Category: Tricks

  • Find World-Writable Files and Noowner Files

    Securing your Linux server is a crucial step in protecting your data, intellectual property, and time, from the hands of crackers (hackers). The system administrator is liable for security Linux box. Lets start with this World-Writable Files Anyone can modify world-writable file resulting into a security issue. Use the following command to find all world…

  • 11 Awesome DD Commands

    dd is a common Unix program whose primary purpose is the low-level copying and conversion of raw data. dd is an application that will “convert and copy a file”according to the referenced manual page for Version 7 Unix and is most likely inspired from DD found in IBM JCL, and the command’s syntax is meant…

  • 11 Not Sick Linux Commands

    1) Create a pdf version of a manpage man -t manpage | ps2pdf – filename.pdf Quick and dirty version. I made a version that checks if a manpage exists (but it’s not a oneliner). You must have ps2pdf and of course Ghostscript installed in your box. Enhancements appreciated :-) 2) Bind a key with a…

  • ISPCP Omega hosting Control Panel Based on VHCS

    “ispCP Omega is a modern hosting Control panel, based on VHCS, that provides continued development.” http://isp-control.net/ You will need a clean installation of Ubuntu 10.10 before proceeding with the tutorial. When installing Ubuntu please use a static IP address and a fully qualified domain name accessible from the internet. e.g. hostaname.domain.com 1. Download and extract…