In this article, we will install and configure PowerBroker Identity Services (PBIS) on the Ubuntu 14.04 in order to join together with Windows Active Directory. We also will consider how to remove stale computer account from AD using dsquery command. [...]
Cipher - Command Line Tool to Encrypt/Decrypt Files and Directories
ss you take some security measures to protect your environment and encrypt your data. Linux offers some encryption methods and there are some tools which can help you to encrypt your data. Encryption is important when you need to communicate sensitive information [...]
How to Install LEMP Stack on Debian 9 Stretch
In this article, we are going guide you to install LEMP stack to brand new Debian GNU/Linux 9 Stretch. LEMP stands for Linux, Nginx (as in Engine X), MySQL and PHP. From Debian 9, Mariadb is the default mysql server. [...]
How to Schedule shutdown, restart, hibernate and log off Tasks in Linux
Hello Linux Geeks, Have you ever felt a need for shutdown, restart, hibernate, log off or even custom task execution automatically on a schedule? If you say yes, then We have graphical tool ComplexShutdown doing this for us. It is [...]
How to Disable Webcam and Microphone on Linux
With the growing numbers of laptop users, more and more people are connected to the world with built-in webcam and microphone. But It comes with a price. As the world is moving towards digitization, more and more spyware are targeting [...]
15 Linux Screen Command for Dealing Terminal Sessions
The screen is a terminal multiplexer. Using this, you can run any number of console-based-applications, interactive command shells, course-based applications, etc. You can use screen to keep running program after you accidentally close the terminal, or even after you log out and [...]
How to Setup Linux Version of MS SQL Server on Docker Container
This article explains how to setup and run Microsoft SQL server on containerised Linux Operating System. I will use the image available on Docker Hub to run a Docker container. An earlier version of SQL Server is meant to run [...]
How to Install Java 8 on Debian GNU/Linux 9 (Stretch)
In this article, I will go through the process of installation of Java 8 on Debian 9 Stretch. Java comes in two flavors and we install both. OpenJDK is open source version that is compatible with most software. And Oracle [...]
How to Measure Internet Consumption from Linux Terminal
Nbwmon is a ncurses based bandwidth monitor tool that can be used to get detailed information like, transmitted and received traffic for a network interface. Nbwmon comes with lots of features some of them are listed below: Supports Ethernet, Wireless [...]
5 Steps Start Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04 in Text Mode
The advantages of text modes as compared to graphics modes include lower memory consumption and faster screen manipulation. Text mode or console mode or command line mode saves a lot of RAM uses so most of the time it is [...]
How to Install "stacer" Monitoring and Optimising Tool on Linux
Stacer is a GUI based open source resource monitoring and system optimizer tool for Linux. This app has a nice looking dashboard which provides CPU, Memory, Disk and System information. The new vesrion of stacer provides additional monitoring panel for process viewing [...]
How to Configure AD Authentication with LDAP over Proxy with TLS/SSL
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 [...]
How to Install Open Visual Traceroute on Ubuntu 16.04
Open Visual Traceroute is a free and open source Java based visual traceroute and packet sniffer tool that can be used to display data in a 3D or a 2D map component. You can easily export data to image file [...]
10 Twitter Clients for Linux Desktop and Command Line
With the exponential growth in usage of twitter in recent years, more and more people like to express themselves on the go. twitter users prefer desktop application that enable them to tweet, send and recieve messages, get the latest tweets [...]