Linux Server and Workstation Configuration How To

1. aTunes 2.0 - a universal media player

... radio Used engine: mplayer for all platforms, or xine for Linux Support for tags EQ, Karaoke Support for skins, minimize to tray Support for podcasts, search for information using YouTube, ...

2. uname

Command uname Displays system information, such as the type of machine and operating system. Syntax uname [options] Options -a displays all the information. -m displays the type of equipment ...

3. touch

... of the mentioned file. -t MMDDhhmm uses the specified date and time. Description touch command lets you change the date and time of last modification file (this information is stored with the file). ...

4. top

... priority (for this you should be a privileged user). d interval specifies the interval in seconds between updates of information. Description top command generates full-screen record of running processes ...

5. ps

... processes of other users. f displays a tree of processes. j displays the output using the format jobs. l displays the data in long format, with detailed information about each process. m displays information ...

6. ls

... without sorting (just as it is stored on disk). -i displays information about the inode "inode". -l displays a list of files in a long format with detailed information. -p adds the file name symbol showing ...

7. ln

... a directory (this can be done only by root). -f remove existing file named newname. -help displays help for the team. -s creates a symbolic link. -v generates detailed output information. Description ...

8. info

... -f file_info specifies the file used by the team info. -h displays the information on the application info. Description Info command displays online help for this team in full text box. For more information ...

9. id

... id. -u prints only the user ID. Description id command displays the user ID, group ID, and all groups to specified user. If the username is not specified, id displays information about current user. ...

10. free

... displays information about the physical memory (RAM) and swap space (on disk). In the output information shows the total amount of memory, as well as the number used and free memory.  ...

11. du

Command du du command displays the amount of disk space occupied by files or directories. Syntax du [options] [directories_or_files] Options -a displays information about memory usage for all ...

12. df

Command df df command displays the number of free and occupied space on all mounted filesystems systems. Syntax df [options] [filesystem] Options -a displays all file systems. -i displays information ...

13. chmod

... -v displays detailed information about changes of access rights. -R recursively changes the permissions of files in all subdirectories. Description To effectively use chmod to know how to set permissions. ...

14. chown

... error messages. -v displays detailed information about the changes owners. -R recursively change ownership of files in all subdirectories. Description To make the user an owner of one or more files, ...

15. Get CPU Information

Get CPU Model # cat "/proc/cpuinfo" | grep "model name" Get CPU Frequency # cat "/proc/cpuinfo" | grep "cpu MHz" Get CPU Cache Size # cat "/proc/cpuinfo" | grep "cache size"

16. Get Device Information

Get All Hardware Devices # lspci Get Drives Info # fdisk -l Get HDD Partitions Info # df -h Get CPU Info # cat /proc/cpuinfo Get Filesystems Info # cat /proc/filesystems Configuration Info ...

17. System Uptime Information

Get Server Running Time> # uptime

18. Get RAM Information

Get RAM Information # free -m # free -mto | grep Mem: | awk '' # rusedram="$($_CMD free -mto | grep Mem: | awk '')" # rfreeram="$($_CMD free -mto | grep Mem: | awk '')" # rtotalram="$($_CMD ...

19. Linux, UNIX User Management Commands

... the user full name field finger information     chgrp Changes the group ownership of files.     chown Change the owner of file(s ) to another user.   ...

20. Network Information and Configuration Commands

Configure Network # netconfig Get Network Status # netstat # ifconfig Get Route Information # route Get Network Cards # lspci | grep -i ethernet Dump TCP Packages to View # tcpdump Dump TCP Packages Into ...