Linux FTP Server Setup

On November 9, 2011, in General Linux, Ubuntu, by dipin

Starting vsftpd The methodologies vary depending on the variant of Linux you are using as you’ll see next. Fedora / CentOS / RedHat With these flavors of Linux you can use the chkconfig command to get vsftpd configured to start at boot: [root@bigboy tmp]# chkconfig vsftpd on To start, stop, and restart vsftpd after booting [...]

Tagged with:  

Xrandr: Solve Screen Resolution Issues via command line in Ubuntu / Debian

On October 23, 2011, in General Linux, Ubuntu, by dipin

Xrandr (X Rezise and Rotare) is a command line utility available in your Linux system for reseting and resizing your screen resolution. So, if there is any issues with your display, no problem you can fix it from a Terminal. First You have to find the possible resolutions with xrandr -q $ xrandr -q Screen [...]

Tagged with:  

Tasksel: an installation system for ubuntu (debian)

On July 31, 2009, in Uncategorized, by Dipin Krishna

I found this in the ubuntu documentation. Tasksel is an installation system that is an integral part of the Debian installer; it is also included in Ubuntu. Tasksel groups software packages by tasks and offers an easy way to install all the packages needed for that task. It provides the same functionality as using conventional [...]

Tagged with:  

HowTo recompile Debian packages

On November 19, 2008, in Uncategorized, by Dipin Krishna

This article will show how you can rebuild any debian package. You might need to rebuild a package for various reasons: add/remove some compilation options, make some changes to the sources, or compile a newer version from testing/sid into stable, etc. Regardless of your reason, this can be done very easy using debian tools. First you [...]

Tagged with:  

kill command on Debian

On November 19, 2008, in Uncategorized, by Dipin Krishna

In technical terms, kill simply sends a signal. By default it sends a signal which requests termination (TERM, or signal 15); but you can also specify a signal, and signal 9 (KILL) is the signal which forces termination. The command name kill is not necessarily appropriate to the signal sent; for example, sending the TSTP [...]

Tagged with:  

Looking for something?

Use the form below to search the site:

Still not finding what you're looking for? Drop a comment on a post or contact us so we can take care of it!

Visit our friends!

A few highly recommended friends...