Getting you up to speed!
In today’s article, we’re going to learn how to remove a swap file. This isn’t something I recommend, for reasons I’ll explain, but I have no ethical qualms about telling you how to do so. After all, it’s your computer. You get to decide what it does! There are some folks who will tell you … Continue reading “Remove A Swap File”
In today’s article, we’re going to show you how to disable your webcam. It’s something I’ve seen folks ask before, and something someone contacted me to ask about. While I don’t normally answer questions via email, it did seem like a good article to write. I see this question, about how to disable your webcam, … Continue reading “Let’s Disable Your Webcam”
Today we’re going to learn something important, that is how to make a file executable. This is something everyone should know how to do. It’s not going to be easy to make this into an article, ’cause it’s really quite easy, but I’ll give it a shot. One of the important things about Linux is … Continue reading “How To: Make A File Executable”
In today’s article, we’re going to learn how to disallow SSH login for a specific user. The reasons you might want to do this should be obvious, so that’ll save some time! Read on to learn how! I’ve covered SSH in many articles. If you search for “SSH”, you’ll find a bunch of articles covering … Continue reading “Disallow SSH Login For A Specific User”
Today, I’m going to show you how to check your SSH server configuration. It’s a simple process, but not one many people seem to know about. It’s also a pretty handy tool if you’re having SSH issues. Once again, this one isn’t all that complicated, I think… Read on! So, why would you want to … Continue reading “Check Your SSH Server Configuration”
In today’s article, I’m going to show you how to disable password login for SSH. Security is important and this can be a step in your securing SSH. After all, without password login enabled, you can’t have someone brute force your password! And that right there nips in the bud why you’d want to make … Continue reading “How To: Disable Password Login For SSH”
In today’s article, we’ll teach you how to create a custom welcome message in your terminal. This could be useful or playful. What you do with this power is entirely up to you. After all, that’s the whole point of ‘custom’! It’s not terribly difficult and there’s some fun to be had with this exercise. … Continue reading “How To: Create Custom Welcome Message In Your Terminal”
For security reasons, you’ll possibly automatically logout of your user sessions. If you didn’t know, you can actually do that with your shell, in the terminal. There’s already a variable (TMOUT) just for this reason, should you want to add it as a layer of security. Basically, for today, we’re going to set it up … Continue reading “Automatically Logout Of Your Shell”
You can manage Debian’s software repositories through the terminal, even by just editing some files. It’s not terribly hard, but there’s an “easier” way, and that’s to do so graphically. It may require some prep work, but it’s remarkably easy after you’ve taken care of that. People sometimes ask if we prefer the GUI or … Continue reading “Use A GUI To Manage Debian’s Software Repositories”
Have you ever wanted to time a command? Well, you can! Linux includes the ability to time a command, so that you can know how long it took for a command to be processed. Today, we’ll be using the ‘time‘ command. Time is simply (and accurately) described in the man page as: time – run … Continue reading “Time A Command To See How Long It Takes To Run”
