2008-05-25 Finding open ports
When tightening up security on a Linux server, one of the first things the system administrator does, . . . does a search and finds /sbin/rpc.statd. On RPM-based systems, we can request more information . . . about the owning package: $ rpm -qif /sbin/rpc.statd .... The nfs-utils package . . .
3K - last updated 2008-05-25 20:25 UTC by 6330
2009-12-09 Installing Linux Google Chrome as a regular user
Early december 2009, Google launched the beta version of the [http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux . . . Chrome browser for Linux]. They provide RPM and Deb packages, allowing for easy installation. . . .
1K - last updated 2010-06-18 06:08 UTC by 6330
2017-02-21 Linux VPS with TeamViewer
Here are my short notes on creating a Linux VPS (virtual private service) which can be remotely accessed . . . # yum -y install ./teamviewer.i686.rpm Next reboot, . . .
3K - last updated 2019-12-08 07:25 UTC by 6330
2019-12-08 Linux VPS with TeamViewer
In 2017, I blogged about [https://www.vankuik.nl/2017-02-21_Linux_VPS_with_TeamViewer setting up a Linux . . . # yum -y install ./teamviewer.i686.rpm Edit the . . .
3K - last updated 2020-02-07 07:57 UTC by 6330
Compaq ProLiant DL360
= Links = A good page on this piece of server by Andew McNabb: http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/linux/proliant/ . . . received the following errors when installing an RPM: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady . . .
2K - last updated 2007-07-06 16:26 UTC by 6330
Easy logging in
== std_mingetty == To make my Red Hat Linux virtual consoles a little more userfriendly, I adapted the . . . makes a backup), you need to reboot to let the RPM installation take effect. == Download == RPM, tested . . . with RedHat 8 and 9: [[std_mingetty-1.00-1.i386.rpm]] Source RPM: [[std_mingetty-1.00-1.src.rpm]] Tarball, . . .
1K - last updated 2005-03-19 07:17 UTC by 6330
Linux
= System Administration = [[Remote_dump]] [[MD5sum]] [[Debian]] -- About apt-get, dpkg and other stuff . . . [[Booting_over_the_network]] [[RPM]] [[Easy_logging_in]] [[X11]] [[SSH]] [[Cron_tips]] . . .
2K - last updated 2012-09-14 07:24 UTC by 6330
Linux on a Dell D600
My employer issued a shiny brand-new Dell Latitude D600. Here, I'm listing any issues I had with this . . . Linux AS release 3, so I downloaded the RPMs by Miquel Freitas. For DVD playing, Xine apparently . . . drivers for RedHat. * Install them as root using rpm -i hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt03091800free-1.i386.rpm . . .
3K - last updated 2005-03-19 07:00 UTC by 6330
Optimizing CentOS as a virtual machine
= Removing packages = The following line removes a packages that virtual machines don't need (which are . . . done by the host machine instead): # rpm -e --allmatches wpa_supplicant bluez-utils \ irqbalance . . . the following packages can also be removed: # rpm -e --allmatches nfs-utils portmap ypbind yp-tools . . . nscd nss_ldap If your machine runs 24/7: # rpm -e anacron If your machine is not a multi-user . . . system: # rpm -e psacct Now turning off some things that don't . . .
2K - last updated 2007-08-08 07:00 UTC by bvankuik
Performance
The subject is: performance measurement of a Linux server. = Measuring bandwidth = First, create a file . . . on RedHat and CentOS. First install the RPMForge repository as described [http://rpmforge.net/user/faq/ . . .
6K - last updated 2013-12-20 08:02 UTC by 6330
RPM
= RPM = Finding to which package a file belongs: $ rpm -qif <filename> Seeing if a package is installed: . . . $ rpm -qa | grep <keyword> Removing all packages, whatever . . . version: $ rpm -e --allmatches <packagename> Finding the ten biggest . . . packages: $ rpm -qa --qf "%{SIZE} %{NAME}\n" | sort -nr | head . . . to verify whether packages are OK, you can have RPM check all packages against its database. An MD5 . . .
4K - last updated 2008-11-14 09:16 UTC by 6330
Xen
= Tips = == Mounting == If you do a straight install of CentOS to an image with <tt>virt-manager</tt>, . . . XenSource] website does however have its own RPMs which work flawlessly. Just add the following . . .
3K - last updated 2011-09-29 09:58 UTC by 6330
Yum
I've seen my share of Yum problems, because I run yum on low memory systems (256-512 MB) and yum needs . . . run the following commands: # ls -l /var/lib/rpm # rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* # rpm -vv --rebuilddb . . . cronjobs kick off around midnight, they may run RPM, and lock the database somehow. This will result . . .
2K - last updated 2011-09-07 07:07 UTC by 6330
std mingetty-1.00-1.i386.rpm
application/x-rpm
26K - last updated 2005-03-19 07:18 UTC by 6330
std mingetty-1.00-1.src.rpm
application/x-rpm
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