A large part of every Linux forum's work is dealing with enquiries by Linux novices. While it can be very enjoyable to help others, it can also be rather tiresome…

I have found a script called monitorCpuUsage.sh. It is meant to be called from crontab and to inform you of processes or users who maybe using excessive amounts of cpu.…

1. Man pages exist and should be used. Seriously, everything's there, from application docs to syscall docs to syntax and formatting of log files. 2. Don't reinvent the wheel. 99%…

An updated dstat package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the…

How to force users to change their passwords on 1st login 1.) First, lock the account to prevent the user from using the login until the change has been made:…

fping is a ping like program which uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a host is up. fping is different from ping in that…

How to use the dig command dig is a command-line tool for querying DNS name servers for information about host addresses, mail exchanges, name servers, and related information. Understanding the…