SSH is amazing in that it can allow a user to access the resources of one machine from another over the network. But with fast gigabit Ethernet connections these days, playing movies from one machine from another is now possible. Install SSHFS on your machine. jason@jason-desktop:~/remote$ sudo apt install sshfsjason@jason-desktop:~/remote$ sudo apt install sshfs Create … Read more
The hysteria over the Coronavirus crackdown is getting out of hand, this whole thing is crazy. They are planning to shut down all non-essential shops, and this may lead to martial law. What is going to happen in the future? There was a crazy person that said that the army might be sent in to … Read more
A handy Linux admin tip is how to use RDP to Remote Desktop into a Linux machine from a Macintosh computer. This would be very useful indeed.
The rsync command with the –list-only parameter allows the user to list filenames on a remote machine. But by default, it looks like this. jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ rsync –list-only [email protected]:/home/jason/Documents/ [email protected]’s password: drwxr-xr-x 4,096 2018/05/09 09:49:49 . -rw-r–r– 867,863 2018/04/19 12:44:56 altis_insurgency_altis.pbo -rw-rw-r– 681,638 2018/05/04 09:03:16 pg768.txt -rwxrwxr-x 166 2018/01/17 09:48:52 rhsafrf.0.4.5.bikey -rwxrwxr-x … Read more
How to remote desktop into a Linux desktop with the xrdp command Very easy when you use xrdp. This is how to use the Windows 8 Remote Desktop client to connect to a Linux machine running Linux Mint 8. This is a way to remotely control a Linux machine with a graphical desktop. This makes … Read more
If you are using a remote server with SSH and you wish to get a large file off the Internet to the remote server easily, you may use the wget command to download it directly to the server instead of having to download it at home and then upload it again. That is silly. Use … Read more
This simple command will print out the Internet facing IP address of a Linux machine in no time. curl ifconfig.me/ipcurl ifconfig.me/ip This will return the useragent that is used to access this URL. ubuntu ~ $ curl ifconfig.me/ua curl/7.35.0ubuntu ~ $ curl ifconfig.me/ua curl/7.35.0 Use this string to get all information about the host that … Read more
Adding an IP address to the management interface of a Cisco switch allows connection over an Ethernet connection to manage the switch configuration. Firstly, switch to privileged exec mode. tyrion>en tyrion#tyrion>en tyrion# Then enter the configure terminal command to configure terminal settings. tyrion#configure terminaltyrion#configure terminal Now we are configuring settings for vlan 99. tyrion(config)#interface vlan … Read more
This is an example where I am using the rsync command to copy files from one computer to another. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ rsync -avz -e "ssh -p 443" [email protected]:/home/homer/Desktop/ /home/homer/Videos The authenticity of host ‘[192.168.100.4]:443 ([192.168.100.4]:443)’ can’t be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is ############################################. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: … Read more
The net command may be used to get information from a Windows PC. Below is an example. I am reading the time from a Windows 7 Ultimate PC. root@debian:/home/homer# net time -I 192.168.100.5 Fri Jul 11 11:22:32 2014root@debian:/home/homer# net time -I 192.168.100.5 Fri Jul 11 11:22:32 2014 This command shows the network shares that my … Read more
The sftp command allows a user to retrieve files on a remote machine and save them on their computer. Use this command to access the files: sftp -P 443 [email protected]:/home/homer/Downloads/*.pdf I have my SSH server running on port 443, so I need to specify that port when using this command. I am using Cygwin on … Read more
The transmission remote interface is very good for accessing your torrent client over a network. Use the command below to access a transmission session and see the progress of your torrents. The syntax is: username:password@IP:PORT. transmission-remote-cli -c jim:[email protected]:9091transmission-remote-cli -c jim:[email protected]:9091 You may also access the transmission client over a web interface. This gives you an … Read more
The Ubuntu 12.10 distribution has a new remote management system called Landscape. This management framework allows a manager of a network of Ubuntu machines to manage all the computers from one location. The Landscape system can manage installation of updates across all of the installed desktops, and make sure all of the installed software and … Read more