How To Check Which Port Is Listern or Open on Linux

Friday, September 12th, 2008

For some security reason you may configure SSH or any other protocol using different kind of port number on Linux server. Sometimes it’s important to know which ports are actually listern or open to the system network, it may open for network instruction or hacking.
Basically there are few methods to see which ports are [...]

How To Force User Change Password At Next Login on Linux

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

My previous post talked about How To Show Linux User Password Expires. I would like to share “How to force user change password at next login on Linux“.
Option 1:
passwd command - change user password
Use the following syntax:
passwd -e

-e Force the user to [...]

Why Google Chrome not support Linux or Mac yet

Friday, September 5th, 2008

As you know Google Chrome browser was launched few day back. According to Google, Google Chrome is a open source browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier and only available for Windows XP and Vista.
Why? Why Google Chrome not support Linux or Mac yet? [...]

How to Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL shutdown key on Linux server

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

[Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Delete] is a shortcut key to shutdown/reboot the server without having to log on but sometimes it will be a problem by accidently pressing the [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Delete] key in the production Linux server console. In order to prevent the use of [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Delete] key combination on a production server, we MUST disable it.
Basically it is configured [...]

Faillog Reset All User Failed Login Attempt Record Instead of Single User

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

In my previous post I talked about How to Configure SLES Linux to track and log failed login attempt records. One of Planet Malaysia Blog reader sent me an email asked me for help regarding an issue “faillog command reset all user failed login attempt record instead of single user on Linux“.
After checked and I [...]