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Unblocking a host

Is your firewall blocking connection from a host and still you want to unblock the IP address of the remote host? Here is one way of doing it:

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Block a host

Normally if you want to block all requests to and from an IP address, iptables is an ideal solution. A rule similar to this one would be handy

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Handy commands

-List files opened by a program listening on a certain port (lsof -i:port)

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time stamp on history

The 'history' commands does not display the exact date and time of the commands executed. It just shows a numeric id followed by the command executed by the current

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Setting clock

Some times you might be able to execute very complex commands and write pages of shell scripts and yet find your-self in a clueless situation, like the seemingly mun

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