Solaris

Solaris UNIX: Display LUNs

by Vivek Gite on June 29, 2009 · 0 comments

How do I display LUNs under Solaris UNIX version 10 or earlier?

UNIX / Linux Dump Command Exclude Directories / Files

by Vivek Gite on June 11, 2009 · 3 comments

I‘m using dump command to backup file systems to tape and remote server. However, I’m not able to find any option that will allow me to exclude files or directories from backup. How do I force UNIX / Linux / FreeBSD dump command to exclude selected files (such as /var/cache or /usr/basejails) which I don’t want to backup?

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How to: MySQL Delete Column

by Vivek Gite on January 17, 2009 · 0 comments

How do I delete a column from an existing MySQL table using UNIX / Windows / Linux mysql command line utility sql syntax?

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Examining the Linux / FreeBSD / UNIX filesystem with ls command

by Vivek Gite on August 6, 2007 · 0 comments

Q. I’m new to Linux and how do I examine filesystem and identify regular files or directories? A. Both Linux and UNIX comes with ls command for examining the filesystem. You can use ls command to look at the filesystem. ls command can display: => Character devices => Regular files => Sym links (symbolic links) [...]

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MySQL Change User Password

by Vivek Gite on July 13, 2007 · 8 comments

How do I change user password under MySQL server? I’d like to change a password for user called tom using UNIX / Linux command line option.

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Linux / UNIX: Change File Permissions Recursively ( conditional )

by Vivek Gite on December 27, 2006 · 11 comments

How do I recursively change files with 777 permissions to 755 in /home/user/demo directory? I have a number of files in this directory and I need to change permission from 0777 to only if that file has 777 permissions. Is there an easy way out to achieve this?