How to secure Grub in Centos/RHEL 5/6/7 & 7.2
Hello Linux-fanatics, in this tutorial we will learn to secure Grub. GRUB or Grand Unified Bootloader, is the default boot-loader for…
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Installing VLC & running it as root on CentOS/RHEL
Hello Linux-fanatics, every now & then we must have used our RHEL/CentOS machines to play some Videos. Some of the…
How to install UTorrent on Ubuntu Systems
Utorrent needs no introduction, it’s being used by thousands if not millions for sharing data all over the world. It…
Step by Step guide for creating Master Slave replication in MariaDB
In our earlier tutorials,we have already learned to install & configure MariaDB & also learned some basic administration commands for…
How to install Tor Browser on Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, RHEL, Fedora, CentOS)
Tor browser let us to browse the internet anonymously , it conceals the user identity & physical location by encyrpting…
Step by step guide to install Fedora
Fedora is a Unix like operating system based on Linux Kernel & is developed by community supported Fedora project ,…
How to install ADB & Fastboot on Ubuntu
In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install ADB & Fastboot on Ubuntu machines. Android developers, as well as…
Squid Transparent proxy server : How to configure
In our earlier tutorials (Squid Proxy server installation & configuration PART 1 & PART 2 ), we have learned to…
How to disable USB ports in Linux
To secure our infrastructure from data breaches, we use software & hardware firewalls to restrict unauthorized access from outside but…
5 important Ubuntu commands to know
Ubuntu is one of the favorite Linux distributions that is widely used for its GUI capabilities, especially for those who…
ifconfig command : Learn with some examples
‘Ifconfig’ , short for ‘Interface Configuration, is a very important utility of Linux systems. It is used to check &…
12 Important things to do for securing APACHE Web Server
Hello Linux-fanatics, previously we have discussed how we can install & configure apache web server & then secure it using…
Granting SUDO access to a local user account in RHEL/CentOS
It has always been advised that use of ‘root’ account should be limited, as root has access to anything &…
Beginner’s Guide to LVM (Logical Volume Management)
In this tutorial, we will discuss about Logical Volume Management. LVM or Logical Volume Management is a disk management tool that…
Getting old network interface name back in RHEL/CentoS 7
Ever since the release of RHEL version 7, i have been most annoyed by the way the network interfaces have…
Enabling root account in Ubuntu
Root account is super user account in Linux & it has access to anything and everything on filesystem. You can…