A quick tweet to ServerGrove triggered me to receive this link from them with a way to possibly prevent this. I took the server-side version, and added to my /etc/ssh/sshd_config: ClientAliveInterval 60 I restarted my ssh daemon and connected again. I then went to pick up my son with the connection still open, and when…
This is another example why the community around open source projects is awesome. It is the perfect example of why you should share your solutions with the world at large. Whether you do it on your own weblog, on a forum, in a mailinglist. The solution to a lot of common problems is a single…
There are many *nix purists that feel the root is holy. Only the basic, default directories should be located at the root. An ideal system probably looks something like this: //boot/dev/etc/home/lib/opt/proc/usr I recently encountered such a purist. He felt that adding something to the root, be it a directory or a mount, was wrong. I…
Earlier, I mentioned my hard time deciding which Operating System to pick. I had narrowed down my options to VectorLinux and Kubuntu. Both looked good. Then I noticed that VectorLinux does not come with many non-OSS software unless you order their CD. That combined with the fact that the Kubuntu Live CD gave me a…
Slackware is a great linux distribution, but better for servers than for desktops in my humble opinion. At the moment, however, I’m running Slackware on my laptop. Though I like to tinker and play with config files etc. lately I’ve been wanting a slightly more solid, user friendly user experience on my laptop. For my…
OK, and now I have a problem. I want to reinstall my laptop, probably get LinSpire running on it. But how am I going to back up 26 gigabytes of data when you don’t have a DVD burner in your laptop?
I am not even halfway the article, but I’m already quite impressed with it. This article gives a really good overview of things you can do to secure your linux computers from those evil crackers (not hackers!) that try to get into your system to use it for all kinds of malicious stuff.