If you have logwatch installed (or you read auth.log file) you can find lots of entries mentioning login attempts/attacks.
Something like:
Nov 20[......]
Tag: Linux
Linux refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems using the Linux kernel.
Send system emails using gmail as smtp server
I wrote before about sending system emails using sendmail as smarthost.
Today I describe how to do that using gmail smtp servers.
The software that[……]
How to shred/wipe disks/partitions
If I decide to sell or when I have to return a hard drive I want to make sure not everyone can access my data.
To do that I’ve often used the command[……]
How linux sucks
Formatting a partition from command line
Formatting a new partition from the command line is pretty straight forward.
I do it quite often when playing working with LVM.
So, long story short[……]
Accelerate downloads with lftp
lftp is a command-line file transfer software.
Basically it’s a versatile FTP client with some interesting features.
The feature/command I use the[……]
Logical Volume Management basics
I’ve explained how to activate a LVM Logical Volume before but never talked too much about LVM itself. Here is a brief introduction.
I’ve been play[……]
How to run a system command in background from PHP
If you are at the command line (eg: bash) and want a command to run in background you simply add an “&” at the end of the command, eg:
sleep 10 &[......]
Install NX server/client on Ubuntu Lucid
My favourite NX server is Freenx.
FreeNX is a GPL implementation of the NX server/client that allows you to graphically access your machine over the[……]
How to fix GRUB 2 with Ubuntu live cd
Sometimes happens to “break” the GRUB and make our computer unbootable or, anyway, not booting the way we want it to.
Usually this happens when we te[……]