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How can I install Adobe Flash Player Plugin version 11.2 with yum command on a Fedora Linux 64 bit desktop or 32 bit version 20 laptop system? Tutorial details Difficulty Easy (rss) Root privileges Yes Requirements None Estimated completion time 5m Adobe provided yum repository that contains RPM packages of …

Create a new tar archive. $ tar cvf archive_name.tar dirname/ Extract from an existing tar archive. $ tar xvf archive_name.tar View an existing tar archive. $ tar tvf archive_name.tar Check if remote port is open with bash: echo >/dev/tcp/8.8.8.8/53 && echo "open" Suspend process: Ctrl + z Move process to …

This article is a continuation of our previous article – 40 Basic Command Line Tips and Tricks. The terminal is a really powerful tool when it comes to Linux, anything and almost everything on Linux can be done via the command line. Therefore it is necessary for us to have a basic …

1.  Everything in Linux is a file including the hardware and even the directories. 2. # : Denotes the super(root) user 3.  $ : Denotes the normal user 4.  /root: Denotes the super user’s directory /home: Denotes the normal user’s directory. 5.  Switching between Terminals §  Ctrl + Alt + F1-F6: Console login §  Ctrl + Alt + …

To set a permanent redirection from with example.com and www.example.com to example1.com, the following code shall help you RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ “http\:\/\/example1\.com\/$1″ [R=301,L] Just put the above code in the .htaccess file  under example.com by replacing the domains as per your need …

If you’re going to have long relations with Linux Operating System and use it as efficiently as possible I suggest to read the following howtos and guides that will help you on the way to advanced Linux user status .. 🙂 Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper This document is both a tutorial …

In this post, we will see how to lock or unlock a specific user account from the terminal using two methods. Method 1 (Recommended)To lock a user account, open the terminal and run this command: sudo usermod –expiredate 1 username Replace username with the user account name you want to disable. The user …

In this tutorial, we will see how to create/remove user accounts using the terminal under Ubuntu/Linux Mint. I will also show you how to add a specific user to the “sudo” group so that you allow it to run sudo commands, but be careful in using this because granting a …