The command Tar (Tape Archive) is used to create file archives. It is often used with the combination of compression programs such as gzip and bzip2 to reduce the size of archvi and occupy less space. In this guide we will look at the main options to use Tar and a small tutorial on using to back… Read More: Guide to Tar command »
Today we will create rpm packages for the installation of a mail server (IMAP – pop3) .Our reference software is Courier, available as a source to the following link.La creation rpm package is required when you want to use same packages to other servers (or a few) .I went to use the latest available release… Read More: Building Courier RPMs »
X2Go is a useful application for remote access which is especially appreciated for its high fluidity. To benefit from the latest version available is advisable to install the application from the specific PPA (personal package archive) for x2Go stableThis is a system that is based on NX technology (the same is also based in the… Read More: x2Go to access a PC remotely »
PAM stands for Pluggable Authentication Modules. It’s a mechanism used to define authentication policies. If you go to the /etc/pam.d directory, you can find a lot of files, each linked to a different application. Let’s take the /etc/pam.d/halt file as a first example: #%PAM-1.0 auth sufficient pam_rootok.so auth required pam_console.so #auth include system-auth account required… Read More: Understand PAM »