Linux Server and Workstation Configuration How To

1. How To Enable Root Login on Fedora

Tags: [fedora, root login, redhat]  ...

2. Transferring a FreeBSD on new hard drive

... Size /dev/ad1s1a may be greater than /dev/ad0s1a. Create a temporary folder and subfolders: mkdir /backup mkdir /backup/root mkdir /backup/usr mkdir /backup/var mkdir /backup/tmp Boot ...

3. Internet gateway on FreeBSD

... -D squid 967 0,0 1,0 28168 20008 ?? S 21:37 0:06,00 (squid)-D (squid) squid 1008 0.0 0.0 2532 844 ?? Is 21:37 0:00,00 (unlinkd) (unlinkd) root 7943 0,0 0,1 6928 1428 p0 S+ 16:02 0:00,00 grep ...

4. HowTo Restricting traffic to a virtual host in apache

... the speed will be limited to 128kbps. ServerName www.test.com ServerAdmin webmaster@test.com DocumentRoot /var/www CBandLimit 100M CBandExceededSpeed 128 5 15 CBandSpeed 1024 10 30 CBandRemoteSpeed ...

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

... acpid service chkconfig --level 2345 acpid off grub.conf file should look like this [root@localhost grub]# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have ...

6. ln

... a directory (this can be done only by root). -f remove existing file named newname. -help displays help for the team. -s creates a symbolic link. -v generates detailed output information. Description ...

7. 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 ...

8. How To Securing SSH Connection

... and allow Protocol 2 #Protocol 2,1 Protocol 2 Disable root login #PermitRootLogin yes PermitRootLogin no Allow only specific users to login - For example, to allow only the users "john", ”Jack” ...

9. Cron Manual

Files “username” user’s cron file location /var/spool/cron/ Root's crontab file /var/spool/cron/root Configuration file for cron, /etc/crontab Cron service # service crontd ...

10. Files, Folders Management

Append "Hello" to /hello.txt # echo "Hello" >> /hello.txt Replace /hello.txt and put the "Hello" into the /hello.txt # echo "Hello" > /hello.txt Show file info # wc /root/anaconda-ks.cfg Delete ...

11. How to Compile Kernel (CentOS 2.6.19)

... /boot/initrd-2.6.19.default.img 2.6.19-default Open file, and put this 4 lines on top of the 2 similar lines. # mcedit /etc/grub.conf Title CentOS 5.2/U-5.3 (2.6.19-default) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.19-default ...

12. Send Mail Script

... /home/david/files # echo | mutt -a /tmp/backup.tar.gz -s “daily backup of data” Jon@example.com Send Mail (another example) # echo 'GPS Server ALERT - Root Shell Access on:' `date` `who` | mail -s "Alert: ...

13. File Server With Samba and FTP in FreeBSD

... etc. Install vsftp FTP Server Edit Config File mcedit /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.conf Edit and add in vsftpd.conf local_umask=0002 local_root=/files Restart FTP Server /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vsftpd ...

14. Linux, UNIX User Management Commands

...    ch passwd Update password file in batch.     chroot Run command or interactive shell with special root directory.     chsh Change the ...

15. Network Information and Configuration Commands

... /root/tcpdump.txt # tcpdump >> /root/tcpdump.txt Manage Network Service # /etc/init.d/network restart # service network status # service network start # service network stop # service network restart ...

16. Linux, UNIX Directories

Mount Point Explanation / Root directory /bin Main program /boot Used at boot /dev directory Where the registered user devices (modem, mouse, keyboard, etc.) /etc ...