Cloud Computing and Linux: A Match Made in Heaven


Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate by providing scalable, cost-effective, and secure IT infrastructure. As more and more companies move their operations to the cloud, Linux has emerged as the dominant operating system in the cloud computing space. In this blog post, we will explore how Linux and cloud computing are a match…

INIT Script TUX

All about Linux init script


What is an init script, what is the use of it, how to write an init script? Lets begin to know the answers. Declaimer: Use it at your own risk!!! Writing this topic for learning and knowledge sharing purpose only. You must own root privileges (and authority) on the system where you are trying or applying this topic. What is an init…

redhat-release

What is my CentOS/RedHat/Fedora Linux Distribution Name and Version


There are many way find the Linux Distribution Name and Version, but my favorite to find  CentOS/RedHat/Fedora distribution name and version is to read from /etc/redhat-release file. In CentOS 6.5, /etc/redhat-release file contain following contents: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 6.5 (Final To find out distribution name, use command: awk ‘{print $1}’ /etc/redhat-release And to…

subsys

Use of subsystem lock files in init script


In /var/lock/subsys/ directory, there are various files like network, iptables, ip6tables, sshd, rsyslog etc. all these files are the lock files created by their init scripts. Most of these files may be empty. These files play the important role in Linux startup and shutdown process. When a service is started through an init script, a…

ISO2USB

CentOS 6 CD/DVD/ISO to USB Installation


I tried various Linux ISO to USB software like UNetbootin, liveusb-creator, Universal-USB-Installer etc to create CentOS 6 (take a look at new look of CentOS website) bootable USB/pendrive. But all have some problems or limitations which force me to use ISO2USB software, which help me to meet my need. Requirement Create a CentOS 6 bootable…

2013 in review, welcome 2014


I got most visitors from U.S., thanks to my U.S. visitors. After that Indian visitors make a good figure, special thanks to them also. I am expecting more visits from them. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for…

Chroot SFTP Users for Web Hosting Server.


A chroot on Unix operating systems is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children. A program that is run in such a modified environment cannot name (and therefore normally not access) files outside the designated directory tree. The term “chroot” may refer to the chroot(2) system…