The Linux Juggernaut

I used to astonish all the time when I see the FTP package name. vsftpd which abbreviated to Very Secure File Transfer Demon(vsftpd). But when we see the security prospective of this package there is no much security included with this package. I mean when you login to server the credentials are transferred in plain text. This is the reason by default root user is not allowed to login to ftp server.

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This article show you how to convert Sun Virtualbox vmi file to Vmware vmdk file. Recently I have started using Ubuntu as my desktop in my company. And installed Sun Virtualbox for test VMs. But most of the people have vmplayer installed. So they donot know how to use this vmi images on a windows box. So here is a solution for converting those vdi image files to VMware .vmdk images.

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“How many types of files are there and what are they?” This is a common question to every person who started learning Linux.

Why is this so much important to know file types?
Ans : This is because Linux will consider every thing as files. The Answer to this question is little bit confusing with different answers.

Let me put it in this way to clarify. By default Unix have only 3 types of … Continue Reading

Note:I am seeing so many people visiting this page, but leaving early.. please feel free to comment at comment section what problems you faced in installing PIDGIN, i am very much interested in helping you..

Good news for all the Linux lovers who are working in Corporate companies where most of the communication is through Microsoft OCS(Office Communicator Software)/IBM Same time IM clients. OCS is primarily used for IM communications, but if you want … Continue Reading

Guest post by Sandeep Yadav(http://linuxarea.webs.com/). He is having 2+ years of experience in Linux administration and he is a good at automating system admin task through shell scripting. You can reach him at sandeeprhce5@gmail.com.

Now I will tell you how we can configure LTSP server for our lab with telnet, rdesktop, shell and startx ( for Linux log in).

Step1 :
a. Make sure DHCP server is installed and running properly … Continue Reading

How to open a document/spreed sheet or any office document on right clicking with mouse on a desktop or in a folder in Linux(Ubuntu/Redhat)?
Ans : By default there is no option to open a document/spreed sheet on right clicking on a desktop or in a folder, This is default option in Window$. If you are core windows user and recently shifted to linux you will think why its not there in Linux. And how … Continue Reading