Check a share is mounted on Linux
Bash script for Linux to check a share is mounted, attempt recovery and remount.
Debian
Mount remote directories with sshfs
Instructions for installing fuse based sshfs (ssh file system) on Debian based distros.
Enable Hibernate on Kubuntu 12.10
This was disabled from 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) as users were experiencing too many issues. Here’s how to re-enable.
Set MTU for VPN connection managed by NetworkManager daemon
Every time I connected to a Microsoft PPTP VPN server from Debian/Ubuntu desktop, I experienced slow network and dropped connections. Here’s how I fixed it.
SSH cheatsheet
Secure Shell (SSH) provides a secure channel to a remote server for command execution, file copy, tunnelling, etc., and is essential for administering those remote servers. SSH uses public key cryptography to encrypt communication via a public and private key. The private key must be kept secret by the sender and is used to encrypt data. The public key … [Read more…]