Getting you up to speed!
This article will tell you how to change your hostname in Linux. It’ll give you a couple of options to use. Both methods are pretty easy, and both are approachable by your Linux newbie. Read on for more information! If you don’t know what your hostname is, or why you have one, you can take … Continue reading “Change Your Hostname In Linux”
Today’s article will tell you how, and why you’d want to, disable root login via SSH. It’s actually a brief article and approachable by even a beginner with SSH. If you have SSH enabled, then you may want to make sure to do this. In some cases, like Ubuntu, the root account is disabled by … Continue reading “Prevent SSH Root Login”
Today’s article is about how you can create and enable a swapfile. It largely ignores the debate about whether a swapfile is needed or not, though I make it clear that this is something I prefer. I know that others will have different views, but I also make it clear why I enable it. A … Continue reading “How To: Create And Enable A Swapfile”
It is possible to use sudo without a password. Doing so is probably a pretty bad idea for most people, but it can be done. Password-less sudo is an option that you have, but it’s one heck of a security risk. I have pretty good physical security and the risks of someone physically accessing my … Continue reading “How To: Use sudo Without A Password”
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is still a useful, if less secure, and quick way to transfer files from one computer to another. If you’ve enabled SSH, then SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is likely available and it’s truly a better option than FTP. If SFTP is an option, you should probably use … Continue reading “Install An FTP Server With VSFTPD”
By default, Ubuntu doesn’t show anything when you type passwords in the terminal. They made this decision for security reasons. Shoulder-surfing is a thing. People looking over your shoulder could see how many characters you entered, thus narrowing down the number of possible passwords. This article will show you how to show asterisks on the … Continue reading “Make Ubuntu Provide Feedback (Asterisks) When Typing Passwords In The Terminal”
In this article, I’m going to show you how to graphically login as root in Ubuntu. This is a generally considered a terrible idea and you should not do this. In fact, if you have a good reason for doing this, please leave a comment letting us know what that reason is. Thanks! A couple … Continue reading “How To: Graphically Login as Root in Ubuntu”
This article is based on an AskUbuntu question I answered a while back. The user wanted to know how to use Wayland in a live instance of Ubuntu. They wanted to test some Wayland stuff and this was how they wanted to do it. I personally would have gone a different route, but that’s fine. … Continue reading “How To: Use Wayland in a Live Ubuntu Instance”
There are a number of things you can do to help secure SSH, and changing the port that SSH uses is one of those things that many people change. That can help, but I feel it’s important to also mention that security by obscurity isn’t really good security. By the way, I’ve already written a … Continue reading “How To: Change The Port SSH Uses”
For whimsy, or for whatever reasons you dream up, you may want to rename your network adapters in Linux. Well, you can. This article will explain how to rename your network adapters, from perhaps eth0 to whatever you want. I can only be certain that this works in current Ubuntu LTS – 20.04, I didn’t … Continue reading “How To: Rename Your Network Adapters in Ubuntu”
