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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Linux server | 2/8/2012 |
| Q: mkitwrk, Even though Linux is immune to most malware, do you know what would be a likely reason it ... A: Linux is not "immune" to viruses, malware, hacking and the like... It is simply the case that most ... | |
| Shell script | 2/2/2012 |
| Q: *The script will run in a directory that contains an arbitrary number of files. For the minimal ... A: This is definitely a homework question... (The problem isn't spec'd out very well. In general... ... | |
| netstat hacker | 1/30/2012 |
| Q: Do you know if the foreign address shows a regular ip address, is that a hacker? Or how can you ... A: "netstat" will only show you who is trying to connect at the moment (until the timeout on the close ... | |
| job submission | 1/23/2012 |
| Q: How are you. Thanks a lot for taking questions. I'm using Ubuntu (Lucid) to run console ... A: Since you require that one job complete before the next is executed, I'd guess you'd need to know ... | |
| bourne shell script | 1/22/2012 |
| Q: I am doing Bourne shell script. I want to redirect the output which is obtained after execution of ... A: The script would look something like this: ===== #!/bin/bash >textfile.log #initialize log file # ... | |
| learning linux | 1/19/2012 |
| Q: Id like to learn to use it, install,configre and troubleshot it.What do you recommend are there any ... A: The main differences are in how /etc is laid out, how the init.d scripts are managed and how the ... | |
| learning linux | 1/17/2012 |
| Q: Id like to learn to use it, install,configre and troubleshot it.What do you recommend are there any ... A: I've never taken any classes, but I've done lots of on-the-job-beat-your-head-against-the-wall ... | |
| Script for CPU and Memory Utilization | 1/5/2012 |
| Q: We are using solaris 10 and it contains 4 local zones. I have require to CPU/Memory utilization for ... A: I really need a bit more info as to what you want the script(s) to do... But, assuming you simply ... | |
| How to use rsync in conjunction with the MBR and LVM Metadata | 12/3/2011 |
| Q: I am new to Linux and am learning about the rsync utility. My main problem is that I do not know how ... A: rsync backs up files, so if you want to create special files containing your MBR and lvm meta-data, ... | |
| Help needed quickly please | 11/17/2011 |
| Q: Dir Sir, I'm having a weired trouble..... I have a dual boot installed ( windows 7 along with linux ... A: OK - So, you can get to the GUI, but Alt-Ctrl-F3 does nothing (i.e. it does not switch to a ... | |
| Help needed quickly please | 11/13/2011 |
| Q: Dir Sir, I'm having a weired trouble..... I have a dual boot installed ( windows 7 along with linux ... A: Do you see the boot choices at the startup? Does it boot up all the way to the GUI login screen? Can ... | |
| Ubuntu Installation | 11/1/2011 |
| Q: My desktop pc has 250 GB HDD. This is partitioned for Windows XP And Windows Vista. At the time of ... A: Pay really close attention to: Partitioning - choose manual method and force a single physical ... | |
| NAS server | 10/19/2011 |
| Q: I have difficult task, not sure is ot possible: I nned retrieve some important info stored on NAS ... A: To run a script on any remote machine (a NAS is really just another computer with limited ... | |
| NAS server | 10/19/2011 |
| Q: I have difficult task, not sure is ot possible: I nned retrieve some important info stored on NAS ... A: In order to execute a script on the NAS, you'll need some access other than samba. And, if you get ... | |
| ubuntu dual monitor | 10/3/2011 |
| Q: I had my computer with ubuntu 10.04 on it and 2 monitors working perfectly fine. I had to move to ... A: Sorry it took me so long to respond... Major conversions the last couple of weeks... Do you have a ... | |
| what distro is comperable to debial 5?? | 10/2/2011 |
| Q: I had used debian linux 5 and absolutely loved it, unfortunately my dvds got scratched up. is thee ... A: I sent you some info back in July, I think... Debian 6 Squeeze is so much better than Lenny (Debian ... | |
| Echo Command in Linux/Unix | 9/26/2011 |
| Q: I created a new directory called lab in my home directory. Using the touch command I created the ... A: As long as those are the only files that start with either "a" or "b", then: echo [ab]* Or, to get ... | |
| Echo Command in Linux/Unix | 9/25/2011 |
| Q: I created a new directory called lab in my home directory. Using the touch command I created the ... A: It's really a question about regular expressions and shell expansion. Any command at the shell would ... | |
| Operating Systems Booting through USB Tape Device | 7/20/2011 |
| Q: Every Operating System has different File Systems Format. As we know Tape Devices, a secondary ... A: If you can specify, in the hardware bios, to try to boot from a device, then you can write the code ... | |
| Operating Systems Booting through USB Tape Device | 7/18/2011 |
| Q: Every Operating System has different File Systems Format. As we know Tape Devices, a secondary ... A: Many systems used to, initially, be booted from tape to get the scratch OS installed. RDOS, IRIS and ... | |
| debain 6.0 squeeze flash and java | 7/13/2011 |
| Q: how to install flash and java in deb 6.0 from the aptitude command? A: First make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list looks something like the following (just make sure the ... | |
| msfupdate Issue | 7/12/2011 |
| Q: mkitwrk From Your Profile View M just Impress So I Specially Select You For My Valuable Question. ... A: Metasploit is not a package I've played with, but most software updating issues have to do with ... | |
| Remote desktops | 5/28/2011 |
| Q: I have some problems with remote desktop on Linux. when I type krdc in terminal, a window is shown ... A: I don't use krdc or the gtk version... From the command prompt I use: rdesktop [ipaddress]:[port] ... | |
| i want to ask question ? | 5/19/2011 |
| Q: in which language the unix operating system was created ? plz sir i want to know about unix .. i m ... A: If you are a student of computer science, you should already know the answer to this question. - use ... | |
| fedora graphics driver problem | 4/29/2011 |
| Q: my name is anshul and am using fedora14. recently i tried to install nvidia drivers for the Nvidia ... A: I think your xorg.conf file was reconfigured at some point... On Debian and most other systems the ... | |
| IQ Limitation | 3/9/2011 |
| Q: You had an answer to another person about three years ago that helped us get as far as we have. ... A: IQ was purchased then canned by Computer Associates... So it is a dead horse. What you have there is ... | |
| IQ Limitation | 3/3/2011 |
| Q: You had an answer to another person about three years ago that helped us get as far as we have. ... A: When IQ is not licensed in the SSN, then it is running as crippleware and returns only 200 records. ... | |
| external hard drive not recognized | 2/16/2011 |
| Q: Installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a hard drive by itself (no windows). All updates are up to date. ... A: I use aTunes on my Debian Lenny 64 bit system at home. http://www.atunes.org/ I do remember having ... | |
| external hard drive not recognized | 2/15/2011 |
| Q: Installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a hard drive by itself (no windows). All updates are up to date. ... A: There are a few possibilities... 1) the flash drive can run on a USB1.0 port and the drive can't and ... | |
| boot ubuntu from usb stick | 2/7/2011 |
| Q: mkitwrk I'm trying to install a fresh copy of ubuntu from a usb stick I have only one iso file ... A: To boot from the usb stick, the stick itself must be set up in a bootable fashion. Putting the iso ... | |
| htaccess | 11/30/2010 |
| Q: Shared hosting, Linux or Unix. I want deny access to admin panel(web application) from outside, ... A: To set the perms correctly: chown [wwwusrid]:[wwwusrid] .htaccess chmod 644 .htaccess There are ... | |
| htaccess | 11/30/2010 |
| Q: Shared hosting, Linux or Unix. I want deny access to admin panel(web application) from outside, ... A: Without testing that .htaccess file, I'd guess that it would "Deny from all"... (i.e. - no access ... | |
| Linux networking | 11/30/2010 |
| Q: Somewhat new linux user here... I am running Centos 5 and had a question about networking logs that ... A: There are network tools... But first i'd use "top" and "netstat -an". Top would show CPU/Memory ... | |
| how much memory does a process use including the child process | 11/14/2010 |
| Q: I am using a opensource Sip proxy that spawns a lot of child processes. ( similar to apache) how ... A: Use the "top" command. If your proxy server and it's children are eating up your memory, you'll see ... | |
| linux flavours | 10/24/2010 |
| Q: i want to know about linux flavours, what is it and how many are there? i m having ubuntu with me ... A: Same basic OS, but with different approach to package management, layout of /etc folder, and extra ... | |
| unibasic | 10/21/2010 |
| Q: bother you for aI have a very complex process management that has been written in unibasic (DCI) and ... A: Do you have the file layouts? If not, is it possible to get them? If not, are you a decent bit-level ... | |
| linux flavours | 10/20/2010 |
| Q: i want to know about linux flavours, what is it and how many are there? i m having ubuntu with me ... A: flavors - a loose term that basically equates to "distro" in most cases. Except in a few cases, ... | |
| redhat network troubleshoot | 10/17/2010 |
| Q: ... I'm sorry for Disturbance you but I'm working on Redhat 4 and after setting the IP I tried to ... A: I need more information... Is the RH system on a LAN behind a NAT'd router? Or, is it live on the ... | |
| apache config for url | 10/15/2010 |
| Q: mkitwrk I have a website (www.saltonatale.ch) which is programmed to scroll down to the bottom ... A: I'd be more inclined to create the divs within frames and make one frame or the other "hidden" as ... | |
| ubuntu help | 9/4/2010 |
| Q: I have Ubuntu 10.9 64 Bit and I have a Athlone 64 Bit AMD CPU. I have SATA 2. Hard Drives will ... A: .. Sorry this took so long... 1st - You will never get more than 90% of the published data transfer ... | |
| best OS for programming | 7/30/2010 |
| Q: I'm on my way to take C/C++ courses. So the school suggests Unix as the development platform. So ... A: Old-timers like me call *nix systems "Unix"... There are flavors - SystemV/Berkley/etc... Ubuntu is ... | |
| Please Help | 5/22/2010 |
| Q: Good day Sir,, i was hoping that you could help me with this please. We have a very small company ... A: From any browser, in the address bar, you can try the following entries: http://[ipaddress] ... | |
| Please Help | 5/21/2010 |
| Q: Good day Sir,, i was hoping that you could help me with this please. We have a very small company ... A: You need more information from your software source: Which protocol? (http/https/ftp/[custom tcp-ip ... | |
| Linux Vs Solaris | 5/17/2010 |
| Q: .. My Name is Prateek Patwal. I am Graduate.. & Also I am Rhce Certified. I am Going to do Sun ... A: Anything that increases your awareness is good for you... Solaris grew up in the CAD/CAM world of ... | |
| advanced operating system | 3/17/2010 |
| Q: The C language convention counts array indices from 0. Why do inode number start from 1 and not 0 ? ... A: This isn't a question... But, if you mean it "Would be a great idea for filesystem developers to ... | |
| dell inspiron 3500 | 3/1/2010 |
| Q: can i install linux on this system A: The Dell Inspiron 3500 has a max ram of 256MB and has either a PII or Celeron processor. There is no ... | |
| Linux or Solaris | 1/27/2010 |
| Q: Hey Mkitwrk, I am an expert just like you but on Microsoft platform. Now I want to learn ... A: They both have a good following -- and they are different... In my geographical area, most Unix ... | |
| Windows To Linux | 1/3/2010 |
| Q: I have been using Windows Xp and Vista for the past 5 years and now I would like to switch to Linux ... A: "Switching" to Linux implies that you have applications and devices that you already use. Any ... | |
| The best free operative system for a blade system | 1/2/2010 |
| Q: .. I am about to receive a HP Blade system, and I would like to do the best use of this machine, so ... A: My preference is to use the current stable release of Debian on any server platform. I am currently ... | |
| wget something | 12/19/2009 |
| Q: I use wget http://www.some.net/subnet/attachment.php?aid=262007. But only to download HTML ... A: The url you provide will return something and that is what you will receive when you use wget. If ... | |
| install graphics card in fedora 11 | 12/12/2009 |
| Q: I download Graphics driver.I want to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.42-pkg1.run in Fedora ... A: The video driver: I've not played with fedora, but since it is essentially RedHat, the package ... | |
| 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, ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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, ... | |
| 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, ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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... ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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) ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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: ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 / ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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... ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. ... | |
| 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. ... | |
| 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". ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| Linux Vs Windows | 4/30/2008 |
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Expert: Creating and managing *nix database/application servers for use with dl4/unibasic/mysql/apache/thoroughbred applications, especially in medical environments. Strengths: scripting, backup and disaster recovery, mysql, apache2, routing, samba/smbfs/cifs, LPRng, CUPS, telnet/ssh/sftp, vsftp, rsync, new system preparation, system duplication, database design, system conversions (AIX/SCO-OS5/Linux) Currently working on scripted setup of LAMP servers using PDO for MySQL and Oracle. Compiling Apache2, openssl, php and libxml2 from source and linking to libraries for MySQL and Oracle InstantClient. Works great so far! Familiar With: php, c, awk, sed, gnome, nfs and lots of other *nix tools
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I've been head of development at our company since 1984. Our OS's at that time were Point 4's IRIS and Altos' Xenix. Then: SCO Xenix, SCO Unix, AIX, SCO-OS5, Caldera, RedHat 7, Debian Sarge, RedHat ES4, Debian Etch, Redhat ES5, Debian Lenny, RedHat ES6, Debian Squeeze. I've migrated our clients through those various versions with minimal interruption while preserving their investments in hardware and staff knowledge over time.
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1980 BSBA Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
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