Linux: Find Out How Much Disk Space Left On Hard Drive

I am a desktop support professional with experience working in a corporate call center environment. Recently, I started to admin RHEL based IBM Linux server. How do I determine how much disk space left in…

How To Find a Directory On Linux Based System

I just switched from MS-Windows server admin to Debian Linux server admin role. I need to find a directory called project.images. I was also told that the locate command is the simplest and quickest way…

Debian / Ubuntu: Install Duplicity For Encrypted Backup In Cloud

My cloud based backup service provider has ssh access to the backup system. How do I install and configure duplicity software for remote backups in incremental and encrypted format on Debian or Ubuntu Linux based…

Unix / Linux: Check New Files In File System /var/www/uploads/

R ecently, I switched from MS-Windows based web-server to CentOS Linux based Apache web-server. All user uploaded files are stored in /var/www/uploads/ directory. Is there command that can give me a list of files that…

Increase NFS Client Mount Point Security For a Web-Server noexec, nosuid, nodev Options

I am using NFS server version 4.x on a CentOS/RHEL based system. I’m mounting my shared /var/www/ directory on five Apache based nodes using the following syntax: mount -t nfs4 -o rw,intr,hard,proto=tcp rocknas02:/httproot/www /var/www/ I…

FreeBSD Show Disk Quota Limits Command

I ‘m a new FreeBSD unix user and backup file on a FreeBSD based unix server. How can I check quota limits and disk usage using shell prompt on a FreeBSD based system?   You…

Linux/Unix: Find Command Ignore Case Insensitive Search

I am a new Linux and Unix-command line user. I am using find command to search file called “fooBar.conf.sample” in my home directory. I do not know the case, it could be uppercase, lowercase, or…

Ubuntu Linux Create and Add Swap File Tutorial

I ‘m a new Ubuntu Linux version 14.04 LTS user. I need additional swap space to improve my Ubuntu server performance. How can I add a swap space on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS using command…

How To Add Swap on FreeBSD Unix Systems

I need additional swap space to improve my FreeBSD Unix server/desktop performance. How do I add a swap file to FreeBSD system using command line options without creating a new partitions? How do I encrypt…

FreeBSD Unix Show Mounted File Systems

I recently switched from MS-Windows server to a FreeBSD Unix server. How can I see list of mounted file systems on a FreeBSD based Unix server using command line options?   The command to view…