Linux

Linux Networking 101

Configuring Linux network settings from the command line is pretty easy once you know the location of all the relevant files. This entry will cover the basics of configuring a Redhat Linux system for both DHCP and static IP addresses.


Active Directory Authentication

This article outlines the high level steps required to configure your linux workstation or server to authenticate against a Microsoft Active Directory (AD) domain. Most of the information was pulled from a number of tutorials, newsgroup posts, and from the samba documentation.


Linux Basics

This post outlines a couple of commonly used Linux commands.
man - command used to display manual pages for specific commands (e.g., “man ls”). Man pages are your friend!
ls - similar to the DOS dir command. It lists directory contents. Try “ls -al” for a detailed directory listing.
cd - change directory. “cd ~” will [...]