Tag Archives: Linux

How to kill all processes accessing a filesystem on Ubuntu

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

This is not really safe, ok 😀 ? Do it at your own risk lsof | grep /filesystem_name | awk ‘{print $2}’ | xargs kill -9 That’s it, Enjoy!

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Using gzip to compress a file without overriding it

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

gzip < source_file > compressed_file.gz Source: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/46786/how-to-tell-gzip-to-keep-original-file

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Create SSH profiles for your frequent connections on Ubuntu 18.04 using ssh_config

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

This is very useful if you connect to tons of servers via ssh and you need to keep record of them as profiles. Edit/Create a file .ssh/config Add entries in this manner: Host blabla User blablabla # or domain\blablabla if … Continue reading →

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How to connect to your MS Exchange Account (Mail, Contacts, Calendar…etc) from Linux

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

Just go to Online Accounts -> Microsoft Exchange -> Type your e-mail and password! This basically connects using Exchange Web Services (EWS). If this doesn’t work out with you, click on custom and enter your username and server. I had … Continue reading →

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Integrating SSH PKI with Active Directory using PBIS-Open on Ubuntu 16.04

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

Long Article Warning! You can skip all this and go directly to the script at the end. This resolves the dilemma of managing SSH public keys on servers that are integrated with Active Directory using PBIS-Open, it allows you to … Continue reading →

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