Red Hat creates, maintains, and contributes to many free software projects and has also acquired several proprietary software packages and released their source code under mostly GNU GPL while holding copyright under single commercial entity and selling looser licenses. As of February 2009, Red Hat ...
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Red Hat/Gnome: How to automatically open and arrange terminals in different workspaces
I want to open and arrange several terminals in different workspaces when a specific user logs in. For example, in workspaces 1, 2 and 3, I want to open and arrange 4 terminals in each workspace. I ...
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monitoring the number of mv/rename per second on linux redhat
How can you monitor the number of mv/rename per second inside a specific directory/file system, for one particular user, on linux (redhat) ?
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iptables Administration in Redhat
Normally (that is, on Debianish systems), when you have to add a firewall rule uou have to put a defenition in the iptables.d/ directory and restart iptables. I can easily write a script to do this on ...
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change default shell from zsh to bash
I'm trying to change my default shell in RHEL5 from zsh to bash.
I tried to the methods mentioned in this thead. By typing sudo /usr/bin/chsh -s /bin/bash, the system says sudo: /usr/bin/chsh: ...
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installing git version of gnu screen on a rh6 linux with no root permissions
How I would go about installing git version of gnu screen on a centos with no root permissions?
I tried this:
mkdir ~/work
cd ~/work
git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/screen.git
cd screen/src
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How to install windows xp and Redhat Linux in one hard disk dirve
I have 500 GB Hard disk drive and I created 5 partition c,d,e,f,g. I installed windows xp on c drive and I stored some important file, games on d,e,f. My g (20 GB free Space) partition is totally ...
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How to tell when RedHat was last updated
I have a RHEL 5 server and I want to know the last date in which it was updated.
Is this technically feasible? If yes, how?
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Displayport + VGA dual monitor in Redhat 6.2
I just got a new computer at work that only has a single DIsplay Port and a single VGA.
I can get the dual monitors in Redhat 6.2 to detect both monitors - but they both display the same thing, and I ...
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Setting default desktop in CentOS 6.2
In centos 4 and 5 I used to select desktop (KDE or Gnome) when I login and set if it's for this session only or permanent selection. In CentOS 6 I can also select desktop ... only after I enter my ...
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Dual booting windows 7 and rhel 6
i have burned an iso image of rhel 6
i have an intel chip Core i5 processor
as redhat says for intel computers you need 64bit version i have done as prescribed.
in windows 7 in disk management i have ...
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What's different between Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS?
When I do cat /etc/redhat-release, I got this.
#CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.5 (Tikanga)
It looks Red Hat Enterprise Linus is originated from CentOS. Anyway I want ...
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chrome with linux
I'm a bit of a Linux noob. I'm on a brand new desktop running RedHat and just trying to get Chrome going. Following a guide, I was told to download the .deb file, then to run sudo dpkg on that deb ...
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How to install “mail”
I'm trying to install "mail" on a Red Hat 4.1.2-48 box. I tried:
yum install mail
It prints out:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.anl.gov
* ...
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Move jboss install from one redhat box to another
I have an old jboss installation running on an old RHEL box that I would like to move to another upgraded RHEL, joss version is 3.2.3.
Would it be sufficient to move the jboss directory or does it ...
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How to list recent yum updates
Last night I have updated one of my RedHat systems from 6.1 to 6.2.
There were a few hundred updates.
How can I list the recent updates that was applied to my system?
I have tried yum list recent but ...
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Can't install Gearman on Red Hat
I'm having problems installing Gearman from Red Hat on Amazon. I couldn't find a repo so I downloaded Gearman version .25, installed it and installed drizzle from their repo using:
yum install ...
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System Errors on redhat
I use aja box for HPZ800 and ı just want to give video to Oled monitor. However I think that there is a problem on aja box and I get bad screen.
Is there any commands that check the system ...
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Cannot launch Firefox with Selenium on linux RedHat 5.3
Im new to Linux. I installed a new version of firefox onto my linux machine(extract bz2 to folder). So when i click on the web browser button, it would launch firefox 3.6
However, when i use ...
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Back up on Redhat
Before installing Autodesk I have to back up all the files, videos, pictures etc.
I don't have any idea how to do.
Is there anybody who has an idea for this issue ?
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How to install CentOS 5 or Redhat 5 on USB Key or external HD
How to install CentOS 5 or Redhat 5 on USB key/HD external? I don't want to create multi-boot (with Windows 7)which mean just when I need a Linux machine by connecting usb I have downloaded LinuxLive ...
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Unable to change root password under single user mode
I'm using redhat el 5.4. I was trying to change the root password under single user mode. I got no error when I ran passwd.
However, when I boot from normal mode, my new password is still not ...
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Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in
I'm having this issue with my music player (Rhythmbox Music Player) on my Linux (SL)
it says:
Couldn't start playback
Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in
I have all plug-ins installed ...
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How to get xterm on RHE6 and centOS6 stock installs?
I have a library of virtual machines on which I am running product testing, and I am encountering an issue with xterm not being found.
Originally I thought xterm was a basic terminal installed across ...
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Are there any linux distributions similar to RedHat 5 Enterprise?
I want to install RedHat 5 Enterprise Edition server to my home pc. I will install servers and clients on virtual machines using Virtual box and study server-client structure at home. But RedHat EE is ...
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Unable to install synergy on red hat 5.4
I'm trying to install Synergy on Red Hat Linux 5.4 but I'm getting the below errors:
rpm -ivh synergy-1.3.8-Linux-x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.11)(64bit) is ...
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“remember” option missing in “open with” dialogue in Gnome
I am using Scientific Linux 6.1 on a lab computer which runs Gnome 2.28.2 and I cannot set it to remember "Open with" settings for file types. It has the "Open with" menu, but it doesn't have the ...
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Making log message priority show up in syslog
I'm using Red Hat 6.0 on a testing server. My code contains
syslog(pri,"(%u)%s",(unsigned int)getTid(),buf);
The log message in syslog looks like
(18597)DES=Recved confirmation of successful ...
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Under ISPConfig 3 no account can login since resetting my MySQL root password
I am running ISPConfig 3 under CentOS and I had to manually reset my MySQL root account password yesterday. Since resetting the password I haven't been able to login to ISPConfig's web interface with ...
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I believe I've deleted MySQL root user, how do I recreate it?
I'm running ISPConfig on CentOS and I don't know how, but I don't seem to have a root mysql user.
I can stop mysqld with
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
Start it again and skip grant tables
mysqld_safe ...
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ANT_HOME doesn't match up with ant -version
I started out by trying to run ant on a java program in a RH terminal.
BUILD FAILED
/home/phuong3/soar/soarRepos2/soar/tools/trunk/build.xml:187: Compiler Adapter 'javac1.6' can't be found.
Total ...
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Can I install Linux on a USB flash drive?
I want to install Red Hat Linux on my flash drive. Is there a way that I can do this?
I tried a lot found through searching, but couldn't get a satisfactory answer. In fact, if I try the same for ...
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CPU L3 cache miss and hit ratio details
How can i see the CPU L3 cache miss and hit ratio details in Rtedhat Linux box?
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Change Mac Address of VPN & static IP to VPN in RedHat?
How can I change the MAC address for VPN in RedHAT Linux Server 5?
[crap@localhost ~]$ /sbin/ifconfig -a | grep HWaddr
cipsec0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:EC:A8:09:5C
eth0 Link ...
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Cannot Connect to Internet after MAC Address Change
My PC internet connection is through Dlink router. Now, I changed my mac address of RHEL5 by running below lines:
[crap@localhost ~]$ /sbin/ifconfig -a | grep HWaddr
cipsec0 Link encap:Ethernet ...
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redhat cycle through workspace switcher
This is redhat enterprise. I can't seem to install wmctrl (sudo yum search can't find it; about to get all source dependencies to compile).
I can go from 1->2->3 and 3->2->1, but I'd like to be able ...
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Linux command to show which ports are being listened to by services
Under Linux, which command can show the ports currently being listened to by services?
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How to prevent the RPM from freezing?
I've tried to install several things using redhat's RPM, but every time I try it freezes when the progress bar arrives to "Processing Headers"
I've tried rebuilding the rpm's database
rpm ...
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How to install java on linux without using RPM?
I'm running java under a Red Hat Linux 3.4.6 and I have java version 1.4.2 installed somewhere.
I've downloaded and installed the tar.gz file for java jdk7. I've gunzipped the file and also added the ...
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How do you automatically detect a new network card in CentOS 6 / RedHat?
I'm using CentOS 6 in a virtual environment. When cloning a virtual version of CentOS, the old eth adapters are "removed" and replaced with new ones and net MAC addresses. However, the ifcfg-ethn ...
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Installing redhat in VirtualBox
I'm having trouble installing red hat 6 in VirtualBox on a Fedora 15 host. As soon as I choose install from the initial menu, I get this kernel error. I can't copy and paste the error so here is a ...
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RedHat - How to stack folders?
Every time I open a folder and double-click on another folder inside, another folder opens up. If I am finding a file burried in a folder, many folders will open before I can reach the file and then ...
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Remote login without using password in Linux
I am new to the Linux operating system. I am using Red Hat Linux.
Can anyone tell me how to use remote services to login to a remote machine without providing the password?
Are there any commands in ...
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How to reassign Ethernet interfaces on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
I have two HP servers which have a total of 10 Ethernet ports each, both running RHEL 5.7. I need to make sure that Ethernet ports are mapped to the same devices in Linux on both systems (see below) ...
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Gnome setup to show icons for windows along bottom of screen?
I am using Gnome window manager on RedHat Enterprise Linux v2.6.9-67 and recently my Gnome sessions started behaving differently and I do not know what I did to cause this or to restore the old ...
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How can I determine on my system where process substitution creates FIFO files?
I'm writing a C++ application and need to work with process substitution in the Bash shell.
I'm trying to find a way to validate the paths passed as arguments to my program, some of which point to ...
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After changing the clock of the hypervisor (KVM), the virtual machine hangs
I use Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 as the hypervisor to run virtual machine. The KVM guest OS is Windows 7. If I change the clock in Redhat, Windows may hang, and I can't move mouse in Windows desktop. ...
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Unzip individual files from multiple zip files and extract those individual files to home directory
I would like to unzip individual files. These files have a .txt extension. These files also live within multiple zipped files. Here is the command I'm trying to use.
unzip -jn ...
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Installing Octave on Red Hat
I am trying to reinstall Octave on Red Hat. I currently have Octave 2.4 installed on the computer, but it is too old and some of my scripts are not running.
On the Octave wiki it says:
Octave is ...
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Linux + how to verify mirror configuration on linux red-hat with cfggen utility
I find the utility cfggen
I want to verify disk mirror configuration on my blade machine with this utility
so I run the utility as the following
./cfggen controller DISPLAY
but please advice how to ...
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changed password is not updated for chroot-ed environment
I have a RHEL box or development. I changed my user and root passwords on it and I can see the change in effect. However, I have a chroot environment on this box and the changed passwords do not work ...
