Matt Conroy » Linux

Installing SSH on Ubuntu 7.04

admin — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:31:39 +0000

I am going to start creating videos for little things that I setup on Ubuntu. Maybe it will help someone. If not I wasted time, but I got another post
Ubuntu SSH Install

Finding Large Files Linux

admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:10:27 +0000

To find large files in linux you can use the find command.

As an example you can find all files that are close to 1GB or over by issuing the command:

find . -type f -size +1000000

The above command will list all files larger than 1GB recursively from the current working directory.

VSFTP Users without access to a shell cannot log in

admin — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:19:44 +0000

If you are here you have probably seen this error “530 Login incorrect”

In order to fix this problem you need to ensure that the shell being used for the user in question is in the file /etc/shell.

# /etc/shells: valid login shells
/bin/csh
/bin/sh
/usr/bin/es
/usr/bin/ksh
/bin/ksh
/usr/bin/rc
/usr/bin/tcsh
/bin/tcsh
/usr/bin/esh
/bin/dash
/bin/bash
/bin/rbash
/usr/bin/screen

Any shell that is in this file will allow the user to connect.

Quick and dirty backups for linux using tar

admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:28:39 +0000

I found this link useful. I have attached the actual backup script located on this page just in case it is gone in the future.

Tar Backup Script
Tar Backup Web Page