Both Active Directory (AD) and OpenLDAP play important roles in the enterprise. In fact, within the same company you’ll find the UNIX group using OpenLDAP and the LAN and Windows administrators using AD. However, most people are unable to fully [...]
USER MANAGEMENT
How to Host Open Source Code Repository in github
Hi all, today we will be learning how to host Source Code of Open Source Software in the repository hosted by github.com . GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service, which offers all of the distributed revision control and source [...]
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How to Install Deepin Desktop Environment and Derivatives in Ubuntu
Hello, Today I am gonna show you how we can setup Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) which is maintained under a Linux Distribution Project called Deepin. Deepin is an Ubuntu based distribution of Linux Kernel for the Chinese (Also available in English) [...]
11:00 am
A Great Tool To Show Linux Command Progress Like % , ETA
Coreutils Viewer (cv) is a simple program that can be used to show the progress of any of coreutils commands. It uses information from file descriptors to determine the progress of a command for example the cp command. The beauty [...]
11:00 am
How to Limit Process at User Level on Linux
Ulimit - as the name signifies, its the user resource limits defined by users for their respective processes, it provides control over the resources available to the shell and to processes started by it, on systems that allow such control. [...]
12:33 pm
Linux - List / Show Users Thats Belongs Corresponding Groups
Usually, when we talk of listing member of any unix group, let’s say, linux, then it really gets a bit complicated, there are number of ways to get the group members details as below 1. cat /etc/group 2. id [user_name] [...]
10:22 am
How to Add User to Group on Linux
This article is about associating a user to a group but now the question is why a user joins a group and how we can do it. This can be associating a user to a new group or may be [...]
12:20 am
Create User in Linux from Command Line and Its Options
User administration is an important task for system administrator. This article discusses how to create new users in Linux and how the login details of a user can be customized while adding the user. Adding User Only root user can [...]
12:02 am
Linux Command To Change Password For Root / User / Group
Passwords are the way of authenticating a user in Linux system. Linux uses MD5 as an algorithm for storing the password hashes. MD5 is a one way hashing algorithm which is very secure way of authentication. This article tells how [...]
9:56 pm
Linux "Usermod" Command to Modify User Details
The linux command “usermod” is used to modify a user’s information. The files that may be affected during this operation are /etc/passwd (user account information), /etc/shadow (secure account information) and /etc/group (group information). Only root/super user can use this command. [...]
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Learn How to List All Users in Linux
In Linux, you will be able to find two types of users; which are normal users (created using useradd command) and system users. Most of the system users are created while installing the OS which creates the users during various [...]
10:05 pm
Understand Each Entries Of Linux Shadow (/etc/shadow) File
In Linux, when you create a user (using useradd command) the account information such as username, UID, GID etc are stored in a system file /etc/passwd and secure account information such as encrypted password, last changed, expire date etc are [...]
9:50 pm
Linux /etc/passwd and Shadow File Formats Explained
On Linux systems, users accounts information including one-way encrypted passwords are kept in the text file /etc/passwd. When a user is created, it will update some system files such as /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group. The password files are an important cornerstone [...]
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Understanding Linux File Permissions for Beginners
In Linux operating system, everything is organized in the form of files and directories. By setting permissions on files and directories, one can make sure that only authorized users are allowed to access a specific data. Each file in Linux [...]
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