Need to extract a .deb file at my linux box. After few search i found some way on how to extract .deb file. Here i document down the solution that work best for me. FYI, .deb file is a standard Unix ar archive file and be use in the Debian software package file. So, you will see .deb file often if you are using Debian or Ubuntu. However, due to some reason you might need to extract the deb file and here’s the way.
How to extract .deb file in Linux / Mac
How to setup syslog server in UBuntu 8
Just setup a syslog server in Ubuntu Linux to collect logs from firewall. To setup a syslog server in Ubuntu is easy, to setup a syslog server that collect remote logs is a bit tricky. FYI, once syslog server started, it is listening on the port 514 on UDP protocol. After few hours of testing, finally the syslog server is up and running. So here i share my experience on how to setup syslog server in Ubuntu Linux to everyone.
To setup syslog server in UBuntu Linux, follow the steps below:-
How to setup SSH without password
If you find enter password for ssh is irritating, then you may setup ssh without password. With public key authentication, you can ssh without password and it will auto login to the server once you key in the ssh command. The authentication is done via the public key that you generate from your computer and do not let others have your public key.
In this example, i’m going to use DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) for key generation.
