This is for the CentOS user out there. Sometimes when you try to search for rpm packages, the only thing that you find is the source file. I like to create rpm file usingfrom source file: 1. save the source file(usually in tar.gz or tar.bz2 format) 2. extract the files-> tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz or […]
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This tutorial will explain How to change the boot splash screen image for 10.04 Open the terminal and run the following commands sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow Then logout, and you’ll see an Appearance window pop up. Change it to how you prefer it, then close it and login as usual. When you have logged in […]
Hi , Today i did my ubuntu upgrade just small easy command ,ubuntu 9.10 installation to 10.04 the magic command is sudo do-release-upgrade
How to : mysqladmin command to change root password If you have never set a root password for MySQL, the server does not require a password at all for connecting as root. To setup root password for first time, use mysqladmin command at shell prompt as follows: $ mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD However, if […]
recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU / linux that attempt to be easy to use, yet also effective at it’s primary task. As such, the program is separated in two parts; a simple command line tool that performs the basic tasks of capturing and encoding and an interface that exposes the program functionality […]
Increase Minimum Password Length The default minimum length for OpenBSD login passwords is 6 characters. To increase this to 10 characters, simply edit the /etc/login.conf file. Edit the /etc/login.conf file default: :path=/usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/local/bin: :umask=022: :datasize-max=512M: :datasize-cur=512M: :maxproc-max=128: :maxproc-cur=64: :openfiles-cur=128: :stacksize-cur=4M: :localcipher=blowfish,6: :ypcipher=old: :tc=auth-defaults: :minpasswordlen=8: :tc=auth-ftp-defaults: Adding the :minpasswordlen=8: line under the […]
OopenBSD : How to enable dhcp Login to server #cp /etc.rc.cong /etc/rc.conf.backup #vi /etc /rc.conf add following value to /etc/rc.conf dhcpd_flags=”YES”
OpenBSD’s timezone it set from the /etc/localtime binary file which will be soft linked (symbolic link) to one of the files located in the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory structure. How to , 1. Configuring the timezone is done using the /etc/localtime file. 2. Locate your timezone file in the /usr/share/zoneinfo/ directories. 3. Changing your timezone to Los […]
How To allow access to AIM, Yahoo, Gtalk and MSN Messenger through Squid Proxy ? To proxy and to allow AIM, MSN, Yahoo and GTalk Instant Messenger traffic via with Squid, change/add the following line in the Squid configuration file # Allow AIM protocols acl AIM_ports port 5190 9898 6667 acl AIM_domains dstdomain .oscar.aol.com […]