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Newbie Ubuntu Linux Questions

Please help. I have two questions about seting up my Ubuntu machine - First, I want to install two network cards, and have them be totally independent of each other (separate ip addresses,etc.). When I just list them in the /etc/interfaces file I get a situation where the first card responds to...

How do I configure VMware guestOS(s) to talk to Vista Home Premium as a Host to access DB2 or any other database?

Greetings all, I have a Vista home premium 64-bit, 4GB AMD ram, etc on a HP pavillion Laptop. My goal is to work with DB2 in testing advanced features such as replication, federation, failover and data partitioning (DPF). I want to do all of this with one physical machine (a spare office laptop)...

Tempory Zip Creation with Archive::Zip or other PERL Module

Is it possible with PERL to create a temporary zip file that is just served up? (vs. create zip, provide link, delete file)  I am not looking for code but more a point in the right direction to do something on the fly. I do have shell access. For example let's say that I have a bunch of...

Error with VPN to Linux

Hi! I have a linux server which i connect to from laptops through a vpn connection. I just set up 2 new laptops with xppro windows vista the same way as before and keep getting a 629 error. Any ideas?

Physical to virtual Linux

The following question was recently submitted by a user via e-mail: How do I convert a Linux server from physical to virtual (ESX)?

Windows Server 2008 - Error 0x80094801 Denied by Policy Module

Hi im trying to import a certificate request from a Linux server on a windows 2008 enterprise certificate authority domain controller. The certificate is in PKCS10 format. When I try to import it using the Microsoft certification authority tool I receive the following message: Log Name: ...

MySQL and JSP connection

I hosted my site and I got the mysql server. Now, I want to connect it with the jsp pages . I am not understanding how to use ip address in connection string and while creating DSN i used my local server that is tomcat. But my website is in linux server. Will it create a problem.

How to configure password less authentication for selected users?

I would like to configure password less authentication for my user id, so that I don't have type password when I logon using rsh to this server sing my ID.

Weird sharing problem in LAN after upgrading switch

Hi, first sorry for my bad English. Recently my company did a network upgrading (changing several units of old unmanaged 100mbps switch to a new managed 1gbps one, and do a correct new backbone cabling to avoid looping coz old cabling is a total mess). Everything went fine for a while. Then...

Citrix for Linux

I'm running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and need a virtual solution. Is there a comparable product to Citrix for Linux?

Configuration of Active Directory service

hello my name is pradeep . i want to make my computer as a linux server . i have install the redhat 5 enterprizes edition on my computer. what i chould do ?

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 email server error from Gmail

My e-mail server is getting a error response when sending mail to gmail accounts: status=deferred (host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[72.14.205.114] said: 451 4.5.0 SMTP protocol violation, see RFC 2821 s12si416928qbs.9 (in reply to end of DATA command)) What is it, and why this problem is...

Software Deployment

Are there any deployment tools for linux servers that would allow you to: automatize deploy new config over existing configs rollback to previous configs deploy/patch jars rollback to previous jars

how can we access the SAN/ storage which is attached to solaris server from a linux server/box over the network

how can we access the SAN/ storage which is attached to solaris server from a linux server/box over the network and the storage should be permanent even though we restart the linux box/server

Small Business Question

I've been asked to set up a Linux build in our 2003 server network to run and test open-source applications that will rival and outperform other applications for their cost. This linux box must serve a small handfull of users in Los Angeles and Europe and my network is in Phoenix Arizona. Will a...

Debian sometimes not responding?

Dear All, I'm have a debian server, sometimes some machines (in same LAN) can't connect on it with ssh and snmp doesn;t respond while ping command is responding. this is a random behaviuor and soon and without an chnage in configuration the machine responds with ssh and snmp!! while in the time...

what is the best STORAGE solution for ORACLE db - SAN or NAS ?

one of my project is very critical for the client . the application will run in 10 different sites . the infrastructure of each site will be : 4 linux servers (2 for ORACLE DB , 2 for websphere) + 1 linux/win server for backup software + DB oracle (~100GB) + storage. i have a very good experience...