Q. How do I move my Thunderbird email client settings from Debian Linux desktop to a new Ubuntu Linux laptop? I’ve installed Thunderbird on Ubuntu Linux but not able to find any import or export option. How do I move settings?
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CentOS
Q. IPv4 by default protect internal host using RFC 1918 private IP address. But IPv6 offers direct global address which result into exposing all internal hosts as well. How do I create default IPv6 firewall to drop all incoming (except ping6 request) connection and only allow outgoing requests from Linux workstation?
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Q. How do I login over ssh without using password less RSA / DSA public keys? How do I use ssh in a shell script? How do I login non-interactivly performing password authentication with SSH and shell scripts?
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Q. How can I force my Linux users to change their passwords upon the first login under CentOS / Debian Linux?
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Q. Some service provider guarantees 99.999% uptime for their service. Can you explain meaning of five nines?
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Q. How do I create username or user groups in upper case under Linux / *BSD / UNIX operating systems?
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Q. I’m using GNU/Linux with the Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client. dhclient, provides a means for configuring one or more network interfaces using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It also updates my /etc/resolv.conf each time my laptop connects to different network. I would like to keep my existing nameservers. How do I skip /etc/resolv.conf update?
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Q. How do I enable and install Media player under CentOS or Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems? How do I play mp3s under RHEL / CentOS Linux 5.x? How do I play CD / DVD movies under RHEL / CentOS Linux version 5.x?
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Q. How do I capture specific protocol or port such as 80 ( http ) using TCPDump tool under Linux / UNIX? How do I recording Traffic with TCPDump and find problems later on?
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Q. How do I ignore hidden .dot files while searching for files? How do I ignore or exclude certain files while running Linux / UNIX find command?
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