The command will move through a series of prompts. First, it will ask where you want to save the keys. Unless you are an expert, accept the default. This will create an “id_rsa” and an “id_rsa.pub” ...

If you connect to remote computers over the Internet, it is a pretty good chance you use some form of SSH or secure shell. On Linux or Unix you’ll use the ssh command. Same goes for Linux-like ...

SSH provides remote, text-based access to Unix systems. It is a secure replacement for Telnet, with several additional features. Pre-requisites for remote access Duo: You will need to have Duo set up.

SSH is the descendant of rsh and rlogin, which are non-encrypted programs for remote shell logins. Rsh and rlogin, like telnet, have a long lineage but now are outdated and insecure. However, these ...

I often profess that Linux can be used without the command line, but at some point, you might want to learn it anyway. When you do, consider these commands.

I use some Linux boxes as render slaves and would like to have them suspend on completion of render. The render job is dispatched from OS X and I know it's easy to suspend CentOS with "pm-suspend" but ...

Before we get into this, I want to be clear: Using the command line is not a requirement for using Linux. I mention this because the idea of typing commands tends to scare off new users and my goal -- ...

A script a day will allow you some freedom to play and build other useful and more complicated scripts. Every day, I attempt to make my life easier—by this I mean, trying to stop doing the repetitive ...