Posts Tagged ‘Linux’
Linux is like religion
Linux to me is like religion. Even though I am not religious but I feel that Linux in some way is like religion. It’s free, goes by many different names, it’s changes over time to suit needs but ultimately it’s personal. There will never be one “ultimate distribution”. It will always be a personal choice [...]
Fedora 9 “Sulphur” Screenshots
Here are some screen shots to support my previous post about Fedora 9 “Sulphur”. GNUMAN.org The Coding Studio
Fedora 9 “Sulphur” released
Good news to all Fedora fans. Fedora 9 codenamed “Sulphur” is out. The new release comes with quite a few new features. To start off. Fedora 9 runs on the latest 2.6.25 kernel. There’s a new package management system included called “Packgeit” which uses Yum for it’s backend. Gnome Desktop 2.22 and KDE 4.03 are [...]
How to limit ssh access to specific users or groups
Its sometimes necessary to limit who has access to a server via SSH. Most Linux security hardening checklist today require this to be enforced. Fortunately this can be easily done with openSSH. Just edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and add the desired directives shown below. You don’t need them all, just use what suits you needs. [...]
How to find recently installed RPMs
rpm -qa –last will return all installed rpm packages with their installed time. The last installed packages will be at the top of the list. rpm -qa –last | less is will return all installed packages with their install date. Less allows you to scroll through the results. rpm -qa –last | tail -n [lines] [...]
