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Instead of typing the user and group, if they are the same (like for www-data) you can just type the user followed by a colon: 'sudo chown -R www-data: *'
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Use 'tail -f file' to watch a log file as messages get appended, and use 'tail -100 file' to change the count of lines read from the file.
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If you executed a command and neglected to use sudo, you can execute "sudo !!" to re-execute the previous command with sudo prepended.
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Install 'denyhosts' to help protect against brute force SSH attacks, auto-blocking multiple attempts.
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Use "iotop" for measuring hard disk I/O (current read/write) usage per application.
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Use "iftop" to monitor current network activity connections per host.
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ubuntu-server-tips:71
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Use "pastebinit" to copy a file, or output of a command to a webpage allowing you to share it. e.g. 'pastebinit /proc/cpuinfo' or 'df -h | pastebinit'
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ubuntu-server-tips:75
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ubuntu-server-tips:78
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