Posts Tagged ‘Linux’
Send mail through SMTP using Telnet
Developers in my office constantly complain that the SMTP server is down and no mails are being sent out. We come back saying that their application is buggy. Most often after hours of troubleshooting the problem will turn out to be the application itself. Here’s a simple way to test your SMTP server over port [...]
Get your Linux counted
Just how many Linux are out there today? No one knows for sure but it’s pretty obvious that the number keeps increasing as the Linux is gaining audience from all over. The Linux Counter Project was stated back in 1999. The project’a goal was and still is to count how many Linux users and Linux [...]
Linux Commands: tee
Not many people I know use the tee command but I find it quite useful. I tend to use it quite often in my scripts actually. So what does it do? The tee command has the ability to take the standard input and redirected it to multiple outputs. For example, the ls command would normally [...]
HP machines soon to ship with Novell Desktop Linux
HP is planning to roll out a few of it’s Notebooks and Desktops preloaded with Novell’s Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED10). Dell had the head start with it’s offering of machines preloaded with Ubuntu and recently also preloaded with SLED10. “We are really excited because of the power that the HP distribution channel brings, the reach [...]
How to keep your Linux session alive
Recently I wrote about implementing session timeouts on Linux. For admin’s who know what they are doing(most times) this can sometimes be an annoying experience. There’s a simple noop script over at bashcurescancer to help work around session timeouts. This will work for ssh and also the default virtual consoles. Watch noop in [...]
