Nmap : What is it?

It is an open source security tool for network exploration, security scanning and auditing. However, nmap comes with lots of options that can make the utility more robust and difficult to follow for new users. Its written by Gordon Lyon and it can answer the following questions easily: What computers did you find running on […]

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How to create an alias in linux

To create the alias use the following syntax: alias name=value alias name=’command’ alias name=’command var1 var2′ alias name=’/path/to/script’ alias name=’/path/to/script.sh var1′ To Remove an alias unalias aliasname  

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CPU limit: How it works?

Installation: root# cd /usr/src root# wget ‘http://downloads.sourceforge.net/cpulimit/cpulimit-1.1.tar.gz’ root# tar -zxvf cpulimit-1.1.tar.gz root# cd cpulimit-1.1 root# make root# cp cpulimit /usr/local/sbin/ root# rm -rf cpulimit* CPULimit: Using cpulimit we can set limit for process in linux. Limits are expressed in percentage and not in cpu time.  It will help us to mange the resources on shared […]

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