Category: Linux Unix

Password Protecting Your Web Pages

Want to prevent people from viewing the files in a particular web directory ? Here are the steps that will enable you to secure a web directory (in this example, /var/www/html/admin directory or http://yourip/admin/)....

Linux : Directory /opt vs /usr/local

According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, /opt is for “the installation of add-on application software packages”. /usr/local is “for use by the system administrator when installing software locally”. These use cases seem pretty similar....