June 2007

FreeBSD admin book / handbook

by Vivek Gite on June 20, 2007 · 2 comments

Q. Recently I’ve ordered a new FreeBSD VPS server. Where can I download Freebsd admin book for learning admin work? A. Official FreeBSD Handbook is the number one book for the installation and day-to-day use of FreeBSD. It is created by the FreeBSD Documentation Project. The FreeBSD newcomer will find that the first section of [...]

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Ubuntu Linux restart network

by Vivek Gite on June 20, 2007 · 6 comments

I’m new to Linux and installed Ubuntu Linux successfully on my HP Laptop. Now I need to restart my network. How do I restart network under Ubuntu Linux?

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Q. How do I turn on DNS server logging so that I can see all the queries on my CentOS 4.0 server? A. You can use rndc command which controls the operation of a name server. It supersedes the ndc utility that was provided in old BIND releases. If rndc is invoked with no command [...]

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Q. How do I find file with symbolic links. Find command is not working for me. So how do I find files across symbolic links under CentOS 5.0? A. Find command search for files in a directory hierarchy. You need to tell find command to follow symbolic links. When find examines or prints information about [...]

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Q. I’m using Fedora Core Linux. Recently I changed my ISP. Now I get error as follows when I try to start PPP: PPP authorization failed Machine not authorized to use this PPP address How do I fix this problem? A. PPP is the protocol used for establishing internet links over dial-up modems, DSL connections, [...]

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How to use bash shell

by Vivek Gite on June 18, 2007 · 0 comments

Q. How do I use bash shell? What command I need to type use bash shell? A. GNU Bourne-Again Shell is default shell on most Linux systems (distributions). So when you open terminal from X Windows (KDE/Gnome) you directly opens a bash shell. Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from [...]

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Update Fedora 7 Linux

by Vivek Gite on June 18, 2007 · 4 comments

Q.. How do I update Fedora 7 Linux? I’ve just installed everything from DVD and I’d like to keep my system upto date. A.. The Fedora Project frequently releases updates to Fedora. Many of these are simple fixes for common bugs, others are security updates. Installing these updates on your system will help keep it [...]

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