Category: Linux

  • Retrofitting Node v20.12.2 (and NPM v10.5.0) in Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

    One of the hardest part of system administration is to keep the systems updated and to keep it secure. But at times when it is not possible but needs a application support, then there is no other way than to tinker things and make it work and to retrofit the dependencies or to patch or…

  • Piping Bash

    Bash is good, ZSH is also good….but the fact that they both do not allow piping is bad. Well technically they do work, but it works in a different way. Sometimes its okay for us, rest times it is not. So what’s the issue here… Say you have a code in your bash script like…

  • AH shit here we go again !

    I know i know…..its really annoying when we type something without sudo and it asks for sudo and now we have to retype the whole things with sudo (or go to the previous command [with up arrow] and then move back with arrow keys or home key or anything…) while its a good approach…there is…

  • Finding the user

    To know who is using your system/server right now you can use or it will show you who is in and what they are doing, when did they login etc

  • Power to you.

    You always dont need access, you just need access to somone who has access With that said. Most of the times you dont even need access to do somethin. You just need access to someone who has access. Lets say i am a normal user and i need to run a script in linux where…