Linux Server and Workstation Configuration How To

1. Transferring a FreeBSD on new hard drive

Follow this steps to transfer FreeBSD on new hard drive of any size. Connect the new hard disk in the system with a FreeBSD (/dev/ad1s1) Split the new drive into sections like old one using /stand/sysinstall. ...

2. 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 # ...

3. vi editor commands

... space) b Moves the cursor to the first character of the previous word B It is used like a command b, except that the words are separated by only space and a new line Sentence positioning ( ...

4. Wine 1.1.44

Released the next experimental version of Win32 API - Wine 1.1.44, where fixed 95 bugs. Major changes are: Added new icons; Support for 32-bit prefix in 64-bit assembly of Wine; Implemented ...

5. Instead Gnome Shell in Ubuntu 10.10 will be used classic GNOME interface

Mark Shuttleworth said that in the main release of Ubuntu 10.10 will not be used the new desktop GNOME Shell from the GNOME 3.0, but it can be installed from the standard repository. ...

6. Repository with the latest virtualisation for Fedora 12

Announced new experimental repository for Fedora 12, which collects packets associated with the implementation of virtualization innovations that can now be tested without waiting for the release of Fedora ...

7. Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat announced officially

Company Canonical announced that, until the end of April will see the light of the new Linux-Distribution Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, developers are now conducting final preparations for the final assembly ...

8. Released fifth test version of OpenSUSE 11.3

... of disk space xdiskusage a shift to a new realization of the system Cron - cronie, developed in the project Fedora. Software Update rpm 4.8.0 zypper 1.4.1 PackageKit 0.6.2 Perl 5.12 ...

9. The new version of a set of games for Ubuntu Linux - GamePack 9.10.2

The three DVD discs GamePack 9.10.2 collected more than 180 of the brightest games and entertainment programs, selected by reviews in the Russian-speaking forums and optimized to work in Ubuntu 9.10. The ...

10. touch

... When you enter touch without options as timestamp file using current date and time. If the specified file does not There, touch creates a new file size 0 bytes.  ...

11. tar

Command tar Creates archive files or extract files from archives. Syntax tar [options] file_or_directory Options -c creates a new archive. -d compares the files from the archive files from the ...

12. tail

... reads a file at specified intervals and displays the new line. Description tail command displays the last lines of the file. By default last 10 lines of the file.  ...

13. passwd

Command passwd Changes the password. Syntax passwd [username] Options No Description The passwd command changes your password. It asks for old password, and then the new password. If you are ...

14. mkdir

Command mkdir Creates a directory. Syntax mkdir [options] directory_names Options -m access appoints new directory specified access rights. -p creates parent directories if they do not exist. ...

15. ln

Command ln Sets hard or symbolic links (aliases) for files and directories. Syntax ln [options] existing_file new_name Options -b backs up files before deleting them. -d creates a hard link to ...

16. cp

... file only if it is newer than the destination file. -v verbose during the copy process. -help displays help for the team. Description Team cp copies one file to another. You can also copy multiple ...

17. chown

... type chown with user name, and then - the names of files. To change the group owner, add the user name after the point of a new group name.  ...

18. UNIX, Linux Date and Time

...  # hwclock --utc --systohc Configure timezone # timeconfig Date Sync Sync time date with time.nyst.gov # /usr/sbin/ntpdate 192.43.244.18 # /usr/sbin/ntpdate pool.ntp.org # hwclock --systohc new ...

19. Files, Folders Management

... /root/other/install.log Move file # mv ~/root/new-wirks/myfile ~/root/old-work List files # ls -la /etc | more List files partly, for close press "q" # ls -la /etc | more Find file where name ...

20. 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 ...