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Contents 1 bash 2 cron 3 GnuPG 4 Grammar 5 Linux Password Policy 6 Linux Security 7 Media authoring 8 Miscellaneous 9 PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) 10 Red Hat 10.1 Channel Bonding 10.2 Red Hat Installation Numbers 11 Regular expressions 12 RFCs 13 rsync and ssh 14 S.M.A.R.T. 15 Secure Shell (ssh) 16 SMTP Fixup 17 Solaris 17.1 docs.sun.com System Administrator Collection 17.2 Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition (DSEE) 18 Solaris pty's 19 Sun 20 Time 21 Ubuntu 22 UNIX 22.1 8 character username "limitation" 23 VPN 24 Wireless 25 X11

bash

• .bash_profile vs. .bashrc
• Bash FAQ
• Bash parameter expansion cheatsheet
• GNU Bash Manual

cron

• Crontab Environment

GnuPG

• Little known features: Symmetric encryption with PGP/GPG

Grammar

• Editorial Style Guide
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Linux Password Policy

• How do I lock out a user after a set number of login attempts?
• Lock out a user after N failed login attempts
• Enable password aging on Linux systems

Linux Security

• Linux Journal Paranoid Penguin Articles

Media authoring

• CD ripping and burning from the command prompt Howto

Miscellaneous

• What does "commercial-in-confidence" mean?

PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)

• Understanding PAM

Red Hat

• Backporting of Security Fixes
• Kickstart Installations
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Documentation
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy

Channel Bonding

• How can I bond multiple network interfaces (bonding) together into a single channel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4?
• The Channel Bonding Module
• Implementing Channel Bonding (Red Hat)

Red Hat Installation Numbers

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation numbers Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
• Tips and tricks: How do I specify my installation key from within a kickstart file?
• What is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Number and where do I get it?

Regular expressions

• The Regex Coach - interactive regular expressions

RFCs

• RFC 821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• RFC 1869 - SMTP Service Extensions
• RFC 1893 - Enhanced Mail System Status Codes
• RFC 2821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

rsync and ssh

• Using Rsync and SSH
• RSYNC and SSH With Automated Login

S.M.A.R.T.

• HOWTO Monitor your hard disk(s) with smartmontools
• Smartmontools

Secure Shell (ssh)

• Eleven SSH Tricks
• SSH Host Key Protection

SMTP Fixup

• Granular Protocol Inspection
• SMTP and ESMTP Connections Inspection with Cisco IOS Firewall Configuration Example
• SMTP fixup
• SMTP Fixup - On or Off?
• The case against SMTP Fixup

Solaris

• Autofs FAQ
• Ethernet Autonegotiation Best Practices
• How to Clean Up a not_terminated Audit File
• Managing Quotas (Tasks)
• Solaris 10 New Authentication Features
• Solaris Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning
• Using the "truss" command in Solaris
• Why do all my ethernet interfaces have the same ethernet MAC address?

docs.sun.com System Administrator Collection

• Solaris 8 System Administrator Collection
• Solaris 9 System Administrator Collection
• Solaris 10 System Administrator Collection

Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition (DSEE)

• Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.1 Documentation
• Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Documentation
• Sun Java System Directory Server Forum

Solaris pty's

• How can I have more than 48 pseudo-ttys?
• Solaris Kernel Tuning

Sun

• Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM)
• Sun Fire V1280 Server

Time

• Linux, Clocks, and Time

Ubuntu

• Getting Back to a Pure Gnome on Ubuntu
• How To Install SSHMenu on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
• Disabling the PC speaker in Ubuntu

UNIX

• Using GNU Sort for IP Addresses

8 character username "limitation"

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VPN

• Penetration Testing IPsec VPNs

Wireless

• Coffee shop WiFi for dummies

X11

• Using Exceed X Server with SSH X11 Tunneling
• X11 DISPLAY variables and X forwarding