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| booting failure | 11/20/2009 |
Q: Our computer is not working, that is It doesn't booting. one of my collegues states that it happened ...
A: Things that will help: Knowing the hardware configuration of the disk subsystem (RAID, IDE, SCSI, ...
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| multiple argements to script | 11/15/2009 |
Q: How you feed multiple arguments to a script in bash? like ./script One Two Three Four ..so on (with ...
A: Here's one way: (echo -e "set -- \c"; cat arguments.txt; cat ./script) | bash Another way is to ...
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| 64 bits OS | 11/3/2009 |
Q: I want to build a PC with several OS in it. At least Linux, and Windows (not sure which Windows ...
A: Debian's default GUI is the Gnome Desktop. RedHat's is as well. They just dress up the desktop ...
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| 64 bits OS | 11/1/2009 |
Q: I want to build a PC with several OS in it. At least Linux, and Windows (not sure which Windows ...
A: I have little experience with setting up and using dual-boot systems, but I have lots of experience ...
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| edit stuff | 10/29/2009 |
Q: there exist a script looks like this expect { -re ".*X.*" {send "A-specific ";sleep 1} -re ".*X2.*" ...
A: It depends on how the script is being used and what it does. With only a snippet, the answer is yes ...
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| Which laptop should I buy for Linux Live? | 10/13/2009 |
Q: I'm new to the world of Linux. I'm used to using Windows OSes but I would like to enter the Linux ...
A: No. Those are specifically set for controlling devices via an SDK using embedded Linux and ...
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| Which laptop should I buy for Linux Live? | 10/12/2009 |
Q: I'm new to the world of Linux. I'm used to using Windows OSes but I would like to enter the Linux ...
A: I'm pretty sure that is what the Ubuntu version of the Linux Live CD does. I've not really used it, ...
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| Which laptop should I buy for Linux Live? | 10/11/2009 |
Q: I'm new to the world of Linux. I'm used to using Windows OSes but I would like to enter the Linux ...
A: Most new computers don't have floppy drives. All computers come with some non-volatile storage, ...
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| Current OS Ubuntu "jaunty" - New OS XP "Black" | 10/10/2009 |
Q: I thank you for reviewing my question today. I am currently running Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty" on a ...
A: First, I would try disabling all boot devices except the USB CD/DVD and then test your Windows XP ...
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| what is the use of linux?where it is used? | 9/24/2009 |
Q: studying linux will be useful for me in today world?if yes ..?what is the use of linux?
A: Linux, OS/X, AIX, Unixware, HP/UX, Solaris... They are all worth studying if you want to have ...
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| smb/samba on linux | 8/27/2009 |
Q: I have been successful in logging into my linux box via SMB/SAMBA from my Mac. But I wanted to know ...
A: Browsing to folders isn't the same thing as logging in when you are referring to samba/smb... It's ...
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| File comparison - which one is best? | 8/27/2009 |
Q: I would like to know what is the best way to compare files in order to verify that they are ...
A: Sounds like fun! A good process automation bash scripting project. (1) If you use "diff" and it ...
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| File comparison - which one is best? | 8/27/2009 |
Q: I would like to know what is the best way to compare files in order to verify that they are ...
A: I'm not sure what kind of files you are trying to check, but I'll try to address it in a general ...
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| hi | 8/25/2009 |
Q: when i go to ssh secure shell client and login with my pass and type these commands $cp ...
A: Looks like there's a typo. Your cp command should have complained since there is no destination file ...
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| df: unknown option: i | 8/20/2009 |
Q: i try to run the command: df with the -i option but it wouldnt work instead the message 'df: unknown ...
A: To try to figure out what the difference is, try the following commands: type df ...
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| X Window system and Microsoft Windows. | 8/14/2009 |
Q: What's the different? I know that Microsoft Windows is based on a graphical user interface and Linux ...
A: Operating Systems are generally built on character based interfaces. For Windows, this is the ...
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| mysqldump | 8/13/2009 |
Q: Beginner question on mysql dump. I want to export my database named: Test to a file on the local ...
A: The syntax you are using for mysqldump is actually the syntax for the mysql command screen... And ...
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| help related to my project on shell programming | 8/10/2009 |
Q: i just wanted some help regarding my project in shell programming.im a final year student and need ...
A: Shell Project: "Expanding the power of the shell, vi and sed" Goals: To create scripts that perform ...
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| UNIX | 7/31/2009 |
Q: Since Unix is all about open standards, how easy is it to modify? Is there an advantages and ...
A: Adhering to open standards does not necessarily imply that it is easy to modify. What it means is ...
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| Unix | 7/16/2009 |
Q: I have zero knowledge about Unix/Linux so can you help me understand a little about Java and Unix. ...
A: Java advocates intentionally try to be operating system independent. That is the point of java... ...
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| transfer/copy file from windows to linux | 6/17/2009 |
Q: I'm sure there's a real simple way to do this, but I haven't gotten a clear enough answer googling, ...
A: There are many ways, but most of them depend on your admin... If you have an FTP server running on ...
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| disk or file system performace | 6/17/2009 |
Q: in Linux does there exists any tools to check performance of disks or FS?
A: There are a few standard tools for analyzing performance issues. They usually look at more than just ...
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| UNIX box as Domain Controller | 5/21/2009 |
Q: I have recently taken over the IT work for a local doctor's clinic. Their parting of ways with the ...
A: >>> Assuming you are working with a Linux server <<< Here's how to unlock the root (or any other) ...
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| simple question about path calculation | 5/20/2009 |
Q: How to find true path to file(which located on web server in unknown directory) when I download ...
A: Access to the absolute path of a file can be specifically hidden from the browser client by the web ...
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| DL4 database Export | 5/4/2009 |
Q: I have A database that i need to convert for a client. The IQ program does not have all the fields ...
A: The data files are probably C-Tree indexed files... The only Data Definition you have is probably ...
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| Step by step to build a UNIX Server for Hosting | 4/30/2009 |
Q: I just have an idea to build my own web hosting server using UNIX, but I just don't know how to ...
A: Many decisions... If you don't want to delve into learning how to configure everything, then you ...
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| Could you please calrify the meaning of this audit | 4/16/2009 |
Q: [Wed Jan 26 05:31:10 2005] [error] [client 10.10.144.36] File does not exist: /var/www/html/_pages ...
A: A 10.x.x.x client is a local client IP. That IP address is in one of the reserved IP ranges for LAN ...
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| update-rc.d equivalent in slacware | 3/22/2009 |
Q: I am not sure if u r familiar with slackware. I am using debian and boot script via update-rc.d it's ...
A: I've not used slackware, and I don't maintain any packages that are accessed via apt/yum/etc... so I ...
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| some more explanations | 3/19/2009 |
Q: Here is a shell script i found during my study hours: #!/bin/sh 2 # The Party ...
A: Here is a bit of help: The phrase -(no leading spaces/tabs/etc) means correct: EOM incorrect: ...
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| some more explanations | 3/19/2009 |
Q: Here is a shell script i found during my study hours: #!/bin/sh 2 # The Party ...
A: For the first script: You must clean it up and test it... It is missing the logic to go from 1 to 10 ...
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| some more explanations | 3/18/2009 |
Q: Here is a shell script i found during my study hours: #!/bin/sh 2 # The Party ...
A: 9) There is no need to export PLACE variable unless a shell command that executes externally has ...
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| about shell scripts | 3/16/2009 |
Q: please, i am trying to get something straight with shell scripting. i have a question to use as my ...
A: LF = LineFeed character (the standard end of line indicator in *nix) CRLF = CarraigeReturn / ...
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| Linux/internet | 3/15/2009 |
Q: Can you please, please advise me? I've just been introduced to Linux Fedora 5 which I've put on my ...
A: OK -- One thing at a time... Sounds like you have a functional desktop - probably have OpenOffice ...
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| about shell scripts | 3/5/2009 |
Q: please, i am trying to get something straight with shell scripting. i have a question to use as my ...
A: See the first line of the script: #! /bin/bash It declares that it is using "bash", which is the ...
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| Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers | 2/18/2009 |
Q: I'm not a linux/unix user so really need some advice. I have .tar file on an NT server which I ...
A: WinZip should be able to extract from a .tar or .tgz (.tar.gz) file unless it is corrupt. It is ...
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| Password protection | 1/31/2009 |
Q: I have a PC running Linux and as a concerned parent would like to know if I can password protect the ...
A: If you have the root password, then you can login as root and view all the available login ids for ...
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| scheduling in linux | 1/21/2009 |
Q: I'm not sure if you are the right person to ask this. I need to know how to simulate FIFO policy ...
A: I'll need more info about what you a trying to write before I can really answer your question... ...
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| telnet problem to 25 port | 12/3/2008 |
Q: i have problem in my senamil server. doing "telnet localhost 25" is ok but doing "telnet hostname ...
A: Generally, this problem is due to running the "service" with a binding to "127.0.0.1". This causes ...
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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: The actual space taken up by creating LVM is very small. What you are seeing as "missing" is the ...
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| linux | 10/20/2008 |
Q: sir i want to install linux on my laptop. Plz guide me about different version of linux like Rad Hat ...
A: Ubuntu or Fedora would be my choice to install for a novice personal computer user. I mainly set up ...
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| Can I mount a NFS share as a user other than root? | 10/14/2008 |
Q: Can I mount a NFS share as a user other than root? Thanks, lzzzz ANSWER: Only if the fstab file ...
A: Using "sudo" on the client machine, you can run the mount command as any valid user that exists on ...
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| Can I mount a NFS share as a user other than root? | 10/14/2008 |
Q: Can I mount a NFS share as a user other than root? Thanks, lzzzz
A: Only if the fstab file says that "user" can do so. See the man page on "mount". The following entry ...
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| how to open rescue log files? | 10/10/2008 |
Q: how to open rescue simulation robocup log files in linux ubuntu?
A: I am not familiar with the application. (googled it on the the web... looks interesting...) Most ...
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| firestarter cannot identify no-ip | 7/19/2008 |
Q: my pc A registered with no-ip is going to connect into my pc B,which firewalled by firestarter. I ...
A: First, test pinging both systems: Temporarily allow ping from WAN host * (0.0.0.0) on both PC's. ...
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| listening service | 7/17/2008 |
Q: After my commanding this, "netstat -tlup" to my ubuntu it gave me this outcome xxx@ubuntu:~$ sudo ...
A: Here's what the web says about that port: Port 135 loc-srv/epmap Microsoft DCE Locator service aka. ...
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| LST Calculator | 7/15/2008 |
Q: I am currently working with a friend to try and get a fairly simple LST (local sidereal time) ...
A: Here's a short script to do that. I called it "degtohrs". It takes the single argument "degrees". ...
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| LST Calculator | 7/13/2008 |
Q: I am currently working with a friend to try and get a fairly simple LST (local sidereal time) ...
A: I think it might be a stretch to write the whole calculator in c-shell+awk, but I did find a c ...
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| Erase a hard drive | 7/7/2008 |
Q: I have a server running FreeBSD and I would like to remove one of the hard drives and use it in ...
A: OK -- to be clear, you have: Live System - has a failing drive in a RAID5 - this is the first drive ...
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| Erase a hard drive | 7/3/2008 |
Q: I have a server running FreeBSD and I would like to remove one of the hard drives and use it in ...
A: If they are simply striped, then the whole array will fail when you remove one or have one crash. If ...
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| listening service | 7/2/2008 |
Q: After my commanding this, "netstat -tlup" to my ubuntu it gave me this outcome xxx@ubuntu:~$ sudo ...
A: It is a non-standard port (i.e. it is > 1024) so I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you ...
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| Install Sound Card and Modem | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I hope you will be fine sir i am new user in linux and i also installed Redhat 9 Linux sir please ...
A: You should be able to use your file browser application to browse to any mp3 or wave file on your ...
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| Install Sound Card and Modem | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I hope you will be fine sir i am new user in linux and i also installed Redhat 9 Linux sir please ...
A: Since you are new to Linux, it is a good idea to ensure that your sound card vendor has driver ...
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| DL4 IQ Database | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I am try to convert an old database from an old SCO UNIX system. From what I can tell it seems to ...
A: Boy! You hit my expertise exactly... The files you are trying to convert are in a specially ...
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| linux hash file | 6/20/2008 |
Q: what are the macro file and hash files in linux system. what are its important, what it do? will be ...
A: I am not familiar with anything specifically called a "macro file", though that is what most scripts ...
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| The server was frozen when update the kernel. | 6/3/2008 |
Q: mkitwrk, I have an Oracle 10g DB running on a RedHat Linux E3 server. Recentlay, I plan to upgrade ...
A: It looks like menu.lst is no longer a symlink to grub.conf like it should be. And if other symlinks ...
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| chmod | 5/28/2008 |
Q: When I am setting folder and directory permissions, who exactly is the user, the group and the ...
A: Your web pages are delivered to browsers via http/https through a service like apache(-ssl) web ...
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| chmod | 5/28/2008 |
Q: When I am setting folder and directory permissions, who exactly is the user, the group and the ...
A: Unix has users and groups. A user can belong to more than one group. See /etc/passwd, /etc/group and ...
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| running update on Fedora server | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I tried to run update on my Fedora server and received the following error: “Missing dependencies on ...
A: Fedora is the basis for RedHat Enterprise Linux and, therefore, uses the "rpm" approach vs. ...
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| running update on Fedora server | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I tried to run update on my Fedora server and received the following error: “Missing dependencies on ...
A: When running the Software Updater, it found that smolt, Codeina, libgpod, etc. were already ...
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| Explanation of unix script | 5/20/2008 |
Q: I need some help with understanding what the following script is doing please... d1=Su; d2=Mo; ...
A: It looks like it is trying to format the output for a calendar representation of a month. There are ...
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| linux file system corruption | 5/9/2008 |
Q: How can I recover from the following situation? After rebooting a Linux 4 system, we are now seeing ...
A: You will need to boot from either your disaster recovery boot media or from installation media and ...
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| Linux Vs Windows | 4/30/2008 |
Q: am using two o/s on different harddisks Xp service pack 2 and Ubuntu 5.04.the problem is tht when am ...
A: You can use the following sites to get a Windows driver that will allow you to mount ext2 and ext3 ...
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| this is very emergency | 3/20/2008 |
Q: i have a confusing problem with linux , i had vista operation before then i decided to use both ...
A: (we had a holiday last Friday, so I have not been online since Thursday..) It appears that: 1) You ...
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| Securing Linux | 3/8/2008 |
Q: I would like to make my new computer more secure. My main concern is vulnerability to anyone or ...
A: 1) In /etc/passwd change the 3rd login's shell to "/bin/false". 2) NAT is achieved via using a ...
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| Ubustu+XP+Security | 3/2/2008 |
Q: To help provide clear questions I'll number the main ones. I am currently dual-booting between ...
A: 1. Which versions of Unix and of Linux will have a better chance of "running fast" on my older ...
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| awk and file editing | 2/9/2008 |
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: Awk will let you format the output in a specific way, but has more syntax (like 'c' syntax) involved ...
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| awk and file editing | 2/8/2008 |
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: It would help to know a bit more detail... But, here are a couple of sources for the tools you are ...
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