Linux Administration

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hi   i have a new centos 5.3  32bit   when the system is start and loa all the moduls it stuck in nis quota. how can i disable or pass this.becuse it stuck for long time.   thx ronen   Software/Hardware used: update linux

The IT job market - Linux vs Windows?

I got A+ certification and coursed network+.Im studying Linux administration now but Im not sure if Im doing the right decision. I would like to know what path will be better(for salary and job opportunity). Keep going with Linux or go back to Windows for networking administration career? Thank you

Enterprise Debian Linux desktop audio problem

alright heres the problem. I had windows XP and I had a basic media mixer that i used to play everything from line in I downloaded and intalled debian and things will play from line out however i can not play them from line in. The problem with this is...line out only plays mono line in plays...

Monitoring external URLs using Nagios

I want to monitor 100+ external Web URLs in Nagios. I have configured Nagios to monitor Linux and Windows host. How do I set it up to monitor the external URLs?

Trashed Linux file permissions

Hi there I have two Linux CentOS 4.7 boxes and I have trashed the file permissions on one of them “chmod –R 776 .” I happened to be running Root at the top of the file system. Does anyone know if its possible for me to backup just the files permissions from my good box and restore them over...

How do I track Linux Live Discs at the command line

how do I TRACK LINUX LIVE DISCS VIA THE COMMAND LINE trying to figure out how to set up code to do this

Suggestions and guidance for IT courses/career

Hi david, I m vaibahv from india i jus saw ur blog n info about ur courses. I want sum suggetions from u.....i m doing Bs.IT n i have don basic networking course(TCP/IP) n m doing job from last 4 yr but b coz of i dont have any cirtification i dont get the sallary i want... so now m 23 yr old n...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 on HP StorageWorks EVA4400

I'm desinging a solution that envolves a HP EVA4400 and several servers multi-OS. Two of them are Red Hat Enterprise 3.0 and the info i've got on support by HP is that RHEL3.0 is not supported on EVA4400. Would like to know if anyone has tryed to configure S.O. RHEL3.0 based server on HP EVA4400....

Linux says recovering journal

We had to pull the plug on a linux box. I am relatively new to linux, and the following happened when we switched it on again. It started to boot and is now saying: /dev/md0: recovering journal It has been doing this for about an hour. Should I leave it, or do I need to worry? Thank you

Windows or Linux for best career?

i am fresher graduate am going to learn system administration which platform is best for the future growth & which have more job opportunists ?

Prompt for password on Linux mail server

Dear I have uploaded a file by ftp on web and kept under /var/pub in my mail server (Linux version-4). Now want, when user put that URL i.e. ftp://mail.arafapparels.com a password shall prompt and when password would match then user can have access. Please help how can i create that script and...

Linux Administration involving the use of grub

How can you boot Linux Red Hat Edition if grub is not in the Master Boot Record?

Linux servers failover setup for redundancy

I have 2 linux servers that I want to set up one as my main production server, however I would like it to failover automatically to the second server in the case of the first server going down (I dont require load balancing at this stage). Is there an accepted/recommended method of doing this out...