Node.js is a Javascript platform for server-side programming. It allows users to easily create networked applications that require backend functionality. By using Javascript as both the client and server language, development can be fast and consistent. In this article, we would install Node.js from the source. Before installing the Node.js […]
Change root (chroot) is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and their children. A program that is run in such a modified environment cannot access files and commands outside that environmental directory tree. Requirements 1. root privileges 2. another working Linux environment,such as […]
This article covers TCP/IP networking, network administration, and system configuration basics. Linux can support multiple network devices. The device names are numbered and begin at zero and count upwards. Forexample, a computer with two NICs will have two devices labeled eth0 and eth1 Local DNS resolution File: /etc/hosts contains a […]
What is a SHELL? The shell executes a program in response to its prompt. When you give a command, the shell searches for the program, and then executes it. For example, when you give the command ls, the shell searches for the utility/program named ls, and then runs it in […]
Overall you have two ways to monitor processes at Linux host Static monitoring Interactive monitoring Static monitoring The most widely used command is ps (i.e., process status) command is used to provide information about the currently running processes, including their process identification numbers (PIDs). Here a few useful options to […]
Basic ls command with all its parameters: ls -a list all files including hidden file starting with ‘.’ ls –color colored list [=always/never/auto] ls -d list directories – with ‘ */’ ls -F add one char of */=>@| to enteries ls -i list file’s inode index number ls -l list […]
Investigate Directories For Disk Usage Sometimes it may be required to find out which directory consuming how much disk space especially when you are used df -h and realized your available disk space is low. du: du command summarizes disk usage of the set of FILEs, recursively for directories. It’s […]
Files and directories (another name for folders) are at the heart of Linux, so being able to create, view, move, and delete them from the command line is very important and quite powerful. These file manipulation commands allow you to perform the same tasks that a graphical file explorer would […]
A common and task of someone using the Linux Command Line (shell) are to search for files/directories with a certain name or containing certain text. There are 2 commands you should familiarise yourself with in order to accomplish this: Find files by name find /var/www -name ‘*.css’ This will print […]
playSMS is a free and open source SMS management software. A flexible Web-based mobile portal system that it can be made to fit various services such as an SMS gateway, bulk SMS provider, personal messaging system, corporate and group communication tools. It is Licensed under GNU General Public License as […]
