>cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
> sudo touch mysitename
>sudo chmod 777 mysitename
>vi mysitename
add following text
NameVirtualHost *:8080
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot /path/to/new/site
ServerName userver.local
</VirtualHost>
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Ubuntu Server is like any Linux variety, and has full multi-user capabilities, and a common task on any server is adding users.
useradd
The useradd command will let you add a new user easily from the command line:
useradd <username>
This command adds the user, but without any extra options your user won’t have a password or a home directory.
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Intrusions can take place from both authorized (insiders) and unauthorized (outsiders) users. My personal experience shows that unhappy user can damage the system, especially when they have a shell access. Some users are little smart and removes history file (such as ~/.bash_history) but you can monitor all user executed commands. Continue reading
t me tell you, I’m a busy man. I’m always on the go and my trusty laptop is the only thing to keep me company much of the time. Despite being here, there and everywhere I still need access to my files and folders at home. But how can I access my files, securely, from anywhere on the planet? It is simple with SSH. Continue reading
Symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution. A symbolic link, also termed a soft link, is a special kind of file that points to another file, much like a shortcut in Windows or a Macintosh alias. Unlike a hard link, a symbolic link does not contain the data in the target file. It simply points to another entry somewhere in the file system. This difference gives symbolic links certain qualities that hard links do not have, such as the ability to link to directories, or to files on remote computers networked through NFS. Also, when you delete a target file, symbolic links to that file become unusable, whereas hard links preserve the contents of the file.
To create a symbolic link in Unix, at the Unix prompt, enter:
ln -s source_file myfile
ln -s source_directory