Linux Server and Workstation Configuration How To

1. vi editor commands

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2. IPv6 Configuration on FreeBSD

... Client - Free IPv6 tunnel B-deps: R-deps: WWW: http://www.go6.net/ Install: cd /usr/ports/net/gateway6 make install clean Edit the configuration file /usr/local/etc/gw6c.conf userid ...

3. IPv6 Configuration on Ubuntu Linux

We have Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Server Edition, coming out to the network via PPP and working with the intranet IP through NAT. Task: to give him a real, white IPv6-address, and make its IPv6-based ...

4. Installing software through Ports on FreeBSD

Update ports collection: Edit /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile and run: cvsup-G-L 2 ports-supfile Search: make search Key = "line" - search package by keyword. make search name = "line"- ...

5. Internet gateway on FreeBSD

... usr/src/sys/amd64/conf GENERIC ROUTER editing our new kernel and adding new features: cpu HAMMER ident ROUTER makeoptions DEBUG=- G # Build kernel with gdb (1) debug symbols options IPFIREWALL # ...

6. vi editor commands

... the vi text editor to edit the file filename a Add text after the cursor h Moves the cursor one character left j Moves the cursor down one line k Moves the cursor up one ...

7. Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat announced officially

... "a few radical changes." One such change will be the new interface Ubuntu Netbook Edition, as well as increase speed and download speed of the system. Simultaneously, the OS will include new cloud services, ...

8. kernel: irq 153: Please try booting with acpi=off and report a bug

...  Apr 2 11:14:17 localhost kernel: [] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x4b) Apr 2 11:14:17 localhost kernel: Disabling IRQ #153 Solution Edit grub.conf delete “all-generic-ide” and add acpi=off apm=off disable ...

9. How To Enable Root Login on Fedora

This how to shows how to enable root log in on fedora GUI Desktop. Open Terminal from Applications -> System Tools Type su - and then insert root pasword Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm configuration ...

10. diff

... slows down the diff). -e generates a script editor ed to convert the file first_file in second_file. -f generates output similar to -e, but in reverse order. -i ignores case of characters. -l sends ...

11. How to Setup MySQL Listen on Localhost Only

If You want that MySQL listen only to localhost edit the mysql configuration file /etc/my.cnf and change bind-address=127.0.0.1 ...

12. How To Securing SSH Connection

... and running, if not do this steps: Install open-ssh server yum install openssh-server /etc/init.d/sshd start First locate and edit config files SSH server configuration file - /etc/ssh/sshd_config ...

13. Cron Manual

... -u root -r Edit the cron tab jobs # crontab -e Edit the user's cron tab jobs # crontab -u root -e Install cron job for user root from file /var/spool/cron/root content # crontab -i ...

14. Apache Authentication

Creating Password Create htpasswd file for current (pwd) path # htpasswd -mc .htpasswd yourusername Insert new password Create .htaccess file for current path # touch .htaccess # mcedit .htaccess Paste ...

15. How to Compile Kernel (CentOS 2.6.19)

Download Kernel from http://kernel.org Extract package # tar xjf linux-2.6.19.tar.bz2 # cd linux-2.6.19 Modify /etc/modprobe.conf to avoid error message # mcedit /etc/modprobe.conf Comment mptscsi ...

16. Swap Management

Get swap # mcedit /proc/swaps # swapon -s Gem all memory (swap, RAM) # /proc/meminfo Show logical volums # mcedit /etc/fstab Create Swap File Create swap file 1 GB # dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile ...

17. Get Device Information

...  Sytem Configuration # system-config-network # system-config-display # system-config-packages # system-config-... Show Logical Volums # mcedit /etc/fstab Get Swap Size # cat /proc/swaps ...

18. Creating Transparent Proxy With squid and iptables

For creating transparent proxy we need edit squid.conf and add iptables rules. Edit /etc/squid.conf file with your favorite editor, example vi # vi /etc/squid.conf Add or change this lines. http_port ...

19. File Server With Samba and FTP in FreeBSD

... this testu:*:1004:1002:testu:/home/testu:/usr/sbin/nologin testa:*:1005:1003:teata:/home/testa:/usr/sbin/nologin Create groups named 'all' and 'admin' and edit /etc/group file like this all:*:1002:testa ...

20. Linux, UNIX User Management Commands

... login shell.     edquota Used to edit user or group quotas. This program uses the vi editor to edit the quota.user and quota.group files. If the environment variable EDITOR is ...