July 2009

How do I configure Linux system firewall to allow incoming VNC connections?

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Centos Install and Configure MRTG

by Vivek Gite on July 30, 2009 · 7 comments

How do I install and configure MRTG under Fedora Linux or CentOS Linux v5.x server to monitor the traffic load on network-links including routers?

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HowTo: Mediawiki Reset a User Password

by Vivek Gite on July 27, 2009 · 0 comments

I forgot my mediawiki wiki software password, how do I reset my password?

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How To: Find IP Address Owner

by Vivek Gite on July 24, 2009 · 10 comments

I‘m getting lots of spam from few IPs. How do I find the owner of an IP address and report them to concern parties?

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If var is defined AND NOT EMPTY, use var, otherwise set a default variable under Bash. For e.g. my script needs a parameter for output variable. It can be text or html. I set it as follows in my script

output=$1 # either text or html

However, sometime user forget to pass the parameter to my shell script and my enter logic fails. So how do I set default value to text, if no parameter passed?

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I‘ve central e-mail server. Other servers does not need to operate as a mail server. How do I configure Sendmail as submission-only e-mail server (mail client) under CentOS / Fedora / RHEL / Debian Linux / UNIX like operating systems?

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Ubuntu Linux: View Boot Log

by Vivek Gite on July 21, 2009 · 0 comments

How do I view detailed boot log of my Ubuntu system?

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