A few weeks ago, I wrote an article on How To Run Multiple X Sessions Without Virtualization, which demonstrated how you can run multiple desktop environments at the same time on the same computer, and switch between them at the push of a button. I admit, this was somewhat of a warmup for the [...]
There are various ways to try Debian before you ‘buy’ it. One is the live CD either Debian or Ubuntu, and the other is to run a self contained install from a USB drive. Seeing as these handy little gadgets are getting larger and cheaper as time goes in, this is a pretty viable method
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There is no doubt that a Linux system is many times more secure than a Windows one. That isn’t an excuse to ignore risk however, as there are still ways to compromise a system. The internet is still the modern equivalent of the Wild West and you need to protect yourself whatever you do.
Installing a
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Every modern operating system has some sort of startup routine. Even DOS had the old AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. The startup system defines what is launched on system startup, under what conditions, and in what order. DOS did things the simple way, having a file that was read on every boot that would [...]
This is just a short “quick fix” post.
For those who need it, here’s a quick fix when you get an error message like this:
“W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc1d_0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.2_amd64.deb Size mismatch”
It’s an error I received when the auto update feature was working in Ubuntu Linux. I double checked my sources.list file, but it was okay.
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Almost two years after Etch, Debian is putting the much-anticipated Lenny release on the proverbial shelves. There are some pretty nice new features in this release. In this article, we’re going to cover installation, basic setup, disk encryption, and try out some of Lenny’s new moves.
Introduction
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Bonding is creation of a single bonded interface by combining 2 or more ethernet interfaces. This helps in high availability and performance improvement.
How to setup dual-dual bonding (two bonds of two interfaces each) on Ubuntu as quickly as possible.
1. Add two lines to /etc/modules
bonding bond0 -o bond0 mode=1 miimon=100
bonding bond1 -o bond1 mode=1 miimon=100
If you’re
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Linux has excellent software-based RAID built into the kernel. Unfortunately information on configuring and maintaining it is sparse. Back in 2003, O’Reilly published Managing RAID on Linux and that book is still mostly up to date, but finding clear instructions on the web for setting up RAID has become a chore.
Here is how to install
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This is one of the problem faced by many person’s“what if i lost the root password”First thing that comes in mind is “use single user mode” but the answer is NO.
coz debian takes the system security to one more level up and by default ask’s for the root password.
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Cacti is a web based PHP/MySql graphing solution using the RRDtool engine. Classically, it can graph network bandwidthes with SNMP. But in fact, a lot of different graphs can be done with snmp, shell or perl scripts.
Cacti’s strength lies in the fact that it can be installed and used incredibly easily. You don’t [...]
Rancid for “Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ” is a tool that will automatically backup your network device configurations and will be able to compare the different versions with CVS (Concurrent Version System). To save the configurations, Rancid will log into the network devices and copy the configurations. Thus, [...]