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James McDonald
Linux `at’ command – Part II
I am looking at the Linux at command again. I used to think that you couldn't create commands with arguments and feed them to at without using at -f filewithcommandsinit but I have discovered it's quite easy using STDIN e.g. # to add a new command to run 1 minute from...
Quick, Dirty and Insecure Mysql Access via Apache Web Server
I am mucking around with creating a mysql web application When trying out all sorts of queries it's sometimes nice to have them output to HTML for viewing in a web browser This file (named myscript.sh) shown below goes in your cgi-bin or other directory which has a...
LXDE Desktop for Ubuntu
If you miss simple and fast. If XFCE isn't your bag. If you just want a simple UI without the massive over head of KDE or GNOME. Give LXDE Desktop for Ubuntu a go. sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop I'm currently enjoying it because it makes my P4 seem snappier....
Get what’s available for install as a group of packages on Redhat/Fedora Systems
try yum grouplist To get a list of all groups Then maybe yum grouplist | grep -i dev To narrow it down. Then to install the group yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga) – Missing XML::DOM
Some one commented in a post once that I shouldn't use cpan shell to install Perl modules on a RPM managed system. So to get a round a recent missing XML::DOM module I did the following. Download and install cpan2rpm from http://perl.arix.com/cpan2rpm/ rpm -Uvh...
Is Moving QAD MFG/Pro eB2SP9 from Redhat Linux 3.1 ES 32bit to Redhat Linux 5.6 64bit Possible?
The simple answer is yes! I have gone from a 32bit Redhat 3.1 Dell Poweredge 1850 environment to a newer Dell R710 Server running Redhat 5.6 and then virtualized onto VMWare when It suffered and array failure. Going 64bit is good because the 4GB memory limit is...
Checking if initrd has the correct modules installed
# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.el5.img `uname -r` -f # command to include a module mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img `uname -r` --preload=scsi_dh_rdac # -f /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img is the new initrd you are creating and -f says to overwrite if it...
CentOS 5.5 PPTPD Server Packets Not Passing
Just installing a CentOS 5.5 x64 PPTPD server. Problem: Remotely connected using a pptp client and could connect and login but not do an ls on a directory of files. Solution Reduce the MTU edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whichever is your ethernet...
UNetBootIn “Boot Error”
Just used unetbootin to copy a Ubuntu 10.10 x64 image to a 2GB STORE N GO USB Key making a bootable USB Key On reboot and selecting the USB Key from the BIOS Boot Menu (available by pressing ESC when rebooting) I get: "Boot Error" Tried re-installing the ISO using...