CSF commands for Unix/Linux servers

CSF commands for managing your server firewall. 1. Enable csf and lfd if previously disabled csf -e Or csf –enable 2. Disable csf and lfd completely csf -x Or csf –disable 3. Restart firewall rules csf -r Or csf –restart 4. Start the firewall rules csf -s Or csf –start 5. Flush/Stop firewall rules (Note: […]

Introduction and basic usages of iptables under Unix/Linux

* What is iptables in Linux ?  Iptables is a rule based firewall system and is normally pre-installed on a Unix operating system which is controlling the incoming and outgoing packets. Basic structure of iptables The structure for the iptables is like, Tables which has chains and the chains which contains rules. Tables —> Chains […]

How to Zip and Unzip files in UNIX

Here is how to Zip and Unzip files in UNIX unzip myFile.zip – This command will uncompress compressed files with the .zip extension. tar xvf myFile.tar – This command will uncompress compressed files with the .tar extension. gunzip myFile.gz  – This command will uncompress compressed files with the .gz extension.