To turn on verbose logging (e.g. to debug FTP connection or authentication problems) in pure-ftpd FTP server on Debian and Ubuntu Linux. Enable debug log in pure-ftpd Execute the following command as root user in the shell to enable verbose logging: echo 'yes' > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/VerboseLog and then restart pure-ftpd, for init based systems: service pure-ftpd-mysql ... Read more
One way to create a backup of a MySQL database on the shell is to use the mysqldump command. Mysqldump creates a dump of the database in form of sql commands, which can be easily restored using the mysql command or PHPMyAdmin. Backup a MySQL Database mysqldump -u root -p mydatabase > /tmp/backup_mydatabase.sql This command ... Read more
Fail2ban uses iptables by default to block incoming connections when they exceed the max. login retries. The iptables rules used by fail2ban might conflict with other firewall rules, so it might be necessary to reconfigure fail2ban to use the route command for blocking incoming connections. Fail2ban ban using route command To reconfigure fail2ban for using ... Read more
If your Windows installation starts slower after you defragmented the hard disk, it might be necessary to run the defragmentation utility on the boot files too which were normally skipped when running the defrag utility. Windows Disk Defragmentation for boot files To defragment the boot files, click on "Start" > "Run..." and then enter the ... Read more
Have you ever intended your computer to go back to sleep mode only to find that it is still turned on? In this article, we will guide you through the whole procedure to see which application prevents your PC in Windows 10 from going to sleep. See which application prevents your PC in Windows 10 ... Read more
It is a good practice to provide a meaningful and user-friendly name to your machine once you finished installing a new and fresh copy of Windows 10. Here is how you can do it step-by-step. Change the Windows 10 Computer Name Step 1: Press and hold the Windows icon key and X on your keyboard ... Read more
Windows 10 now offers a new way to view notifications. Modern applications will produce notifications of toasts that appear at the top right of the screen. If you want that these notifications should not display, you can disable them. In this article, we will guide you through the whole procedure to disable notifications to toast ... Read more
Debian 10 has now fully switched to Systemd which means that the traditional commands to halt or reboot a system like 'shutdown -h now' or 'reboot' will not work anymore. First of all, run the command as root user. Prepend the sudo command to become root user if needed. Here are their systemd equivalents which ... Read more
This short guide shows you how to add a newline into a file by using the echo command on the Linux shell. Add a Newline Character using echo command in Bash In this example, I'll assume that we have a file example.txt with the following content: Line 1 Line 2 Now we want to use ... Read more
Since all of us know that our laptops operate on battery power that is why it is considered very important for these batteries to have good health. There are certain factors that account for the health of a laptop’s battery. Out of these factors, the battery cycle count holds crucial importance. It is defined as ... Read more