The Android ConnectBot application is an SSH client for Android devices. The app can be downloaded from the Android Market, and it allows a user to secure-shell into a Linux environment. Because ...

Ubuntu includes a variety of utilities for connecting to secure shell servers. The standard "ssh" command connects to the remote SSH server and provides a terminal prompt that you can use to run ...

I have a perl script on a Linux box that updates some mail tagging systems as well as BIND zone files. 90% of the time, the script (which runs hourly) works. Sometimes, though, the script fails due to ...

How to use multiplexing to speed up the SSH login process Your email has been sent How many times do you log in and out of your remote servers during the day? If you ...

I'm working on some scripts that execute on various servers, and I'm trying to consolidate them into one. The problem is that I need to run remote commands but can't ...

In a typical work week, a Unix systems administrator is likely to have at least one small mystery to solve — one “huh?”, one “that doesn’t make any sense” or one “I’ve never seen this before”. Most of ...

Most IT pros realize that using Telnet to manage routers, switches, and firewalls is insecure. Transmitted in clear text across a network, Telnet traffic basically publicizes any login usernames and ...