Auditing the cron jobs scheduled on the Unix or Linux server.
I have recently taken ownership of a Solaris 5.9 server and am in the process of migrating the applications over to a recent release. I decided to audit the applications …
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How to backup and compress a folder in one step, using tar and gzip.
If disk space is limited on your Linux or Unix server and you wish to backup a folder or file that is larger than the available free space. Then creating …
Read MoreHow to change Red Hat Linux to boot to command line mode from Gnome.
Changing the default runlevel of the Red Hat Linux server can switch the bootup from Gnome to command line mode. You can make the changes consitent by editing the /etc/inittab …
Read MoreGnome desktop will not start via the Red hat Linux server console.
I received an error when loggin onto the Gnome desktop via the server console. The server is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux ver 4. I’m able to logon to the …
Read MoreHow to install and initialize telnet on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora Core Linux.
Telnet is a very old communication protocol, it is not secure because the password authentication is transmitted in clear text. SSH is a secure protocol and is the replacement for …
Read MoreHow to create a new logical volume in Red Hat Enterprise 5 Linux.
(1) Click on System – Administration – Logical Volume Manager. (2) Expand Uninitilized Entities on the left window by clicking on the arrow next to it. You will now see …
Read MoreHow to change the shell in Linux or Unix.
Linux and Unix have a vairety of shells. A shell is a program that provides the text interface, it reads the interactive or non interactive commands, interprets and executes the …
Read MoreErrors regarding libXp.so.6 in linux
I received errors regarding libXp.so.6 launching the Fame 9.3 release 3 on Redhat Enterprise Linux 5. Error while loading shared library libXp.so.6 Cannot open shared object file. No such file …
Read MoreTOP and TOPAZ are Unix, Linux and AIX utilities that provides real time display of top cpu using processes.
As a server/systems administrator you will find the TOP utility very useful to determine top cpu using processes. TOP is the utility for Linux and most Unix operating systems. IBM …
Read MoreDetermine the disk usage of a file system in Linux or Unix.
As a server administrator you will find that the df commad is very useful to find out the disk usage of a file system in Unix or Linux. Depending on …
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