fortune – Unix/Linux Shell Goody
"You are WRONG, you ol' brass-breasted fascist poop!" -- Bloom County (fortune) fortune is a little program that I install on just about every single Unix/Linux box I administrate. It’s…
Linux shell commands I use daily
In day to day administration we as system administrators have literally thousands of commands to choose from to keep our servers running in tip top condition. I’ve seen top 10…
fail2ban for Ubuntu – ssh port security
fail2ban is a tool in the Ubuntu repository which helps in securing your internet facing ssh port. It uses a simple algorithm to detect repeated login and password attempts to…
Tripwire for Ubuntu
Tripwire is a file integrity checking tool. It’s primary function is notify you of any changes made to files or directories you have selected for monitoring. There are many tools…
Microsoft Azure Cloud – Installing an Ubuntu VM
After agreeing to the Microsoft End User Agreement blurbs, applying for your free Microsoft Azure Cloud Portal account and taking advantage of the current $200 credit you’re now ready to…
Is it normal to see my sites being probed or hacked 24×7?
This is a copy of a post I posted somewhere on the internet as an answer to the above question. -Ron Yes, this is normal. I have some users and…
tmux – Windows for bash
tmux is a an open source terminal multiplexer. In the language of laymen, tmux allows you to run multiple terminal sessions which you can access through the same ssh connection,…
Command Line Warriors
It’s now that I need to point out to that throughout the series I may assume a level of knowledge with Linux based OS’s. With that being said, 100% of…
Select OS as the First Step
Well this is a no brainer really. Go to Canonical and download some version of Ubuntu. I personally these days go with Ubuntu Server, and then build everything out myself.…