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Linux / UNIX: Kill User Session

by Vivek Gite on January 8, 2011 · 2 comments

How do I kill all users session under Linux or UNIX operating system using command prompt?

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Linux / UNIX: Untar / Extract a .lzma Tar Ball

by Vivek Gite on September 8, 2010 · 1 comment

I’ve downloaded a file called file.tar.lzma tar ball from the Internet but I am not able to open tar ball. How do I open or extract a .lzma file under Linux or UNIX like operating systems using command line options?

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All my local Linux user accounts will be able to log in to my Samba server and access share. How do I restrict access to particular users or network subnet such as 192.168.2.1/24?

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Monitor Linux user activity in real time

by Vivek Gite on October 27, 2006 · 0 comments

Q. How do I Monitor Linux User Activity in real time? A. The whowatch program scans the most current common log file of Linux server and creates the following statistics in real time: => The users currently logged on to the machine, in real-time. => User login name, => User tty => User host name [...]

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Q. I have Apache Web server and MySQL configured. Everything works fine except I am not able to connect to a MySQL database server (I am able to connect mysql server with mysql client). So how do I configure or connect PHP scripts? A. You need to install MySQL module for php4 or php5. Without [...]

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Q. I am new to Linux and I not able to understand /dev/hdc (is it C: drive?) under Linux. This is quite confusing for a new Linux user like me. What device naming convention followed by Linux? Can you explain it in layman’s term?

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