I recently came across this problem. I have a Centos 5 server that I tried to update using yumex. I selected the updates I wanted and tried to apply the […]
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It Fixed It for Me – VMware ESXi server install.
Here is one that I hope someone finds useful.I recently was installing VMWare ESXi server on a Dell Optiplex GX280. Upon install I was getting an error about an invalid […]
Klok gets Linux Support
If you have tried Klok on Linux, you may have noticed that most for the drag and drop functions didn’t work. It turns out that, there were some issues in […]
ItFixed it for me – Nic Bonding on Linux to Double Network
This article will hopefully help someone using a Linux server with dual network cards.I have an HP DL380 server that on a nightly basis copies large amounts of data across […]
How to mount a NFS Share on Linux
This one may be a bit simple but it may help someone remember the syntax.This command will mount an NFS share in linux to an exisiting empty folder called /mountpoint. […]
How to get open file information on Linux
Here is a small command line util that I have used many times. It will show a list of open files on a linux system. I have used this command […]
10 Useful Linux Commands
It seems that most of my linux command posts are more popular than the others so I have decided to put a list together of some of the most popular […]
How to find files over X days old on Linux
This has come up a few times and I thought I would share it. If you need to find files in a directory over 60 days old /usr/bin/find /directory/to/look/in -atime […]
How to add a Swap Partition
These steps will create an additional swap partition on your system. 1. Create swap partition (This example uses IDE 2nd drive (/dev/hdb), 2nd partition). Use n command and make partition. […]
How to FTP files automatically.
The below script may come in handy for someone that needs to pull files for whatever reason to a separate location for processing. I realize that this is not the […]