nixCraft » Tip of the day http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:50:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How To Use Gmail Account To Relay Email From a Shell Prompthttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-use-gmail-as-a-smarthost.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-use-gmail-as-a-smarthost.html#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:29:28 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=4596 Usually, you do not need to setup an email server under Linux desktop operating system. Most GUI email clients (such as Thunderbird) supports Gmail POP3 and IMAP configurations. But, how do you send mail via the standard or /usr/bin/mail user agents or a shell script? Programs such as sendmail / postfix / exim can be configured as a gmail smarthost but they are largely overkill for this use. ]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-use-gmail-as-a-smarthost.html/feed 46 How To Tail (View) Multiple Files on UNIX / Linux Consolehttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/multitail-view-multiple-files-like-tail-command.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/multitail-view-multiple-files-like-tail-command.html#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:28:32 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=4399 tail is one of the best tool to view log files in a real time (tail -f /path/to/log.file). The program MultiTail lets you view one or multiple files like the original tail program. The difference is that it creates multiple windows on your console (with ncurses). This is one of those dream come true program for UNIX sys admin job. You can browse through several log files at once and do various operations like search for errors and much more.]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/multitail-view-multiple-files-like-tail-command.html/feed 13 Find Out If Your WebSite Blocked In China Or Nothttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-firefox-china-channel-addon.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-firefox-china-channel-addon.html#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:34:41 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=3261 Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China is conducted under a wide variety of laws and administrative regulations. In accordance with these laws, more than sixty Internet regulations have been made by the People's Republic of China (PRC) government, and censorship systems are vigorously implemented by provincial branches of state-owned ISPs, business companies, and organizations. So how do you find out if your website is blocked by the Great Firewall of China?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-firefox-china-channel-addon.html/feed 2 Exporting Networked File Systems Via Another Networked File Systemhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/access-networked-file-system-mounts.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/access-networked-file-system-mounts.html#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:24:24 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2477 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/access-networked-file-system-mounts.html/feed 3 How To Deal With Shortage Of UNIX / Linux Administratorshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/few-qualified-unix-linux-administrators.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/few-qualified-unix-linux-administrators.html#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:04:08 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2417 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/few-qualified-unix-linux-administrators.html/feed 3 mplayer: Play All Mp3 Files In Reverse Orderhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/reverse-play-mp3-files-in-directory.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/reverse-play-mp3-files-in-directory.html#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 19:23:19 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2269 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/reverse-play-mp3-files-in-directory.html/feed 4 How to: Install KDE 4 Desktop under Ubuntu Linux 7.10http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-kde-4.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-kde-4.html#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:16:08 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-kde-4.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-kde-4.html/feed 10 setsid: Keep Linux / UNIX program running while you logs outhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-runs-linux-unix-program-in-newsession.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-runs-linux-unix-program-in-newsession.html#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:53:02 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-runs-linux-unix-program-in-newsession.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-runs-linux-unix-program-in-newsession.html/feed 0 Quick Shell Tip: Remove grep command while grepping something using ps commandhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/grepping-ps-output-without-getting-grep.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/grepping-ps-output-without-getting-grep.html#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:51:02 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/grepping-ps-output-without-getting-grep.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/grepping-ps-output-without-getting-grep.html/feed 17 Find out DNS Server Version With DNS Server Fingeprinting toolhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-remotely-determine-dns-server-version.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-remotely-determine-dns-server-version.html#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:02:23 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-remotely-determine-dns-server-version.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-remotely-determine-dns-server-version.html/feed 1 zcommands: Read gzip compressed text files on flyhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/decompress-and-expand-text-files.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/decompress-and-expand-text-files.html#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:31:07 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/decompress-and-expand-text-files.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/decompress-and-expand-text-files.html/feed 8 Run wget In Background For an Unattended Download of Fileshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-run-wget-in-background.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-run-wget-in-background.html#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:51:14 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-run-wget-in-background.html Here is a quick tip, if you wish to perform an unattended download of large files such as Linux DVD ISO file use the wget command as follows:]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-run-wget-in-background.html/feed 6 Domain Expiration Check Shell Scripthttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/domain-check-script.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/domain-check-script.html#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:39:45 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/domain-check-script.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/domain-check-script.html/feed 62 Ubuntu Linux install development / system library functions man pages (manual)http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-install-development-system-library-functions-manpage.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-install-development-system-library-functions-manpage.html#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:59:17 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-install-development-system-library-functions-manpage.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-install-development-system-library-functions-manpage.html/feed 8 Howto: Verify Downloaded Linux / BSD DVD or CD ISO images for integrityhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-verify-dvd-cd-iso-images.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-verify-dvd-cd-iso-images.html#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:31:32 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-verify-dvd-cd-iso-images.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-verify-dvd-cd-iso-images.html/feed 4 Fix corrupted RPM database on CentOS 5 / Redhat enterprise Linux 5 / Fedora 7http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-fix-rhel-corrupted-rpm-database.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-fix-rhel-corrupted-rpm-database.html#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:56:34 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-fix-rhel-corrupted-rpm-database.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-fix-rhel-corrupted-rpm-database.html/feed 7 Repeat last shell command that started with a particular wordhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/repeat-last-bash-csh-shell-command.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/repeat-last-bash-csh-shell-command.html#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:12:39 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/repeat-last-bash-csh-shell-command.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/repeat-last-bash-csh-shell-command.html/feed 2 Troubleshooting tip: Lan card (NIC) ordering changed after upgrading to Redhat (RHEL) Linux 4.5http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-fix-rhel-centos-nic-ordering-after-upgrade.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-fix-rhel-centos-nic-ordering-after-upgrade.html#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:13:40 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-fix-rhel-centos-nic-ordering-after-upgrade.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-fix-rhel-centos-nic-ordering-after-upgrade.html/feed 3 Howto: Prevent a Linux kernel module from auto loadinghttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/avoid-linux-kernel-module-driver-autoloading.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/avoid-linux-kernel-module-driver-autoloading.html#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:13:14 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/avoid-linux-kernel-module-driver-autoloading.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/avoid-linux-kernel-module-driver-autoloading.html/feed 12 Shell tip: change to a directory having very long namehttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:39:29 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html/feed 2