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Turning off the smbclient mget prompt

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...

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The Linux `at’ command

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...

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Apple.com Trailers for Linux

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...

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F13 Installer – Oh what a wonderful mess

So Ubuntu 10.04 is a thing of beauty and typically I use it above other distributions.... However my spiritual Linux home is Redhat/Fedora I started out with it and even bought the Sybex RHCE book. I even think that the Redhat style of system-config-blah provides a...

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Backup Linux to a Windows Box

Been having a look on the web for options that allow backing up a Linux box to a Windows box without first having to create a massive file on the Linux box. Found a good FTP option at http://www.squidoo.com/linux_backup namely under point 4: # login ftp...

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