This is a simple command, just many don't know about it. Here's a simple quick way to schedule a dns zone to be updated at a later time/date Read More »

SELinux is a set of extra security restrictions on top of the normal Linux security tools. It gives the systems administrator a finer grain of control than what the kernel typically provides. But SELinux can sometimes get in your way. For example, I have had typical services, such as Apache, appear to start up correctly, but remain inaccessible from the outside world because I forgot to allow the apache user rights to open that port or maybe my distro forgot about it. Before you turn off SELinux make sure you know why you are turning it off and the security concerns you might be opening yourself up to. Read More »

Linux tool to set the duplex settings on your network card. Read More »

Ever had a remote SSH connection where you were doing an upgrade (say to asterisk or pbxinaflash, etc) and you lost your internet connection, which killed your ssh session, and stopped your compile, leaving your system in a horribly unusable state? NEVER AGAIN! That is what I use screen for! Read More »

If you haven't already checked this software out.. you should. The ultimate enterprise email software Read More »

The best Linux Web administration project!!! Read More »

I plan on doing this sometime soon... Read More »

Easy! Read More »

"We (Microsoft) believe every Linux customer basically has an undisclosed balance-sheet liability." Read More »

If you are part of the Linux/Novell community last week you would have no doubt heard of the Microsoft - Novell agreement. When it was first announced it looked materially very boring on the surface comprising of a couple of virtualisation developments and a promise by the two companies to work on OfficeXML and directory system interoperability. All this is fairly trivial but what made the deal controversial was the promise from Microsoft not to sue Novell customers for using Linux. Read More »