Today’s plan is to install the Common Unix Printing System on a Debian Wheezy machine and configure it to work with a Brother HL-4150CDN network printer. Continue reading
Tag Archives: LPIC-1
Manually and Automatically Configure Network Interfaces on Linux
Yet another cheat-sheet for configuring network interfaces on Linux servers. Continue reading
Finding Open Ports and Listening Services on Linux: Nmap, Netstat, lsof and ss
Trying to keep it simple. Continue reading
Fundamentals of Internet Protocols (IPv4)
Having to plan local area networks from time to time, I find it really handy to keep these IP basics somewhere close. Continue reading
Alien: Converting Between Package Formats
I was aware of alien program for quite some time, but never had any real chance to use it in practice. However, that time has finally come. Continue reading
Exploring Linux Hard and Symbolic Links
A link is a way to give a file multiple identities. Links in Linux are similar to shortcuts in Windows, and aliases in Mac OS. However, on a Linux filesystem, a file does not get deleted until there are no remaining hard links to it. Continue reading
Exploring Linux Runlevels and Their Purposes (SysVinit)
Linux relies on runlevels to determine what features are available upon system boot and what aren’t. Runlevels are numbered, from 0 to 9, and each one is assigned a set of services that should be active when entering a particular runlevel. Continue reading