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Anguishe2d ago • 4 min read
A Cron Job Took Our Server to Load 41 by Attacking Itself
A */1 rsync took our staging box to a load average of 41 one afternoon, and it took me longer than I...
#bash#linux#devops#sysadmin
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Anguishe5d ago • 6 min read
The Alert Never Fired Because the Loop Skipped the Last Line of the File
We kept a plaintext file of hostnames, one per line, and a monitoring script read the file and pinge...
#bash#linux#sysadmin#devops
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Amathlai Softs5d ago • 5 min read
The 5-layer Windows shell customization system Microsoft hides from Settings
Open File Explorer. Right-click any file. Count the menu items you actually use. Now count the ones...
#windows#productivity#sysadmin#windows11
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Schiff Heimlich5d ago • 2 min read
Homebrew 6.0 sandbox: what the systemd confinement actually does
Homebrew 6.0 shipped a Linux sandbox. Here's what that actually means in practice. The...
#devops#sysadmin#linux
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IT And Office5d ago • 4 min read
SAN vs NAS for your home lab: which used storage to buy
If you're building out a home lab and need shared storage, you'll eventually hit the SAN vs NAS...
#homelab#storage#selfhosting#sysadmin
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Mathieu KerjouanJun 18, 2026 • 33 min read
Packet Filtering with nftables on Linux
iptables is probably the most used firewall by all sysadmin in the Linux ecosystem. The most recent....
#linux#firewall#sysadmin#nftables
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Sreekanth KurubaJun 17, 2026 • 3 min read
Linux Disk Usage Explained Simply
One of the fastest ways to break a Linux system is this: ❌ Running out of disk space When disk...
#linux#devops#beginners#sysadmin
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Sreekanth Kuruba2d ago • 3 min read
Linux Networking Basics for Beginners
Most Linux “server down” problems are not actually system failures. They are network issues. 👉 Th...
#linux#devops#beginners#sysadmin
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Shreyas P.3d ago • 6 min read
Best Apple MDM Solutions: What Every IT Team and Developer
TL;DR: If your team manages more than 10 Apple devices and you're still doing it manually, you're...
#ios#sysadmin#security#ipad
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Anguishe6d ago • 6 min read
A For Loop Skipped Every File With a Space and Called the Backup a Success
The nightly backup looped over for f in $(ls /data/exports) and copied each file to a backup volume....
#bash#linux#sysadmin#devops
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AnguisheJun 17, 2026 • 6 min read
find . -delete Ran Before the Filter and Emptied the Whole Tree
find evaluates its arguments left to right, so -delete placed before -name deletes everything, then ...
#bash#linux#devops#sysadmin
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Anguishe3d ago • 6 min read
A Function Without local Overwrote My Variable and rm -rf Deleted the Wrong Directory
The deploy script had been running in production for four months without a problem. It built release...
#bash#linux#sysadmin#devops
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Arsen Apostolov4d ago • 2 min read
How to Get Disk-Full Alerts Across Linux and Windows
My fleet doesn't agree on anything: an openSUSE hub, an Ubuntu box, a Windows 11 workstation, a...
#linux#windows#sysadmin#homelab
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fixploit032d ago • 1 min read
Cara Backup & Restore SSH Key
Backup 1. Salin folder .ssh ke lokasi backup: cp -r ~/.ssh ~/ssh-backup ...
#linux#ssh#sysadmin#fixploit03
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fixploit032d ago • 2 min read
Apa itu SSH?
SSH (Secure Shell) adalah protokol jaringan yang digunakan untuk mengakses dan mengelola server dari...
#linux#ssh#sysadmin#fixploit03
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fixploit032d ago • 1 min read
Cara Transfer File via SSH (SCP & SFTP)
SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) SCP adalah protokol untuk transfer file satu arah, cocok buat...
#linux#ssh#sysadmin#fixploit03
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fixploit033d ago • 1 min read
Cara Koneksi ke SSH Server
Sintaks Dasar ssh <user>@<ip_server> Enter fullscreen mode ...
#linux#ssh#sysadmin#fixploit03
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바람의평온3d ago • 4 min read
Disabling SSH Password Login: Solving cloud-init Reverts
Disabling SSH Password Login: Solving cloud-init Reverts When operating cloud instances,...
#sshsecurity#cloudinit#ubuntuserver#sysadmin
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Amathlai Softs5d ago • 3 min read
Windows 11 notifications silently stopped working? It's a known bug — and "reset Windows" isn't the only fix
If your Windows 11 notifications have quietly stopped working — no toast popups, or a sound plays bu...
#windows#troubleshooting#sysadmin#windows11
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Nyra Amsi5d ago • 1 min read
Dedicated Server Security Checklist: Complete Linux Server Hardening
When a Linux dedicated server receives a public IP address, it immediately becomes visible to...
#linux#security#devops#sysadmin
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Alex6d ago • 1 min read
The NOC Math Nobody Runs Before They Hire
Originally published at www.tothenoc.com Someone, right now, is building a business case for an....
#devops#sysadmin#infrastructure#monitoring
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Ryan Bell6d ago • 3 min read
Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace for SMBs
For a small business, the Microsoft 365 versus Google Workspace decision is less about which suite.....
#productivity#cloud#sysadmin#business
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Ryan Bell2d ago • 3 min read
VPN or Zero Trust? Rethinking Remote Access When the Perimeter Is Gone
For years, securing remote workers meant one thing: a VPN. An employee connected through an...
#security#devops#sysadmin#webdev
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fixploit033d ago • 1 min read
Cara Disable Root Login via SSH
1. Edit file konfigurasi SSH: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config Enter fullscreen...
#linux#ssh#sysadmin#fixploit03
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