Script to create a shared git project

This script creates a git project to be shared among the users of the Unix group $GIT_GROUP. Every git project will be created into the directory $REPOSITORIES_BASE_DIR. #!/bin/bash # Base

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Port forwarding using SSH

SSH port forwarding let you connect to a server using another server a relay. For example, if you host a web server in a DMZ behind your office router, you

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How about a Raspberry PI 2 as a firewall?

A Raspberry PI 2 performs as expected exceptionally well as a firewall. The download throughput achieved was 33 Mbits/sec under the same test conditions as the previous test (see Can

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Make an Apache2 SSL server more secure

These easy steps will improve significantly the security of your Apache2 SSL server. Edit your /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ssl.conf file and replace the SSLProtocol, SSLCipherSuite and SSLHonorCipherOrder parameters with the following values. SSLCipherSuite

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Installing memcached to use it with php

Installing Memcached with php support in Ubuntu is a matter of a few steps: sudo apt-get install memcached php5-memcached sudo service apache2 restart You can test if memcached is active

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Issues after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04.1

After upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04.01, I ran into two issues: One with Apache2 and one with Samba 4. Apache has been upgraded from 2.2.22 to 2.4.7. The content was no

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How to rename a user in Linux

Simply issue this command: usermod -m -d /home/new-account-name -l new-account-name old-account-name It creates the home directory if it does not exists. It also copy the stuff of the old user

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How to use the command line to make the internal speaker beep

Two simple steps: Install the beep utility. Executing beep on the command line will make the internal speaker beep. apt-get install beep Add pcspkr to /etc/modules to load it at

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How to prevent SSHD to listen on an address family

It is possible to control on which address family sshd will listen to. In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, simply add AddressFamily any to listen to IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. This is the default.

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How to assign a static IP address in Ubuntu

Setting a static IP address in Ubuntu involves editing /etc/network/interfaces. If the interface is currently using DHCP, you will find these lines in the file. auto lan iface lan inet

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How to change the network interface name in Ubuntu 12/13

Two files need to be modified to change the name of a network interface in Ubuntu. For example, if you want to change eth0 for lan, simply change the NAME

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How to find duplicate files on Linux?

It is pretty straight forward in Linux, install fdupes. sudo apt-get install fdupes Type the following command to display the documentation man fdupes

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Accessing a serial port from a web server

On most Linux distribution, it is impossible to access a serial port (ex. /dev/ttyS0) from a web server such as Apache or lighttpd using a cgi. Simply add the user

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Script listing all the keys on a memcache server

This script lists all the keys on a memcache server. #!/bin/bash nc localhost 11211 > /tmp/$$.1 <<EOF stats items EOF cut -d: -f2 /tmp/$$.1 | grep -v END | uniq

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Recording a terminal session under Linux

It is possible to record a terminal session under Linux with ttyrec. It also records vi, emacs, etc. sessions. Fisrt, install ttyrec sudo apt-get install ttyrec To start recording a

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How To Setup A Protected Wireless Connection Via the Command-Line

Setting up a wireless connection via the command line may vary depending on the USB Wireless Interface you are using. These instructions also work for the Raspberry PI running Wheezy.

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Masquerading or replacing outgoing SMTP email address with Postfix

Postfix can replace an outgoing email address by another one. To do so, you must perform these steps: Add in /etc/postfix/main.cf the following line smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic_maps Add in hash:/etc/postfix/generic_maps a

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Create an ext3 or an ext4 partition without a journal

Most of the time, having a journal for ext3 and ext4 partitions is pretty useful. Nevertheless, you can prevent creating a journal by adding the option ^has_journal. For example: mkfs

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Initializing a brand new disk with “parted”

“parted” is a replacement for “fdisk” of Linux.  It can handle disks larger than 2 TB.  Issue this command to launch “parted” where /dev/sdL is the disk you want to

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How to unmount an encrypted partition?

Unmount the partition umount /mnt Unmap the partition cryptsetup luksClose securebackup

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