Monthly Archives: January 2012

A Linux primer: identifying your distro and other commands that work everywhere

Here are a few commands you can use to find out which Linux distribution you’re on — pick whichever your system has: 1234567cat /etc/issue cat /proc/version dmesg | head -1 cat /etc/*-release Of those, cat /etc/*-release is the most reliable … Continue reading

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How to Set up an FTP Server in Ubuntu Linux

Login to your Linux shell menu as root 12[root@locahost]# apt-get install vsftpd [root@locahost]# vim /etc/vsftpd.conf At VIM, 1st comment out anonymous_enable by adding a # sign at the beginning of the line # anonymous_enable=YES 2nd remove comment at local enable … Continue reading

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