How to check a constantly growing Apache access log file
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009tail -f /var/log/apache2/access.log
Archive for the 'Microtips' Category
How to see who are currently logged on the machine
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009w
How to check how long the system has been up?
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009uptime
How to check which processes a user is running
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009ps -U username
How to add IP address using Linux IP command
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009ip addr add 192.168.0.10 dev eth0
Remote backup with rsnapshot using ssh
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Rsnapshot is a remote and local backup tool based on combination of rsync and cp -al. In this tutorial, I will show you how to backup data using this great free and open source backup software. Rsnapshot is the most efficient backup application when it comes to conserving disk space because it backups up only [...]
Compiling snort
Friday, August 21st, 2009Snort is Flexible Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention System. It has rules based logging. It captures network packets, examines them and decide about their intention by comparing the contents to the rules. It can detect a variety of attacks including buffer overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes and much more. In this tutorial, [...]