The Linux Tail Command is often a go to tool when troubleshooting a Linux system or many other devices such as VMware ESXi hosts or Linux/Unix based appliances. The tail…
This may seem like a question you would already know the answer to, but when you are connecting to Linux systems via SSH rather than interacting with a desktop environment…
The Linux uptime command is often used when troubleshooting a Linux system. One of the first puzzles to solve when investigating an outage may be to check if a system…
File-system management is an important skill to have if you are working with Linux systems often. If you are from a Windows background, you may not yet be familiar with…
It’s a quick and easy process to change a user password on a system using the Linux Operating System. That is, it’s straight forward if you know the commands, which…
If your Linux server or workstation seems to be suffering from a dip in performance then a good starting point when troubleshooting is to check the current memory usage. With…
What version of Linux am I running? Have you ever been staring at a CLI prompt wondering how to check what version of Linux or which Kernel version you are…
If you are running Kali Linux on VMware Workstation or on a ESXi host you should ensure that the VMtools package is installed and working correctly. Having the vmtools package…