Understanding Shared Libraries in Linux
In programming, a library is an assortment of pre-compiled pieces of code that can be reused in a program. Libraries simplify life for programmers, in
In programming, a library is an assortment of pre-compiled pieces of code that can be reused in a program. Libraries simplify life for programmers, in
YUM plug-ins are small programs that extend and improve the overall performance of the package manager. A few of them are installed by default, while
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a security mechanism for mandatory access control (MAC) implemented in the Linux kernel. It is a flexible operation designed to boost
firewall-cmd is a command line front-end for firewalld (firewalld daemon), a dynamic firewall management tool with D-Bus interface. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6; it
On Unix-like operating systems including Linux, root is the account or user name that by default can modify all directories and files on a system.
In Linux, hard and soft links are referenced to files, which are very important, if not protected very well, any vulnerabilities in them can be
strace is a powerful command line tool for debugging and trouble shooting programs in Unix-like operating systems such as Linux. It captures and records all
In Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, “everything is a file” and a file is fundamentally a link to an inode (a data structure that
The CentOS 7 official software repositories have PHP 5.4 which has reached the end of life and no longer actively maintained by the developers. To
The CentOS 6 official software repositories has PHP 5.3 which has reached end of life and no longer actively maintained by the developers. To keep
In our previous article, where we’ve explained how to TMOUT shell variable to auto logout Linux shell when there isn’t any activity. In this article,
How often do you leave a Linux system idle after login; a situation which can be referred to as an ‘idle session’, where you are