Running sshd in the foreground can be an effective way to debug ssh problems. In the following example, a user was unable to access a remote system using ssh keys. Running sshd in debug mode provided a quick resolution. Both source and target systems were Solaris, but the same method applies equally to Linux. Continue reading
So you have a directory with millions of files, and ls just hangs ?
Use ls -1 -f to show the files immediately. To delete the files, if you want to remove ALL files in the current directory, use something like
ls -1 -f | xargs rm
After cleaning up very many unwanted files, you are likely to be left with a huge and sparse directory object. Three million files in one directory, for example, apart from taking up space in themselves, will likely push the directory object to occupy over 100 Mb of space. Continue reading
Copying data is something every administrator does. A single file or directory file can be copied with a single command. Moving information from one system to another needs a bit more work, but it needn’t be a pain.
The ssh command can be used to copy data from one Unix system to another. Here is an example for HP-UX, but it works on Linux too. A directory, called /var/opt/ignite, is copied from the system “pluto” to another machine called “jupiter”. Continue reading