If a process is shown with process state "D" in tools like ps or top, then it's an uninterruptable process.…

This short tutorial describes the steps to optimize the performance of a MySQL database with the mysqltuner script. This tool…

Sometimes you might want to block connects to your server by IP address. E.g. when someone tries to attack your…

This short guide shows you how to get a list of all installed Packages on Debian Linux. Packages on Debian…

Sometimes it is necessary to limit the download rate of the wget command, e.g. when you are downloading a large…

The Linux TigerVNC Server provides a command to set a new password. Set VNC Password The command is "vncpasswd", the password…

This guide shows you how to kill an unresponsive OpenVZ container in case the normal stop procedure fails. Killing the…

It is important to keep your Linux server up to date with security updates. Linux distributions like Ubuntu and Debian…

Sometimes, you might want to apply a chmod to files only and not directories. This guide shows you three different…

There is no simple 'tolower' command on the bash, but you can convert uppercase characters to lowercase with a little…