Monthly Archives: March 2011

Detecting rootkits under Linux

March 30, 2011
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You can try the following tools to detect Linux rootkits: Zeppoo Software Zeppoo – Zeppoo allows you to detect rootkits on i386 and x86_64 architecture under Linux, by using /dev/kmem and /dev/mem. Moreover it can also detect hidden tasks, connections, corrupted symbols, system calls and so many other things.

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Extending Logical Volume

March 10, 2011
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Extending Logical Volume

To extend a logical volume you simply tell the lvextend command how much you want to increase the size. You can specify how much to grow the volume, or how large you want it to grow to:

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Setting up public key authentication over SSH

March 5, 2011
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Generate key on local machine ssh-keygen -t rsa It will ask you for a password but you can leave it blank. Note you could also pick -t dsa if you prefer. Ensure that the remote server has a .ssh directory

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Adding Swap File under Linux

March 5, 2011
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If you are adding more memory on your dedicated server, you will need to add more swap space. You have two choices: add or upgrade a swap partition or create a swap file. Because changing the size or create a new swap partition is not easy, the best solution is to create a new...

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