Linux
How to configure a Domain Name Server (DNS) (BIND).
Introduction. Bind (Berkeley Internet Name Domain). BIND (acronym for Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS protocol and provides a free implementation of the main components of the Domain Name System, which include: • A domain name system server (named). • A domain name system resolving library. • Tools for …
Search the largest directories or files on your hard drive with find
Have you ever wanted to know what is the largest folder or file on your hard drive? The find command is great, it allows us to do many things (we have already talked about some here), here I bring you another utility of it. The following command will search the entire HDD and tell us which ones ...
Why try Linux?
If you are new to the "Linux world", this article is going to give you some basic ideas on why you should give it a try. It's more secure This is - and I hope it always is - one of the main reasons to use Linux. Once you "take the leap", the fears about spyware, adware, Trojans, ... will be left behind.
Why is Linux more secure than Windows?
A few years ago Google announced that its employees would stop using Windows, claiming that Windows had some significant security holes. As we saw, while this is true, it may be a business strategy, however this decision left me wondering: what makes Linux more secure? Any Linux user realizes that it is a lot ...
20 LINUX Commands for System Information
System information arch: show the architecture of the machine (1). uname -m: show the architecture of the machine (2). uname -r: show the version of the kernel used. dmidecode -q: show the components (hardware) of the system. hdparm -i / dev / hda: show the characteristics of a hard disk. hdparm -tT / dev / sda: perform read test on a…
Web server. Program safely
Many text editors or IDE's are configured to save a backup copy of the files that are being edited, in such a way that, if we have a file called my_conexion.php, a backup copy of the file named my_conexion.php will be created ~ Con these files ending with the character ~ we must be very careful because they are NOT PHP files that the web server understands that it should ...