Is there a way to do an apt-get dist-upgrade in Debian that not only automatically answers "yes" to all questions asked, but also uses reasonable defaults as answers to questions that are …

What is the command to display a list of open ports on a Debian server? I tried netstat -a | egrep 'Proto|LISTEN' but I would like something more specific that actually lists the port number.

May 5, 2010 · How do I create a user with root privileges in Debian? Maybe it sounds a bit silly, but I don't think I need user directories, only some rights to run services (mainly web server, …

How to install/change locale on Debian? Ask Question Asked 16 years, 5 months ago Modified 5 years, 3 months ago

Feb 19, 2019 · I have a Debian 8 server for a customer that is failing a PCI scan, presumably running: nmap -p 22 -sV customer.edu which returns 22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 6.7p1 Debian …

Aug 9, 2019 · I have a fresh installation of SELKS(Debian 9) and I configured the network manually, but I can not bring the interface eno1 UP. I get the error: RTNETLINK answers: File …

Note: later I plan to use iconv to convert the content of some files with something like this: iconv --from-code=ISO-8859-1 --to-code=UTF-8 iso.txt > utf.txt However I don't know of a good way …

Jul 10, 2013 · I'm working on a Debian server as an inexperienced admin. I need to change the full name of a user (not the login name) provided during adduser USERNAME. How can I do …

If you have a recent Debian, it load the /etc/sysctl.conf at the last one (see 99-sysctl.conf file). This topic is for old Debian (before 2014). In the new versions, the files must have a number to …

Is there a "recommended way" to disable a service in Debian? (Disable = The service is installed but won't start automatically when the machine boots.) I know that you can update-rc.d -f …