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I cope with my depression by finding distractions, and what better way to do that in the long run than by learning something new or rediscovering something I thought I’d forgotten? These are often small projects that can be completed in a few days or even a few hours. Sometimes I can’t sustain my interest, or unexpected costs come up that I hadn’t planned for, and then it’s over before it’s real...
Anyone who regularly administers Linux servers will find themselves repeatedly performing the same tasks to ensure the system is running as intended. When dealing with only a few systems, this is usually done directly via SSH, as the effort of maintaining dedicated remote management tools is rarely worthwhile. So why not simply create a script that executes quick commands and filters the output to...
After upgrading to Proxmox Virtual Environment version 9.1.1, I noticed an error message from my startup script when logging in via SSH: /welcome.sh: 1: last: not found. The script displays key system parameters immediately after login—such as my last login time, which it retrieves from /var/log/wtmp using the last command—effectively acting as a dynamic MOTD (see output below). While that...
Wer Server im Internet betreiben möchte, sollte sich immer zunächst über deren Sicherheit Gedanken machen. Neben einer Backupstrategie und regelmäßiger Aktualisierungen fängt das bereits mit der Anmeldung am Server an. Ein frisch installiertes Linux System wird zunächst erst einmal lediglich eine Anmeldung mit dem Systembenutzer root und einem Passwort auf dem ssh Standard-Port 22 zulassen und das...
