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SFTP Chroot In Debian Wheezy

Posted on December 28, 2014December 28, 2014

network-serverSFTP is a secure alternative to FTP. Authentication is done via SSH and a secure tunnel is established for the entire file transfer session. In this article I look at how to restrict a user’s access to SFTP only and to a specific directory on the server.

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Setup CNAME and MX records at Namecheap

Posted on October 31, 2014October 31, 2014

Namecheap offers free DNS hosting for all its customers. Here’s how you use it to setup MX records and CNAME records for your domain name.

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Generating Secure Passwords in Linux

Posted on September 28, 2014November 29, 2014

LockHere’s a bunch of different ways you can generate secure passwords in Linux using the command line:
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Linux Screen Quick Start Guide

Posted on June 11, 2014September 20, 2014

LinuxScreen is a great tool for running multiple shell instances using a single SSH connection or virtual console. Here’s a quick start guide to screen.
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Cleaning Up WordPress Themes

Posted on June 11, 2014June 11, 2014

WordPress LogoBy default WordPress adds all sorts of code between the opening and closing head tags of a WordPress theme. Most themes also display notes below a comment form and solicit the commenter’s website address. You may want to get rid of all that so here’s how you do it.
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