An IP address stands for Internet Protocol Address. Devices are assigned with specified IP Address to identify the device which are connected on internet. Public IP addresses are routable on Internet and are generally provided by an ISP (Internet service provider) which are accessible over the Internet.Do you know how to find public IP address from Linux command line? There are several ways to find and identify public IP address. For example, we can use third party websites or “shell” commands. This article provides simple methods to find public IP address from command line on Linux.Who Uses Public IP Addresses?Public ... Read More

If you are working on Linux, then you must have encountered many-a-time with “Too many open files (24)” error. Linux operating system provides a way of limiting the amount of files that can be used by every user. This article provides insights on how to increase the number of open files or file descriptors in Linux operating system.The ulimit command has the control over shell or processes and it should require a login as the root user. The ulimit command is used to set the file limits that apply only to your current session.Use the following command to display the ... Read More

A Fork Bomb is a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against a Linux based system. It makes use of the fork operation to create infinite processes and is called as “Rabbit Virus or wabbit”. The system process continually replicates itself to deplete available system resources, causing resource starvation, slowing or crashing the system. This article gives insights on – how to prevent a fork bomb attack in Linux system.Fork Bomb uses a bash code and gets executed repeatedly. Linux system admin often uses bash function to test the user process limitations and this specific process can be configured in /etc/security/limits.conf file. Once Fork ... Read More

Are you looking for speedy server statistics monitoring script? If yes, then this article is for you. Here, we will be explaining about Linux-dash which is a memory efficient, low resource, easy to install, server statistics monitoring script written in PHP.An internet static web page allows you to rearrange various widgets as you want. This script displays residing records of your server, including RAM, CPU, Disk space, community understanding, mounted programs, going for walks approaches and rather more.Linux Dash FeaturesLinux Dash Features should be like this –It is a lightweight and responsive web-based interface for monitoring server resourcesEasy to install ... Read More

The concept of “group” may be confusing to many Linux users. Linux operating system is designed to allow more than one user to have access to the Linux system at a time. Linux/Unix operating systems provides multitasking abilities to its multi-users. In order to do this task, we need to assign a group to each Linux user. This article gives step by step process on – how to add a user to the group in Linux system.Create a New UserTo create a new user using Linux command line, use the following command –$ sudo useradd tutorialspointThe above command is used ... Read More

Have you ever shared network bandwidth with multiple devices? If you have ever been in a position where one application consumed all your traffic, then either you are a system admin or just a Linux user, you will need to discover how to control the upload and download speeds for applications to make sure that your bandwidth is not occupied entirely by a single application. This article gives an idea about how to limit network bandwidth on Linux.Limiting Network BandwidthOne of the easiest way to control over the network traffic is via command line tool called “trickle“. It can be ... Read More

Generally speaking, Linux administrators are supposed to track the performance of your computer hardware issues or faults which might occur accidentally. Sometimes, overheating issues can occur due to various software concerns such as buggy graphics card driver, mis-configured fan control program, malfunctioning CPU frequency scaling daemon, etc. If these problems are not detected early, these might become serious threats which may cause permanent damage on your hardware. Hence, keeping an eye on over heating issues should be your top priority.Psensor is considered to be one of the simplest application to monitor hardware temperature and to plot real-time analytics from raw ... Read More

In Software development life cycle (SDLC), tracking bugs is one of the critical area and without this step, SDLC process cannot be completed. Developers are generally required to track bugs using bug tracking software in development projects. There are certain bug tracking system providers in the market which are specialized into tracking bugs and managing of full software projects.After a detailed research, I have listed down the Top 5 open source bug tracking systems for Linux.BugzillaBugzilla is an open source bug tracking system. It is used to manage software development which is also helpful to get a handle on software ... Read More

Do you know “How to take screenshots in Linux operating system”? then this article is for you! There are many tools, which are available for Linux operating systems but one of the most reputed tool for screenshots which I would recommend is Shutter. It is an open source program and is written in perl. It is designed extremely well, offering an easy way to take screenshots of the entire screen, a region of the screen, a specific window, or even a website with a click of a button.Features of ShutterThe main attributes of the shutter tool are listed below –It ... Read More

Do you know “how to use USB memory sticks with Linux”, If you are not sure then this article describes “how to mount USB drive on a Linux system with command line interface”Universal serial bus, or USB (also known as Flash drive), is an electronic communications protocol that is commonly used in computer accessories and other small devices. If you have an up-to-date Linux system and a modern Desktop environment, your device should show up on your desktop, with no need to open a console. There are few important factors which are involved in learning how to mount USB drive ... Read More