xclip: Command-Line Clipboard [06/29/2009]Tip of the Trade: Think command line precludes using the X clipboard? Think again. xclip makes it possible to interact with it directly from the command-line -- if you're using Debian or Ubuntu.
Make It Snappy With Vim [06/22/2009]Tip of the Trade: Learn how to set your own abbreviations and mappings in the ever-useful Vim.
Unicode Characters in Vim [06/15/2009]Tip of the Trade: The editor Vim supports unicode natively. There are three ways to take advantage of unicode's capabilities via Vim. The one that's best for you will depend on your setup and needs.
SSH From Your Mobile Device [06/08/2009]Tip of the Trade: Today's mobile phones and PDAs deliver sophisticated data and internet connectivity, making it easy to keep an eye on your servers while you're out and about.
The Various bash Prompts [05/26/2009]Tip of the Trade: Most likely, you already have a personalized setting for PS1, the default bash interaction prompt. Here's what to do with PS2, PS3 and PS4.
Disk Encryption With TrueCrypt [05/18/2009]Tip of the Trade: TrueCrypt, open source disk encryption software for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X, makes it easy to tighten security. Among its many useful features is the ability to create a hidden encrypted volume inside a standard encrypted one.
Win Server 2008 Directory Services, Group Policy Enhancements [05/15/2009]Windows Server 2008 brings a host of improvements to Active Directory Group Policies. This article introduces enhancements as well as other Active Directory-related implications.
Protecting Your Root Password [05/11/2009]Tip of the Trade: Last week's tip showed how to get into a system when you don't have the root password. Helpful, but not always a good thing. This week, we look at the flipside: password-protecting all GRUB entries.
Rescuing a Lost Root Password [05/04/2009]Tip of the Trade: Ever take over a machine for which the root password has been lost? Here are three possible ways to get the information you need to be up and running.
I/O Optimization [05/01/2009]Scheduler algorithms are one way to get the most out of your I/O subsystem. Noop, deadline, anticipatory, and completely fair queuing are among the most popular with Linux users.
lsof, sockets and trojans [04/27/2009]Tip of the Trade: lsof is a handy way to check for security problems or keep an eye on how your machines are interacting with the wider internet.
E-mail Encryption With GPG and Thunderbird [04/20/2009]Tip of the Trade: When it comes to encryption use cases, e-mail is a slam dunk. The downside of its criticality, however, is the expectation that it "just work." iEnigmail offers a usable GnuPG plugin to Thunderbird that makes this possible.
Upgrading Multiple Machines With approx [04/13/2009]Tip of the Trade: Multiple Debian machines to administer? approx can help you get them updated and upgraded more quickly, and it uses less bandwidth.
Win Server 2008 Directory Services, SYSVOL DFS Replication [04/07/2009]Open the SYSVOL folder from the Windows Server 2008 domain functional level and you can take advantage of Distributed File System Replication, which offers more robust capabilities than its File Replication Service predecessor.
lsof Seeks All Open Files [04/06/2009]Tip of the Trade: From pipes to directories to sockets, lsof is able to locate all open files.
Manipulating Subversion Repositories [04/02/2009]Subversion allows a variety of complicated things to be done with your repository. Learn how to revert to an earlier revision, and split and branch a repository.
fuser, files, and processes [03/30/2009]Tip of the Trade: Because sometimes you need to know which process is accessing a particular file or filesystem.
Files and Attributes: chattr [03/23/2009]Tip of the Trade: Don't just talk about it. Change some of the attributes of files in ext2 and ext3 Linux filesystems with chattr.
Win Server 2008 Directory Services, Auditing [03/12/2009]Windows Server 2008: It's pretty much a given that auditing functionality is found within the OS these days. In Windows Server 2008, this means tracking Active-Directory-related events. This article examines how it works and steps through an implementation.
Remote Desktop With GDM [03/09/2009]Tip of the Trade: With GDM, the standard Gnome display manager, setting up a remote desktop is a snap.
Debian's proposed-updates Feature [03/02/2009]Tip of the Trade: Debian Lenny hit the streets last week. Although the proposed-updates feature is hardly new, it is hardly known. This hidden gem is the mechanism used to prepare point releases for "stable" (lenny) and "oldstable" (etch).
Host Completion in bash [02/23/2009]Tip of the Trade: One way to get the most out of bash's programmable parameter completion is to set up hostname completion. Here's how to code it yourself.
More Fun With SSH [02/17/2009]Tip of the Trade: SSH can set a host of settings on either a global or per-host basis. Check out these especially useful ones.
Special Operations Software Password Policy and Password Reset [02/10/2009]Windows Server 2008: Need to go beyond fine-grained password policies available in Windows Server 2008? Consider Special Operations Software, software designed to fill functionality and manageability gaps in Microsoft-designed products.
Keeping Your ssh Connection Alive [02/09/2009]Tip of the Trade: Ignore your SSH connection to another machine for too long and it will drop. The SSH config option, ServerAliveInterval, remedies this for those times when you really want to maintain the link.
Getting Started With Subversion [02/03/2009]With the open source version control system, Subversion, tracking changes over the lifetime of a file is simple and inexpensive. Learn how to get started.
3 Apache/httpd Command-Line Options [02/02/2009]Tip of the Trade: httpd can do more than just stop, start and reload Apache. With these command-line options, you can manipulate your configuration without tinkering with httpd.conf.
Reading Compressed Files With less [01/26/2009]Tip of the Trade: Sometimes, less really is more. In the case of the app less, it is also the better-featured version of its bigger sibling, more.
LDAP and Kerberos, So Happy Together [01/12/2009]Tip of the Trade: LDAP organizes information and provides access to it. Kerberos is designed to handle authentication. Separate they are useful; together they offer a powerful and secure solution.
Win Server 2008 Directory Services, Active Directory Snapshots [01/05/2009]Learn the characteristics of Active Directory Snapshots, a new feature implemented on Windows Server 2008 domain controllers, as well as some third-party utilities to further simplify its use.
Things to Do With 'kill' [01/05/2009]Tip of the Trade: 'kill' doesn't just kill processes dead, it also can send processes a variety of other signals.
News Next-Generation Web Experience on Its Way [June 26, 2009]
It may be impossible to predict what innovation will bring, but it is possible to predict some of the attributes of the future.
Tutorials Make It Snappy With Vim [June 22, 2009]
Tip of the Trade: Learn how to set your own abbreviations and mappings in the ever-useful Vim.
Reviews XPerience ClearBox Enterprise RADIUS Server [January 27, 2009]
No matter how much experience you have with RADIUS servers, XPerience Technologies' ClearBox's low price point and seemingly high feature set aims to have something for you.
