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Howto: Changing Linux Login Shell

Q. Can you tell me command to change login shell in Linux / UNIX operating system? A. You don't have to edit /etc/passwd file to change your shell. You need to use chsh command. It changes the user...

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Understanding command line shell

Q. I’ve migrated from Windows NT to Linux workstation. Most documents refer to a command line shell. Can you explain me command line shell? A. A shell allows you to type the commands such as date or...

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Configure BASH, KSH, TCSH, ZSH Shell To Logout User Automatically After Idle...

How can I configure the bash shell to logout any user automatically after a period of idle time under Debian Linux or any other UNIX like operating system?Read answer to: "Configure BASH, KSH, TCSH,...

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Linux / UNIX: Run Commands When You Log Out

I've written a Perl script that connects to our central server for me and it allows me feed data so that I make a timesheet later. How do I run my script when I log out from Apple OS X or Linux / UNIX...

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UNIX: Lynx Browser Set / Change the Default Home Page

How do I change the default home page with Lynx browser under UNIX or Linux operating system? How do I set the startup page to http://google.co.uk with Lynx?Read answer to: "UNIX: Lynx Browser Set /...

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Linux / UNIX: Run Command a Number of Times In a Row

How do I run "foo" command 10 times (or n times) under Linux or UNIX like operating systems?Read answer to: "Linux / UNIX: Run Command a Number of Times In a Row"    

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TCSH / CSH / C Shell Check Whether a Directory is Empty or Not

How do I check whether a directory is empty or not under Linux / UNIX using a TCSH / C shell script?Read answer to: "TCSH / CSH / C Shell Check Whether a Directory is Empty or Not"    

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TCSH / CSH: set vs setenv Command Differences

I've recently started to use FreeBSD operating system with tcsh (c shell clone) shell. I noticed that both set and setenv command set shell user environment. What's the difference between the SET and...

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How to protect Linux against rogue USB devices using USBGuard

usbgurd You deployed a perfect firewall and other network security policies preventing unauthorized access to the user's desktop computer over a network. However, you still need to block USB device...

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DNS settings to avoid email spoofing and phishing for unused domain

As you may know, email spoofing allows attackers to pose as someone else to gain illegal profit. For example, I only use webmaster@cyberciti.biz for communication, but someone might create a...

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How To Set Up SSH Keys With YubiKey as two-factor authentication (U2F/FIDO2)

Patreon users download the PDF version. All Linux and Unix servers are managed manually or by automation tools such as Ansible using ssh. For example, say you have a server at Linode or AWS. Then you...

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How to skip ChatGPT from WireGuard or OpenVPN on Linux

nixCraft Patreon supporters can download the PDF version here. ChatGPT (short for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot by OpenAI. It provides answers to your queries using learning...

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nvtop – Awesome Linux task monitor for NVIDIA, AMD & Intel GPUs

Love this? sudo share_on: Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn - Whatsapp - Reddit The post nvtop – Awesome Linux task monitor for NVIDIA, AMD & Intel GPUs appeared first on nixCraft.

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How to upgrade FreeBSD 13.1 to 13.2 release

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is announcing the availability of FreeBSD version 13.2-RELEASE on 11/April/2023. It is the third release of the stable/13 branches. I updated my FreeBSD version...

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Setting up VSCode for Ansible Lightspeed AI in Ubuntu 22.04 desktop

Red Hat launched the Ansible Lightspeed Code Assistant Generative AI with IBM Watson Code Assistant in May 2023. This preview is now available to all Ansible users, allowing them to explore the...

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Debian Linux 12.1 released with Security Updates

Debian Linux project announces the first update of the Debian project's stable distribution, Debian 12 (codename "bookworm") named Debian 12.1. This update mainly addresses security issues and...

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How to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt file

Are you a content creator or a blog author who generates unique, high-quality content for a living? Have you noticed that generative AI platforms like OpenAI or CCBot use your content to train their...

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sttr – Awesome Linux & Unix tool for transformation of the string

sttr demo The sttr is a free and open-source command-line tool in Golang that lets you easily change and modify text. You can perform transformation operations on the string, such as hashing text,...

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lnav – Awesome terminal log file viewer for Linux and Unix

It is no secret that whether you are a developer or sysadmin, you need to use log files to troubleshoot errors on your Linux and Unix systems. You use tools like grep, tail, cat, or journalctl to view...

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ZFS Raidz Expansion Finally, Here in version 2.3.0

After years of development and testing, the ZFS raidz expansion is finally here and has been released as part of version 2.3.0. ZFS is a popular file system for Linux and FreeBSD. RAIDz is like RAID 5,...

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