RAIDCore RAID Controller Cards Now Support Linux
Broadcom
announced Linux support for its family of Broadcom RAIDCore
RAID controller cards. Now supporting both the Microsoft
Windows and Linux operating systems, the BC4000 series
of RAID controllers provide a broader range of support
and capabilities to enterprise users and small-to-medium-sized
businesses (SMBs), featuring the industry's most extensive
Serial ATA (SATA)-based RAID functionality for maintaining
data integrity and fast data access.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0922.html
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09.22.04 |
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Novell
Joins China Linux Standards Group
Reflecting
its commitment to one of the fastest growing Linux markets,
Novell has joined the China Linux Standards Group, launched
this spring by the Chinese government to promote Linux*
in China.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0908.html
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09.08.04 |
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Use
Shared Objects On Linux
Make
shared memory work for you, not against you
Making the most of shared memory isn't always easy. In
this article, IBM's Sachin Agrawal shares his expertise
in C++, showing how the object-oriented among us can take
key advantage of a uniquely useful interprocess communications
channel.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0630.html
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06.30.04 |
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The
Votes are in on the Best Linux Hosting Service
But
when the server's down, everyone's on your back and you
need to get it back up, fast. You don't have time to wait
for your hosting company to help, but you know what most
technical support is like. At best you're a minor priority,
at worst, you don't even exist.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0615.html
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06.15.04 |
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Linux
system backup for Windows network admins
What
you do to back up your computers depends on the value
of your data and how far you're willing to go. You can
hold users responsible for their own backups. Alternatively,
you can create and store backups on floppy disks, CDs,
tape drives, and so on. You can back up part or all of
the data, even in real time.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0609.html
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06.09.04 |
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File
And Email Encryption With GnuPG (PGP) Part Six
Last
time I showed you how to exchange and verify public PGP
keys with an individual. After you've verified a user's
key (KeyID, bits, type, fingerprint, and user's actual
identity) you should sign their key..
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0526.html
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05.26.04 |
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File
And Email Encryption With GnuPG (PGP) Part Five
Verification
is part of any security system. SSH, FTP, POP, and IMAP
servers ask for your password before it lets you log into
the machine, get your files, or snag your email. NTP can
be configured to require keys before it'll let you mess
with it's clock. CIFS requires a password or kerberos
tickets before granting you access to shares.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0512.html
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05.12.04 |
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File
And Email Encryption With GnuPG (PGP) Part Four
GnuPG
and other PGP implementations allow you to encrypt (scramble
the data so only intended recipients can read it) and/or
sign (provide proof that the data has been unaltered in
transit). As you should remember, PGP keys are made up
of two parts, a public key and a private key. The public
key can (and in most cases should) be available to anyone
- there's no harm in allowing it out to the entire world.
The private key should be kept somewhere secure, protected
with a strong passphrase.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0428.html
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04.28.04 |
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Easily
Create and Maintain a Complete Support Knowledge Base
INSERT
1.2.8 - Security Rescue Toolkit, GNU Source-highlight
1.9 - Syntax Highlighting, BrowserCRM 2.02 - Linux CRM
Solution, Jcluster 1.0.3 - Java Parallel Environment,
Lore 1.2.1 - PHP And MySQL Powered
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04.23.04 |
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File
And Email Encryption With GnuPG (PGP) Part Three
We'll
continue by using GnuPG, the Gnu Privacy Guard, from the
command line. There are certainly GUI front ends for GPG,
both as standalone applications and as parts of larger
suites such as those integrated into email clients like
Evolution. Hopefully by walking you through things on
the command line you'll get a better appreciation of how
it all actually works, which will make things a cinch
should you turn to the dark side^W^W^W a GUI in the future.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0421.html
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04.21.04 |
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File
And Email Encryption With GnuPG (PGP), Part Two
Jumping
right in, let's create our PGP public/private key pair.
I'll use GnuPG, the Gnu Privacy Guard, available at http://www.gnupg.org,
and which is very likely already available with your Linux
distribution. If you want to use older free or commercial
PGP versions, the commands are very similar. Any GUI front
end will also have the same functionality.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0416.html
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04.16.04 |
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File
And Email Encryption With GnuPG (PGP) Part One
File
and mail security is easy to achieve with the right tools.
PGP has proven itself the leader, and GnuPG is the tool
of choice in the Linux world.
Anyone who has read this column a while knows I'm a bit
obsessive about crypto. With the speed of modern or even
old processors, there's no reason that there should be
any cleartext transmissions on the Internet at all.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0407.html
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04.07.04 |
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Automating
Tasks In Linux Using Cron
Linux
has a powerful task scheduler called Cron. Cron will allow
you to run commands automatically at times specified by
you. Cron is similar to the task scheduler you find in
Windows. To keep track of the schedules and tasks it has
to run, Cron requires a file called Crontab (CRON TABle).
All the Cron schedules and tasks should be stored in this
table. The Crontab files cannot be directly edited. You
can add or delete entries in the crontab file using the
crontab command.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0331.html
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03.31.04 |
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SCO
Takes Linux Battle to Users
The
SCO Group has stepped up its campaign to protect its intellectual
property rights by making good on a promise to take aim
at end users, but despite the flurry of legal activity
last week customers and industry observers remain steadfast
in their support of Linux .
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0317.html
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03.17.04 |
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Lost
Root Password (Linux)
I
have a very good memory. I remember most of my client's
passwords (there are a few I forget regularly for no reason
that I can understand, but I really do know most), I remember
telephone numbers, and of course I know my own passwords.
That last isn't as easy as it might sound, because I have
quite a few different systems and each has its own password,
but though I might use the wrong one now and then, I'll
get it on the second or third try.
http://www.linuxpronews.com/2004/0211.html
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02.11.04 |
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Nmap
Version Detection Rocks
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The
Wrong Way To Upgrade Your RPMs
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