How to check password with Linux?
I want to check, from the linux command line, if a given cleartext password is the same of a crypted password on a /etc/shadow
Unix & Linux
Download recursively with wget
I have a problem with the following wget command:
what do you mean by interactive shell?
UNIX: The Complete Reference, Second Edition
by Kenneth H. Rosen et al.
Why did ‘apt-get autoremove’ not work properly?
I installed Pipelight from the PPA archive, according to these instructions.
RAIDing with LVM vs MDRAID – pros and cons?
In his answer to the question “mixed raid types”, HBruijn suggests using LVM to implement RAID vs the more standard MDRAID.
What do square brackets mean without the “if” on the left?
keywords – Reserved words are words that have a special meaning to the shell. The following words are recognized as reserved when unquoted and either the first word of a simple command (see SHELL GRAMMAR below) or the third word of a case or for command:
Is dash or some other shell “faster” than bash?
I always thought that the only benefit of using dash instead of bash was that dash was smaller, and therefore many instances of dash would start faster at boot time.
How does apt-get really work?
Okay, I understand how I may use apt-get {install|remove} mypackages and apt-get upgrade to install, upgrade, or remove binaries as well as their configuration data files and dependencies (actually, remove will only remove the binaries unless additional flags are provided).
Can I pipe stdout on one server to stdin on another server?
stdout on one CentOS server needs to be piped to stdin on another CentOS server. Is this possible?
How can I tell what version of Linux I’m using?
Often times I will ssh into a new client’s box to make changes to their website configuration without knowing much about the server configuration. I have seen a few ways to get information about the system you’re using, but are there some standard commands to tell me what version of Unix/Linux I’m on and basic system information (like if it is a 64-bit system or not), and that sort of thing?