Linux Command Line, Server, DevOps and Cloud
The chown command in Linux allows you to change the ownership of files and directories. If you are not aware of these term, I highly recommend reading my explainer article about file permissions …
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Containers are awesome when it comes to testing and deploying a project. But containers can quickly eat disk space if you create multiple containers. In this Docker beginner tutorial, I'll show you …
You can create a new user with useradd command but if you mis-configured the account, you don't necessarily have to delete the user. You can change the user account settings with usermod command in …
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If you want to delete an existing user in Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution, you can use the userdel command in the terminal. This is a straightforward command with only a few options. Here's …
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The useradd command lets a superuser create a new user account in Linux. It is a low level utility that doesn't do a lot of things by default but provides several options to create users with …
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Watch is a great utility that automatically refreshes data. Some of the more common uses for this command involve monitoring system processes or logs, but it can be used in combination with pipes for …
Learn how to run some or all sudo commands without entering the password on Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution. Most Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora use the sudo mechanism to …
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Most people use the ls command with option l to check permission on a file in Linux. What if I told you there is a better way to check file attributes? It's a simple but useful command called …
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Public key authentication allows you to access a server via SSH without password. Here are two methods to copy the public ssh key to the server. I believe you understand the basic SSH concept. Your …
