Linux administration Questions


DOY
What is the meaning of ‘DOY’ in Linux?

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2013  4:31 PM
Linux, Linux administration
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5 pts.

SHA1 Digest in Perl.
Is SHA1.pm ( Perl module for SHA1 algorithm ) included in the perl download package from web? I ported a script from a Linux environment to an AIX environment. This script uses the SHA1 message digest. Although, perl exists on the AIX environment ( checked this using perl -v) , the script can’t locate SHA1.pm! [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  11:40 PM
AIX, Linux, Linux administration, Perl, Perl error handling, SHA1
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10 pts.

Linux Suse Proxy
 i install linux suse proxy server. i need  how to restricted internet access staff and allow all site for manger how to install..

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2012  7:40 AM
Linux administration, Linux servers, Proxy server, SUSE Linux
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20 pts.

Linux OS audit log retention
Question about Linux Redhat OS audit logs. Is anyone familiar with the audit.log.xxx and the audit.log.xxx.gz relation? I’ve been moving the logs in /var/log/audit off for retention but I think I might be doing it incorrectly by moving the gz files off to be backed up and also to make room on /var/log/audit volume. Does [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:59 PM
Auditing Standards, Linux, Linux administration, Linux OS, RedHat, Redhat Linux, RHEL, RHEL 5
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5 pts.

Best shared storage on linux to set up a web cluster
what would be the most flexible and efficient software available today on linux platform to set up shared storage for clustering using apache on nginx ?

Answer Question   |  November 15, 2011  8:03 AM
Apache, Apache Web Server, Linux, Linux administration
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55 pts.

Windows 7 versus Linux?
Thoughts on one OS over the other? I’m considering transferring from Windows to Linux, but I’d like to know if the upgrade to Windows 7 would be worth it.

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2011  7:16 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux OS, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 deployment
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1,110 pts.

combine files and delete duplicates using Linux
I need to combine 3 text files and delete the duplicate records after combining them.  What is the best way to do this using Linux?

Answer Question   |  March 3, 2011  8:40 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux file system
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5 pts.

Infiniband storage network using SRP
Hi, I’d like a “howto” on configuring SRP initiators and targets. I’m using Centos/Xen hypervisors and will build my own storage servers. I’m using Infiniband cards with Mellanox MT25408 chipset. I’m familiar with Linux but unsure of exactly what I need to get this up and running. I dont want to use IP or iSCSI [...]

Answer Question   |  March 1, 2011  11:01 AM
Hypervisor, Infiniband, iSCSI, Linux administration, SAN, SRP, Storage network, Xen
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5 pts.

Linux Starter
Hi, I have just joined as a system admin for a company which build android and many other mobile apps. they use windows,mac and linux os. My PC is Linux ubuntu ,which i havent used before. The company does server works using cloud computing ,amazon and all sorts f stuffs like tat. I am new [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2011  11:45 AM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux administration and management, System administrator, Ubuntu
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405 pts.

Management of root password in Linux & Unix environment
Any reference available on best practices for managing root access & passwords in unix & linux env. ?  

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2011  8:50 AM
Linux administration, Linux administration and management, Password management, Unix administration
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ed1
5 pts.

Windows XP under loop
One of my computer, there r 4 OS loaded for various reasons. Two linux distro and XP and Windows 7. After getting boot sector virus affected and system file problem on XP, I tried to reinstall xp by setup disk.  It accepts the 1st phase, but when it restarts, again it starts from scratch. i.e. [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  12:17 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Windows 7, Windows XP
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22,035 pts.

AS/400 to Linux Box
ITKE,  I saw where in 2009 you had an AS/400 box and I believed you had changed it over to Linux?  I have a iseries 270.  it is running fine except I dont know much of the AS/400 command language.  I’d like to learn the language so what books would you suggest also, i like [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2011  3:35 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 to Linux OS, iSeries 270, Linux, Linux administration
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5 pts.

Linux for laptops
Happy new year! I’d like to know which is the best or recommended Linux distro for an older Dell laptop. I’d like to preserve the wireless networking function of the Intel processor.

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  2:31 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux applications, Linux configuration
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20 pts.

How to configure DNS server & client in Linux RedHat
How can I configure a DNS server & client in Linux RedHat?

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2013  8:23 AM
DNS, DNS server, Linux, Linux administration, Red Hat, tecnical
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5 pts.

Learning to use Linux
Hello! all… I have been in the IT Industry for several years now and wanted to know the best locations online to get started working with Linux? I have limited UNIX knowledge such as creating / modifying user accounts and working with the print queue, but I would like to gain a strong foundation in [...]

Answer Question   |  December 24, 2010  7:57 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux administration tools, Unix
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50 pts.

Lock an OUTQ
How can you allocate an OUTQ for a user than deallocate.

Answer Question   |  December 15, 2010  3:58 PM
Linux administration, OUTQ, OUTQ management, OUTQ security, Unix administration
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30 pts.

Removing HPLIP software from Ubuntu
How to remove HPLIP software in Ubuntu?

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2010  12:50 AM
Linux, Linux administration, Ubuntu
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320 pts.

Uncompressing Linux Invalid Compressed Format (Err=2) System Halted
I get the following error when booting a Gateway GP-600 LP Mini Tower with Windows NT: Uncompressing Linux Invalid Compressed Format (Err=2) System Halted   How do I fix or get around this error?

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2010  6:03 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Windows NT, Windows NT Server
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5 pts.

Give a user a home directory on Linux server
How can i give each of my users a home directory on a Linux servers

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2010  12:34 PM
Home Directory, Linux, Linux administration, Linux applications, Linux servers
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0 pts.

How do you turn on/off the Internet in Open SUSE 10.2?
How can you turn on/off the internet in OpenSuSe10.2?

Answer Question   |  October 18, 2010  9:38 PM
Linux, Linux administration, SUSE
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5 pts.