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How-To set up a serial console on Debian
This tutorial will go over the steps to go through in order to set up a serial console on Debian Linux.
Debian uses sysvinit to handle the booting process, amongst the different task, and as such, there is a few differences between most of the tutorial that you might find on the internet regarding how to set up a serial console.
A Serial Console becomes handy when running a headless server (i.e no keyboard and screen) or if you cannot connect a a server because of a network issue.
How-To set up a serial console client
In the 2 previous articles, I explained how to set up a serial console on Ubuntu and Debian.
This tutorial will now show how to connect to those serial console using another machine using a software called minicom.
How-To set up a serial console on Ubuntu
This tutorial will go over the steps to go through in order to set up a serial console on Ubuntu Linux.
Unlike most other distros, Ubuntu uses upstart instead of sysvinit and as such, there is a few differences between most of the tutorial that you might find on the internet regarding how to set up a serial console.
A Serial Console becomes handy when running a headless server (i.e no keyboard and screen) or if you cannot connect a a server because of a network issue.
Howto Crack Rar, 7z, and zip files in Linux
If you forget your password for compressed archive (rar, 7z, zip), this program is the solution.This program uses bruteforce algorithm to find correct password. You can specify wich characters will be used in password generations.
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How-To: Import/Export GPG key pair
This tutorial will show how you can export and import a set of GPG keys from one computer to another.
This way, you can sign/encrypt the same way one different computer.
How-To: Customizing SSH client
SSH is great. There is so many thing you can do with it other than just a remote secure shell like X forwarding, port forwarding, authenticate using a private/public key, compress the transmitted stream....
If you have different account that you use on an every day basis, it becomes quickly cumbersome to type those lengthly command lines.
One could work around this by using aliases, the right way would be to use ~/.ssh/config
This tutorial will show some customization examples that should cover most ssh use cases.
How To: fixing Evolution after home directory changed (Failed to append to mbox)
Lately, I change my main user's username and homedir location. As a result, some application like evolution were kindda broken.
This tutorial will explain how to change some of evolution settings manually in order to fix any issues left from the name change.