Getting you up to speed!
In today’s article, we’re going to do exactly what the title says, we’re going to find files modified on a specific day. Imagine that! We’re doing what it says in the title! I dunno why I write the things I do. But, I do have quite a few people reading, and hardly any of ’em … Continue reading “Find Files Modified On A Specific Day”
Today’s article is just going to be a short article about my Lubuntu (and by extension Ubuntu) membership status. It’s only a news/meta article and you can safely skip it. Or you can read on… I don’t mind… It’s just some news. For starters, you can see when I first joined the Lubuntu team originally: … Continue reading “Today’s Article Is Just A Lubuntu (And Ubuntu) Membership Update”
In today’s article, we’re going to learn how to add a message of the day (MOTD) to SSH. It won’t be a very long article, ’cause I can refer to some earlier articles. But, I’m sure someone will find it handy. So, yeah… There have been a lot of SSH articles. I love SSH and … Continue reading “Add A Message Of the Day (MOTD) To SSH”
Today’s article is yet another meta article, in which I discuss the state of Linux-Tips. It’s basically an easy day for me and an article that lets you know how the site is progressing. It’s generally an easy article to write and I appreciate that. As folks may know, I pay a lot of attention … Continue reading “Meta: The State Of Linux-Tips #11”
Today’s article is another SSH article, and it will show you how to show an SSH banner. What’s an SSH banner? It’s a message shown when someone logs into the computer via SSH. This can include warning messages, reminders that they’re being logged, etc… Why would you want to do this? Well, you can include … Continue reading “How To: Show An SSH Banner”
Today’s article will show you how to use your hostname with SSH instead of your IP address. This should actually be a very short article, like really short. We’re only using Ubuntu for this example, because it consistently uses the .local for your hostname. This will work with any distro that does that. If you … Continue reading “Use Your Hostname With SSH Instead Of Your IP Address – In Ubuntu”
Today’s article is pretty straightforward, I’m going to show you how to show failed SSH login attempts. It should be a pretty short article, as I’m just going to show you two ways for a couple of system types. This is Linux, so there are certainly more ways to go about it, but I’ll show … Continue reading “Show Failed SSH Login Attempts”
In today’s article, we’re going to learn some useful ways to use the touch command. It’s not a complete listing of options, it’s just the commands that I think you’re most likely to find useful when using said touch command. This won’t be all that difficult to process, even for a new Linux user. It … Continue reading “Some Useful Ways To Use The Touch Command In Linux”
Today, we’re going to examine one way to check for bad sectors on your disks. Once again, it won’t be a particularly taxing article, but it’s something everyone should know how to do. This being Linux, I’m sure there are alternative tools. Hard drives, from spinning platter to solid-state, are divided into sectors. Sometimes, these … Continue reading “How To: Check For Bad Sectors On Your Disks”
In today’s article, we’re going to do exactly what the title suggests; we’re going to check disk usage with ‘df’. This means we’ll be checking disk usage in the terminal. Seeing as ‘df’ is included with every distro on the planet (I’m pretty sure) it means this won’t be all that complicated. I am still … Continue reading “How To: Check Disk Usage With ‘df’”
