After upgrading the hard drive on my desktop Linux box I decided that I would install the newest version of Linux Mint on it. Although I love Ubuntu I find Mint to be quite refreshing and less time consuming to get all set up, as a result my 3 most used linux boxes are [...]
Tags: debian, Linux, linuxmint, ubuntu
Creating a user in Linux is a simple task. Well, kinda. You can quickly create a user without specifying much of it’s characteristics, or you can get much more in depth with security, default shells and other customizations. I recommend taking the time to learn beyond the basics or you may find yourself [...]
Tags: adduser, bash, centos, command line, freebsd, Linux, man adduser, man useradd, mandrake, osx, redhat, sh, ubuntu, unix, useradd
Although I no longer install FTP servers on any of my Linux servers, as I favour the user of SFTP, I wanted to update my instructions for the newest version of Ubuntu Server. I’m sure these instructions are very similar for most distributions, but I thought I’d specifically target Ubuntu 9.04 Server since that is what [...]
Tags: ftp, Linux, proftpd, pureftpd, server, sftp, ubuntu