Capturing script name including full path inside the script inself
I am trying to write a script to update $PATH. Instead of hard coding the paths into the script itself I want to dynamically do this by capturing the full file path of the script itself. I.e /loc1/loc2/loc3/modifypath.sh.  instead of going  export PATH=”$PATH:/loc1/loc2/loc3″ I want to extract the full file path from the script call into a variable [...]

Answer Question   |  October 1, 2010  3:25 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Scripting, Variable fields

using ‘RUN PROGRAMS’ option in linux (redhat
how to print a file after opening it through ‘RUN PROGRAM’ option in linux redhat ?

Answer Question   |  November 26, 2010  12:54 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux monitoring and troubleshooting, RedHat, Redhat Linux, RNPG

Copy files, directories and links in Linux
Can someone tell me the right way to copy files, directories and soft links from one Linux server to another Linux server? I am using scp to copy file and it works perfect.

Answer Question   |  September 6, 2010  2:11 PM
Linux administration, Linux Backup, Linux servers, Server migration, SSCP

Printing file through ‘RUN PROGRAM’ option
i wish to know ‘HOW TO PRINT A FILE AFTER RUNNING IT IN ‘RUN PROGRAM’ IN LINUX REDHAT ?’ thanx tejinder

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2010  5:28 AM
Linux, Linux administration, RedHat, Redhat Linux, SUSE Linux Printing

xterm: no available ptys
I’m trying to run an xterm on REHL release 5.4 and I get the message no available ptys. I’ve added the following line to the /etc/fstab: none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 after which I did a mount -a cmd. That didn’t change anything. Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer Question   |  August 17, 2010  7:37 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux error messages, RHEL, xterm

Kcore filled up my disk on SUSE Linux
Hello, I am running SuSE linux 10 with Linux kernel 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp on x86_64. /proc/kcore has ultimately used up all my available disk space. Here are more specs as reported by Webmin: Processor information Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz, 4 cores System uptime 26 days, 1 hours, 01 minutes Running processes 152 CPU load averages 3.07 (1 [...]

Answer Question   |  August 12, 2010  5:09 PM
Linux administration, Linux KERNEL, Linux Memory Management, SUSE, SUSE Linux

When I minimize an application in Red Hat Linux, it goes missing.
When I minimize an application I can’t find it. Where does it go or how do I fix this setting?

Answer Question   |  July 20, 2010  9:28 PM
Linux administration, Linux applications, Linux desktop environment, Red Hat, Red Hat Linux

How do I load and access the new shared library (.so) in linux via php
how to load and access the new shared library (.so) in linux via php

Answer Question   |  July 23, 2010  5:04 AM
Linux administration, Linux shared folders, PHP Coding, Programming Languages

TDP Linux Oracle backupuser rights
What rights do I have to assign, and where (in the /opt/tivoli folder, and in the location of the log files) for a specific user in Linux to run the scrpts for TDP Oracle backup

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2010  12:16 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Oracle, Oracle backup, TDP

how to change boot timer in linux
how to change boot timer in linux

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2010  10:46 AM
Boot Timers, Linux, Linux administration

Devide bandwidth in Linux
I have 4 mbps internet connection. I am using linux (ubuntu) pc with 3 NICs as router. I want to divide bandwidth into 2 mbps between 2 NICs. How can I do this?

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2010  1:20 AM
Bandwidth, Linux administration, Linux administration tools

nis
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  

Answer Question   |  October 12, 2009  8:52 AM
CentOS 5.3, Linux administration, NIS

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

Answer Question   |  August 26, 2009  9:19 AM
IT careers, IT Job Market, IT jobs, Linux administration, Linux vs Windows, Windows administration

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  April 30, 2011  3:48 AM
Debian, Linux administration, Linux desktops

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?

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2011  10:33 PM
Linux, Linux administration, monitoring URLs, Nagios, Network monitoring, Windows administration

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2009  10:44 AM
CentOS, CentOS 4.7, chmod, Linux administration, Linux file permissions

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

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2009  12:11 AM
Command line tools, Linux administration, Linux command line

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  February 18, 2009  3:36 AM
Career development, CCNA, Certifications, Cisco certifications, Cisco Certified Network Associate, IT careers, IT education, IT training, Linux administration, Linux certifications, Networking certifications

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. [...]

Answer Question   |  December 12, 2008  10:51 AM
Enterprise Virtual Arrays, EVA4000, EVA4400, HP Enterprise Virtual Arrays, HP EVA4000, HP EVA4400, HP StorageWorks EVA, Linux, Linux administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, RHEL, RHEL3

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  September 14, 2010  2:29 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux error messages, Linux File Recovery, Linux Journals