Problem: Just tried to use mget to get all the files in a remote directory and it prompted me to accept each file with a y/n. This is because by default smbclient prompts to accept each file when using the mget command. smb: \> cd PDFs smb: \PDFs\> mget * Get file...

ADSL performance is predicated on a number of factors. Of primary importance to the potential speed of ADSL is the distance of your house from your local Telephone Exchange. Using Google maps you can roughly calculate your distance from the exchange: You need to know...

Cron does repeating jobs at runs one off jobs. So can be handy You need the `at' package yum install at The at daemon must be running ps -ef | grep atd root 2496 1 0 Mar18 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/atd If not. Use chkconfig (redhatian) or update-rc.d (debian) to set it to...

Just installed Fedora 13 and was getting a "Get QuickTime" prompt when trying to view trailers at www.apple.com/trailers: The Fix: yum install gecko-mediaplayer mozilla-vlc Caveats: Works with Firefox. Google Chrome, although it looks at /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins...