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Passwordless ssh login

Thu ,16/12/2010

It’s frustrating to enter your password over and over again over multiple boxes when you need speed or just if you have to issue commands frequently. One way to avoid this hustle is to enable passwordless ssh login. Note that this should be done in a secured network, where no outside access is possible, as this is security issue you have to consider otherwise!

Before we start, there is something to be configured on the remote box.

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Using fuse file system over SSH

Thu ,16/12/2010

Did you ever had to check multiple directories on multiple linux boxes, to copy or maintain files on all of them and even create a batch files to automate your tasks?

Here is a simple way to implement grsync (graphical rsync backend) with fuse file system over ssh for (graphical) backup of certain directories:

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Find and remove multiple files

Wed ,08/12/2010

Under *nix operating system, there is a command to find files and folders, called the same way – find.

Are you tired of all the windows users browsing through images and creating “Thumbs.db” files?

Here is how you can remove these files with just one command:

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Calculate your download speed

Tue ,02/11/2010
A lot of people doesn’t know how to calculate the maximum download speed they can get from their internet provider.
Here is how it’s done:
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