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About Matt Blecha
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Expertise
I can answer questions pertaining to most Linux daemons, Apache, Sendmail, SpamAssassin, vsftpd, Asterisk and others. I do not deal with Qmail, Postfix, or other MTAs, and have minimal experience with Procmail. I am very in depth with Samba and Linux/Windows integration and Asterisk based PBX systems. I also have considerable experience in both PHP and MySQL (installation, administration, and programming of both.) I am also considerably familiar with kernel systems, and networking stacks.

Experience
I've been working primarily with Linux since 1994. I have worked with various different flavors, starting with Slackware in High School, and moving to RedHat during my senior year. Deciding that my experience probably outweighs most of the RedHat support people, I decided to go with the Fedora branch when RedHat decided to close RHEL and release Fedora Core.

Education/Credentials
Though I have no official education in Linux, I have spent approximately, 12 years administrating Linux and continuing to widen my knowledge.

   

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In Category  Unix/Linux OS

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LVM (with RAID5)11/16/2008
  Q: Three of my hard drives (each 500GB) have been set up with RAID5. I'm aware that of the 1.5TB I ...
  A: Sean, Though the 14GB sounds a little off, it's well within the range of what I would expect ...
Dumb question about unix time8/10/2008
  Q: My question is probably stupid :) If I record unix time [time()] for each action that a user makes, ...
  A: Anatoli, Since Linux, like most popular *nix variants allows multiple simultaneous logins, it ...
Linux doesn't recognize PCTel modem7/18/2008
  Q: The modem I'm using is a PCTel Platinum v.90 modem. I've tried instructions from everywhere i could ...
  A: Ed, I'm not very familiar with Ubuntu, however, it seems from the error that you're probably ...
Run Vmware under text mode and VMware server7/16/2008
  Q: I've asked in IRC about running VMware under text mode. they told me it'spossible. (i.e. Host OS and ...
  A: Nobo, Yes, you can run both without GUIs. There will be several graphics libraries you will ...
Starting a voIP7/3/2008
  Q: I am a fresh high school graduate who is doing an internship with a tech company. My big job for ...
  A: Walter, Actually, you've come to the right place! The company I own manufactures an Asterisk ...
PHP cURL7/1/2008
  Q: While crawling webpages using PHP cURL, sometimes I come across a large page that is too big, such ...
  A: Victor, "try" and "catch" are functions that can be used in PHP to catch errors when writing ...
PHP cURL6/30/2008
  Q: While crawling webpages using PHP cURL, sometimes I come across a large page that is too big, such ...
  A: Victor, I believe you can affect PHP's memory allocation on a temporary basis by using the ...
Install Sound Card and Modem6/30/2008
  Q: I hope you will be fine sir i am new user in linux and i also installed Redhat 9 Linux sir please ...
  A: Janimemon, If your soundcard needs drivers, I would highly suggest upgrading from RedHat 9 to ...
Need Linux setup guidence6/29/2008
  Q: sir, I am saroj sahu from india.I have a PC having configuration as HCL PD 80GB HDD ...
  A: Saroj, If you're interested in RedHat, you can order it from RedHat's Website at ...
Folder permission6/2/2008
  Q: I have a folder on server and I gave my friends to download or upload to this folder, but I don't ...
  A: Shahin, The FTP daemon should take care of this for you. If you're using ProFTPD, that may not ...
CHMOD5/28/2008
  Q: When I am setting folder and directory permissions, who exactly is the user, the group and the ...
  A: Brian, When you chmod, you're affecting the permissions granted to the associated users, and ...
mail split5/20/2008
  Q: how can i split users mail in mail server? suppose i have user saroj@info.com.np, there is 100 mails ...
  A: Saroj, Unfortunately, I do not have good news for you. Downloading mail from the server is a ...
sound card issue in Ubuntu5/14/2008
  Q: I have Ubuntu Linux installed and working perfectly. Except for sound. I have a Creative labs ...
  A: Mark, If you are using Gnome, I'm afraid I cannot help you.Otherwise, if you're using KDE, you ...
Securing Linux3/8/2008
  Q: I would like to make my new computer more secure. My main concern is vulnerability to anyone or ...
  A: Dee, Actually, there are several for dummies books that would be pertinent to your cause here. ...
remove the Linux system from my computer3/5/2008
  Q: i would kindly ask you, how i can remove or delete the Linux system from my computer because already ...
  A: Muhannad, Rather than try to reinvent the wheel, I think it best if I refer you to someone who ...
Virtual PC Keylogger warning3/2/2008
  Q: I was just running Microsoft Virtual PC for the first time and my security software (Kaspersky ...
  A: Nathen, I'm not sure I'm the right person to answer this question, as I don't really work with ...
firewall & partitions3/2/2008
  Q: I recently wrote with a lengthy bunch of questions. You responded that it was too long and involved ...
  A: Gabriel, Thanks for shortening things up. I was concerned I couldn't effectively answer all ...
Installing problem2/23/2008
  Q: I have downloaded Suse 10.1 iso image from torrent and i tried to install it in virtual machine but ...
  A: Shoaib, Though I am not familiar with Suse's installer, it would seem that your download is ...
Cron job2/19/2008
  Q: Sir i created a shell like this to_day=`date|awk '{print $1$2$3}'` echo $to_day log_time=`last|awk ...
  A: Shinil, Though I'm not familiar with bash scripting, I would wager that your script does not ...
apache2/15/2008
  Q: I can't seem to find any evidence on the web of a "bug" with apache that I am experiencing. It ...
  A: Brendon, Unfortunately, at this point, I'm really out of options. My apache works fine with ...
apache "bug"?2/12/2008
  Q: I can't seem to find any evidence on the web of a "bug" with apache that I am experiencing. It ...
  A: Brendon, It seems that if you can see them in the filesystem, then your issue is with apache. ...
awk and file editing2/8/2008
  Q: I'm trying to edit a text file using AWK. Its been so long since I've used it I cant remember how. ...
  A: Ollie, Don't quote me, but I believe that Cygwin doesn't include vi with bash, it's a separate ...
Rpm, gz1/25/2008
  Q: please brief me about the linux packages. i confused with .rpm .gz files to install what are the ...
  A: Kiran, The installation of software on a Linux system can be done in many ways. Often the ...
/etc/rc.d/rc.local1/24/2008
  Q: i am confused with the directory of /etc/rc.d/rc.local/ in redhat linux can you brief me what ...
  A: Saroj, On RedHat, rc.local should not be a directory, it should be a file, owned by root.root ...
Uninstalling Linux1/17/2008
  Q: I am From Armenia and i have a different situation. I have insstalled Windows XP and in second ...
  A: Inga, The first thing you will want to do is uninstall GRUB or LILO (depending on your ...
Linux,1/6/2008
  Q: This is Bharath From Bangalore, i am working as Linux administrator and i also finished my (RHCE) ...
  A: Bharath, Congratulations on your RedHat Certification! Unfortunately, all my Sun ...
unix1/6/2008
  Q: pc specs required to run unix that is the harddrive,memory,os....
  A: Alouis, Linux can run on just about anything these days. Though, as with any other operating ...
linux and games12/16/2007
  Q: Do windows games work on linux OS?
  A: Robert, Most Windows games are playable on Linux as the hardware that most desktop users tend ...
Installing linux on an old windows computer.12/14/2007
  Q: Hey, I have an old gateway laptop with XP installed... I had the computer wiped, and it's ...
  A: Robert, A lot of the answer depends on the type of machine it is. Many different factors ...
Virus and Unix12/14/2007
  Q: I want to ask, why UNIX is considered as Virus-UnInfectable, i.e. cannot be infected by a virus in ...
  A: Mahmoud, Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is not "uninfectable." Simply put, UNIX and it's ...
How to get rescue mode?12/12/2007
  Q: I read your answer about my question but i couldn't use it because i couldn't find the rescue mode ...
  A: Kodjo, When you boot from the CD, you will either see a boot menu, or a boot prompt. If you ...
openwebmail to exchange migration12/4/2007
  Q: Do you know of a tool or something easy to create to migrate the mailboxes from openwebmail to ...
  A: George, I'm not familiar with Openwebmail. Your best bet would be to somehow get the email ...
Could it be a good buy?12/3/2007
  Q: I recently came across a very reasonable laptop and was shocked to see that it used a Linux ...
  A: Kristen, Actually, installing Linux on an iPod sucessfully is quite a feat. Many people have ...
PORT Forwarding in Linux11/29/2007
  Q: I’ve two networks eth1 eth0 IP 1.1.1.0 |------|IP ...
  A: Johnney, Actually, I don't deal with too many rulesets. I would suggest downloading and ...
SpamAssassin11/28/2007
  Q: We are running ClamAV-91.2, SpamAssassin-3.1.8_1, and qmail-1.0.3 on a FreeBSD 6.2 server. Sometime ...
  A: I'm not familiar with how Qmail handles email to external programs, but I might suggest that you try ...
ask a qustion11/23/2007
  Q: i have create a user ravin i want add a membership of root.
  A: Ravindra, Adding a user to root's group is not a good idea security wise. What is the purpose ...
problrems with multi-boot system.11/15/2007
  Q: sorry if i can tell whether you are a man or a woman, i'm a student at university in Accra,Ghana ...
  A: Kodjo, What it sounds like is that your Linux boot loader was probably overwritten with one of ...
.thaccess file and Apache serv. recognizing .(s)html files as containing php code11/12/2007
  Q: I am installing a script(Talkback comment script) that uses php but allows it to be used within ...
  A: Chris, Your hosting company should have their config set up so that the .htaccess file works ...
VMMare11/6/2007
  Q: Matt, I am not sure if you can answer my question but I am having an issue with VMWare installed on ...
  A: I'm not sure as to why you're experiencing the slowdown. I've found, though, when I run VMWare and ...
refresh rate10/21/2007
  Q: I'm having a problem changing the refresh rate on a 1024x768 resolution to 100 Hz, which my monitor ...
  A: Peter, Unless you're having some sort of headache when looking at your monitor, I would not ...
SAMBA Troubleshooting10/19/2007
  Q: Can you give some ideas on how to troubleshoot, install and configure SAMBA..thank you
  A: Peter, To install SAMBA on any RedHat/Fedora based system, you can either use the Add/Remove ...
linux10/11/2007
  Q: I Have Configured Squid Proxy Server(EL4). i have more than 100 machines on my client side. so how i ...
  A: Bharath, From what I remember about SQUID, you may wish to check out the Squid Analysis Report ...
unix help9/27/2007
  Q: I need hepl to fix my code please I am trying to look for a name from phonebook file if name is ...
  A: Fred, Though I'm not too familiar with shell scripting, it looks like you probably need ...
sound in suse linux 109/20/2007
  Q: Lots of thanks for your support.I have a built in sound card intel 82801 AC'97 and use SuSe linux ...
  A: Wael, You can change the volume by two methods. The first, would be to use one of the console ...
Boot music9/15/2007
  Q: This is probably a strange question, but I know nowhere else to turn to. A friend of mine knows Im ...
  A: hello, again! Off the top of my head, the only one I can remember currently is SoundClick at ...
Boot music9/15/2007
  Q: This is probably a strange question, but I know nowhere else to turn to. A friend of mine knows Im ...
  A: Hey Gavin! Nope, still can't think of anything about it off the top of my head. Like I said, ...
Boot music9/15/2007
  Q: This is probably a strange question, but I know nowhere else to turn to. A friend of mine knows Im ...
  A: Gavin, I believe your friend is probably mistaken. I've never heard of a Linux boot up music, ...
vsftpd user rights9/14/2007
  Q: I'm unsuccessfully trying to limit user folder access through ftp. I've revised the vsftpd.conf ...
  A: Scott, You might want to check for proftpd, and also check that vsftp isn't running through ...
Linux Networking issue9/12/2007
  Q: I have a dual boot Compaq Presario Windows 98 machine. I have networking working fine on the Windows ...
  A: Annie, Actually, since you're getting something in the dmesg about eth0, whichever module ...
Linux Redhat9/11/2007
  Q: I just put my first computer together last week...and for the last cuple of days I have been trying ...
  A: Ryan, What version of RedHat are you using? Is it one of them like Enterprise Server? Or are ...
http authentication in apache9/8/2007
  Q: I have a perl script located in a protected directory (.htaccess file on an unix box). People who ...
  A: Denis, I don't know much about PERL, but PHP does have a function to access the HTTP_AUTH ...
Samba-3, ldap, fedora79/5/2007
  Q: How can I setting up samba-3 as PDC with ldap database backend?
  A: Ali, Setting up SAMBA as a PDC is relatively easy. I would highly recommend webmin at ...
Read only9/4/2007
  Q: I am very new to Linux (7.04) i am having a problem with my back up hard disk. I Installed Linux on ...
  A: It's hard to tell, I'm not sure what distribution you're using, but with most of them, if you're ...
connect ASP.Net to Linux database8/28/2007
  Q: I would like to know if it's possible to connect an ASP.Net web service application on a Windows OS ...
  A: Heidi, Actually, connecting an ODBC application to a MySQL database is fairly simple. You will ...
Networking a Printer over Unix8/17/2007
  Q: I am in the Information Services Dept. My specialties are almost entirely made up of Windows (all ...
  A: Jesse, Networking a printer with Linux is a fairly easy task if you already have Xwindows ...
diskless node7/24/2007
  Q: I have pc running windows xp and another older pc with windows 98 on a bad hd. I would like to ...
  A: Peter, Yes, you can run the Windows 98 machine diskless, however, it would require converting ...
samba7/13/2007
  Q: I have my mandriva and a windows xp computer how can i network my computer with linux and ...
  A: Paul, Unfortunately, I can't really give you a whole lot of help without having more ...
samba7/10/2007
  Q: I have my mandriva and a windows xp computer how can i network my computer with linux and ...
  A: Paul, My apologies, I did not recieve an email about your question. My first ...
help me7/8/2007
  Q: After installing Unix system.I forgot my unix root password.Is there any way to refind or reset new ...
  A: Shakhar, You're in luck, because yes, in fact, there is! What you will need to do is reboot ...
memory swap file for Ubuntu6/28/2007
  Q: I was told that when installing Ubuntu Linux I should allocate a separate partition (from the Linux ...
  A: Peter, That is correct. Linux performs better with a swap partition. A good rule of thumb is ...
audio and video problems6/16/2007
  Q: I'm having problems playing back movies in my Linux account. The video runs well, but the audio ...
  A: Miguel, Audio synchronization in Linux depends a lot on the application itself. You may wish ...
OBSD4.0+wireless6/1/2007
  Q: I'm having some difficulties getting my wireless to work. My wireless (integrated) card: Dell ...
  A: welcome back to AllExperts! There are two answers to your question, the short answer, and the ...
operating systems5/29/2007
  Q: Do you know of any operating systems that have less animations than Windows XP, etc? I assume that ...
  A: D. M. Sorry about the reply taking so long, I kind of spaced it. As for animations, I'm ...
no index file, but site still runs5/27/2007
  Q: I was approached by a client who has a website but the designer went under. Fortunately the client ...
  A: Lawrence, At this point, I don't know how much more I can help you. I can't think of anything ...
no index file, but site still runs5/26/2007
  Q: I was approached by a client who has a website but the designer went under. Fortunately the client ...
  A: Lawrence, I'd check out http://www.domaintools.com/ Using the WHOIS on their site might give ...
no index file, but site still runs5/25/2007
  Q: I was approached by a client who has a website but the designer went under. Fortunately the client ...
  A: Lawrence, The public_html directory is generally where you would find the HTML files that ...
Signal Vs Interrupt.5/14/2007
  Q: I want to know whether signal is a kind of interrupt or its different from interrupt. If so what are ...
  A: Ravi, I assume that you're wanting to know the difference between a POSIX signal and a ...
server hardining5/10/2007
  Q: Please let me know what does server hardening means and what steps we take to harden the server.
  A: Nadeem, Server hardening is a process in which a server's administrator generally attempts to ...
GRUB not loading Ubuntu5/10/2007
  Q: I was wondering if you could help me in resolving an issue regarding Grub in my dual-boot desktop, ...
  A: Amit, I'll admit, I'm not too horribly familiar with Ubuntu, as I'm not comfortable with it's ...
linux5/4/2007
  Q: i install fedora6 and my network card is onboard(the model of my network card is RTL-8169/8110 ...
  A: Saeedeh, Exactly my point, the RTL-8169 is an onboard Gigbit ethernet adapter, and the module ...
linux5/4/2007
  Q: i install fedora6 and my network card is onboard(the model of my network card is RTL-8169/8110 ...
  A: Saeedeh, If you have a RealTek card, such as the RTL-8169, it should have been autodetected ...
squid5/4/2007
  Q: I need help to install linux cache server with squid,but imagine someone wants to do that has ...
  A: Peyman, First off, I would not recommend using RedHat 8. I would suggest that you download a ...
What does the Ctrl-U do in Unix/Linux OS?5/3/2007
  Q: What does the Ctrl-U do in Unix/Linux OS? Thanks, lzzzz
  A: Lzzzz, I do not know what Ctrl-U does in Unix, but under Linux, Ctrl-U is passed on to ...
Centos5/2/2007
  Q: Centos 4 downloaded updates without my knowledge or consent - now i have five kernals on the system ...
  A: Chris, I'm not too familiar with CentOS, however, it is RedHat based, and I can tell you all ...
Linux kernel4/13/2007
  Q: How can i get technical information in detail about how Linux, Vista, XP or any other specific OS ...
  A: BM, Hmmmmmm... That's a tough one. For Windows, since it's not open source, I think your best ...
Charset in Apache4/10/2007
  Q: I am not sure it concerns your competence, but.. Maybe :) In a .htm page that contains russian ...
  A: Anatoli, I'm going to take a wild shot in the dark here, as you're right, perl is usually ...
IP address3/21/2007
  Q: My isp provides me 8 dynamic ip addresses(ADSL). But i dont have a hub or ip share machines or ...
  A: Jacob, You could use on adapter on a Linux box to do the trick, however, firewalling is very ...
vpn client connecytion3/3/2007
  Q: i am new bie in linux, i have linux fc5 installed in my computer , but i am in network (lan) and i ...
  A: Ehsan, Unless you're on some sort of corporate network that doesn't allow internet access, you ...
Windows Xp Pro and a Distro of Linux? Ubuntu2/23/2007
  Q: I am ordering a new pc desktop, amd x2, dual core 4200, 2- 250 sata hds. 1 gig of 667 ram,, dual ...
  A: Dan, Sorry about the delay, I don't know whether my response reached you. It sounds like your ...
Windows Xp Pro and a Distro of Linux? Ubuntu2/23/2007
  Q: Someone is trying to talk me into a version of Linux, Ubuntu, along with Windows Xp Pro for home ...
  A: Dan, I don't know a whole bunch about Ubuntu, aside from the fact that it's built on Debian, ...
Calculating seconds2/22/2007
  Q: I have troubles. Would you please take a look at my solution of the problem: The shell script should ...
  A: Nij, I'm not too familiar with shell scripting, I use PHP to write my shell scripts, as it ...
Linux CD Boot with XP2/20/2007
  Q: Could you please give me simple instructions to change my MS XP start up so that when I place the ...
  A: Chris, To boot from a CD, you usually need to adjust your BIOS settings. I would highly ...
linux/windows/dual boot/DELL system2/14/2007
  Q: I am looking at 2 new systems, one a Dell AMD X2 4200 DUAL CORE, 250 hd with either Vista Home ...
  A: Dan, It's really six of one, half a dozen of the other. Linux will happily coexist with ...
compare2/12/2007
  Q: i search the compare command in my linux books. i found diff,cmp. but diff seems to be used for txt ...
  A: Sinn, Both diff and cmp can compare binary files, diff simply requires a '-a' to force it to ...
Linux OS for a server2/8/2007
  Q: I am new to linux. I found that their are many different linux OS. I do not know what one would be ...
  A: Ronnie, I've sucessfully run several game servers on Linux. I started out with Slackware in ...
DAT drive error in RedHat 92/8/2007
  Q: for the prompt help... Well, as I already mentioned in the main query, the SAME DRIVE worked fine ...
  A: Nisheeth, My apologies, I misunderstood. Under similar circumstances, it has been recommended ...
DAT drive error in RedHat 92/7/2007
  Q: We have a HP DDS4 DAT drive on RH Linux 9 in our HP workstation. We successfully took some backups, ...
  A: Nisheeth, Though not strictly a Linux question, I have seen this error many times before when ...
ulimit -n problem2/6/2007
  Q: I am using “ulimit –n” to find number of file descriptor user can open. If I m running through shell ...
  A: Shyamal, On all my systems, ulimit produces 1024. I believe that 1024 is default for my ...
Samba: Execute permissions on new text file2/4/2007
  Q: I have samba 2.2.8a running on a Solaris 10 machine with the following text in smb.conf: ----- ...
  A: Parag, I believe that in newer Samba versions, they've changed the directives from "directory ...
RunLevel 2 at Install CD2/1/2007
  Q: Can I enter run-level 2 via my FC6 install cd without installing FC6 into my HDD? and.. what's the ...
  A: Sinn, Runlevel 2 and Rescue Mode have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Runlevels are ...
newbie question1/28/2007
  Q: I just installed my ubuntu linux of chinese version. Can i read files with chinese charaters if i ...
  A: Chao, I'm not too sure about internationalized versions of Linux, least of all Ubuntu, but I ...
Linux resolution1/26/2007
  Q: but the problem is that i can't get into linux! i just have blank screen. how can i check and change ...
  A: BM, In such a case, there are two ways to accomplish that. One is to boot the machine and when ...
Linux resolution1/25/2007
  Q: I installed SuSe linux,when i run it it has resolution problems in monitor (blank screen). how can i ...
  A: BM, Screen resolutions on X Windows is a tricky beast. A lot of times, the issue stems from X ...
booting time1/24/2007
  Q: Booting time of Linux-like system seems to be longer than windows series? is that right? I try Xp ...
  A: This may very well be true, due to the fact that the default install of FC6 usually adds things you ...
FC forum1/22/2007
  Q: I am trying FC6 currently. Please show me some popular forums regarding FC distro. thanks
  A: Sinn, Though forums might be out there, I would highly recommend checking out RedHat's Fedora ...
Ubuntu Linux1/17/2007
  Q: I am running Ubuntu Linux, Dapper Drake distribution, and have no internet connection to that ...
  A: Nathan, As WINE is not always compatible with all windows programs, and support is almost non ...
Basic q on spam relaying1/17/2007
  Q: Firstly, my apologies for the rather basic question, but I've been put into an admin role for a ...
  A: Steve, Your question actually opens up a can of worms that extends beyond simply sendmail. I ...
Red Hat Linux Soundcard driver12/30/2006
  Q: I have a Toshiba Satellite A75 S206 laptop, and I recently installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux. ...
  A: Joseph, You are correct, Linux does need a driver, but the architecture between that and ...
Asterix on Linux12/20/2006
  Q: I see you have Asterix experience! I currently have a MySQL database on Suse Linux servers, It is ...
  A: Roger, Yep, asterisk is quite straight forward to set up. There are several reasons I would ...
start and stop commands for rsync12/19/2006
  Q: what are the commands to start and stop the rsync in lynux?
  A: Madhu, Rsync for Linux does not actually run as a service, and therefore cannot be stopped or ...
spam related12/12/2006
  Q: iwould like to ask you few more questions is it not possible to correct the problem with out ...
  A: Rama, Yes, it is. As every system grows different as the bayes database grows, I can't really ...
spam related12/11/2006
  Q: we are using spamassmilter by itself not with any third part y software.we are using baysean ...
  A: Rama, I would suggest in that case, that you might wish to try removing spamass-milter, and ...
spam related12/10/2006
  Q: iam using spamassin and spamass-milter to filter spam in my mailserver we are using send mail. ...
  A: Rama, There are two questions I would like to ask before I make a definitive answer here. ...
SAMBA file security12/7/2006
  Q: I have installed webmin-1.180-1. and set the delete readonly file = no. But still the situation is ...
  A: Kamal, Ouch. The only other thing that comes to mind is to set the create mask & directory ...
SAMBA file security12/7/2006
  Q: My requirement : anyone(valid user) can post the file in samba share, but not delete/modify that ...
  A: Kamal, In your situation, I would highly recommend the use of Webmin (http://www.webmin.com/). ...
Install11/24/2006
  Q: .. Matt I have my Mandriva Linux but I can't find any drive just like Windows drive C: and ...
  A: Paul, As I'm not totally sure whether you're asking how the Linux filesystem works, or whether ...
Rosegarden11/23/2006
  Q: I use linux distribution Aurox 12 (related to Fedora Core). I installed Rosegarden. When I start it ...
  A: Z, The problem you're having is that later kernels (2.6.x) use a timing source that is only ...
Triple boot question11/18/2006
  Q: Sir: I have a late model laptop with a triple boot setup (DOS, W2K, Fedora). It was set up by a ...
  A: Jim, You shouldn't have to worry too horribly much about the MBR, etc, if you're reinstalling ...
How to install application software?11/18/2006
  Q: I find some trouble in installing application software such as installing SAMBA,LTSP,SSH secure ...
  A: Peter, Check out: ...
Installing SAMBA11/6/2006
  Q: ..Matt, Is it ok with you to give the latest Mandriva linux distribution and a Samba software ...
  A: Peter, My apologies, work has been a little bit nuts this week. I have not had time to ...
Negating the effect of Control-C key11/6/2006
  Q: I am using SUSE LINUX. I have used control-c key combination in my informix program for some special ...
  A: As long as you're using BASH or a BASH compatible shell on your terminal, place: trap "" 2 in the ...
Installing SAMBA11/4/2006
  Q: how's you? will u please tell me something on how to install tar.gz and rpm what are these?and can u ...
  A: Peter, Ok, Mandriva is a RedHat derivative, so working with the RPMs would be better than using ...
Installing SAMBA11/3/2006
  Q: Would you give some of your ideas on how to set-up SAMBA and a lisa daemon,NFS because I cannot ...
  A: Peter, Sure! SAMBA is pretty easy once you get used to how things work. The first thing I ...

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