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Find command: Exclude / Ignore Files ( Ignore Hidden .dot Files ) Posted: 31 Aug 2008 05:51 AM PDT Q. How do I ignore hidden .dot files while searching for files? How do I ignore or exclude certain files while running Linux / UNIX find command? Answer to "Find command: Exclude / Ignore Files ( Ignore Hidden .dot Files )" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

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Debian / Ubuntu Linux Install NTPD To Synchronism Clock With Internet Standard Time Servers Posted: 30 Aug 2008 06:18 AM PDT Q. How do I install and configure NTP ( Network Time Protocol ) daemon to keep my dedicated servers clock in sync? Answer to "Debian / Ubuntu Linux Install NTPD To Synchronism Clock With Internet Standard Time Servers" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

Bash Shell: Ignore Aliases / Functions When Running A Command Posted: 29 Aug 2008 08:31 AM PDT Q. How do I ignore shell aliases or function when running a command without removing alias / function from memory or current shell session? Answer to "Bash Shell: Ignore Aliases / Functions When Running A Command" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

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Linux: Run Quicken Personal Finance Management Software Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:31 AM PDT Q. How do I run Quicken personal finance management software or propitiatory Windows tax software under GNU/Linux? Answer to "Linux: Run Quicken Personal Finance Management Software" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

pdfimages: Extract and Save Images From A Portable Document Format ( PDF ) File Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:36 PM PDT Q. How do I extract images from a PDF file under Linux / UNIX shell account? Answer to "pdfimages: Extract and Save Images From A Portable Document Format ( PDF ) File" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

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Ground Defense Posted: 27 Aug 2008 07:49 PM PDT   I really love Glennz. I don’t think they are capable of releasing a bad tee. They are all golden. Seriously. This one is called Ground Defense. Share This

Stallion in Steel Grey, a Drifter Tee Posted: 27 Aug 2008 06:56 PM PDT Drifter’s Glory T-shirt is a vivid combination of stunning “Stallion” graphic and double layered fabric with neat, raw cut edges. The 100% cotton tee also exhibiting some holes and tears to create rough vintage look. You won’t waste your money on this $48 tee; there’s even a bonus Stallion-logo graphic art at the back side of the tee. Buy this T-shirt from Revolve Clothing Share This

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FreeBSD: How To Add A Second Hard Disk Posted: 27 Aug 2008 08:56 AM PDT Q. How do I add a second hard disk to my FreeBSD server? How do I partition, label and mount a new hard disk under FreeBSD for backup or additional data? Answer to "FreeBSD: How To Add A Second Hard Disk" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

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Superman Tee with Rock-n-Roll’s Touch Posted: 26 Aug 2008 05:13 AM PDT   Salvage’s Halftone Superman T-shirt is not like your classic, vintage Superman tee from the 80s. The vintage-washed tee has the most look of old school rock with the deconstructed graphics of Superman logo and allover crinkle. Wearing this tee, you’ll just like Superman who re-born again as rocker… Okay, that’s too much. Anyway, you can have this premium tee for $96 from Revolve Clothing.  Share This

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What To Do: Users Still Wants Telnet Posted: 26 Aug 2008 07:47 AM PDT TELNET (TELecommunication NETwork) is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN) connections. It was developed in late 60s with RFC 15. Telnet is pretty old for login into remote system and it has serious security problem. Most admins will recommend using Open SSH (secure shell) for all remote activities. But you may find users who are still demanding telnet over ssh as they are comfortable with Telnet. Some users got scripts written in 90s and they don't want to change it. So what do you do when users demands telnet? Read more: What To Do: Users Still Wants Telnet Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

Vbulltin PHP Xcache Displaying Same Forum Data For Both Boards Error and Solution Posted: 27 Aug 2008 06:16 AM PDT Q. I've followed your Xcache php 5.x opcode cacher installation under RHEL 5 for my vbulltin board. I see good boosting in performance. Now I've installed 2nd VB forum on the same server and I see all sub-forums hosted from 1st forum. So I had to disable Xcache. I want Xcache for both board on same host. How do I fix this mess? Answer to "Vbulltin PHP Xcache Displaying Same Forum Data For Both Boards Error and Solution" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

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Hot Topic Rocks the House with Band T-shirts Sale Posted: 23 Aug 2008 09:39 PM PDT There are two reasons why you buy bands’ merchandise apparel. First, you want to support your favorite bands (through profit from purchases you make). Second, band graphic tees are usually really cool. Of course, bands don’t want to make their fans embarrass by wearing ugly merchandise — that’s why their hire the best merch designers in town. If you still don’t get convinced, you may need third reason. Hot Topic is having a sale, “Buy one get the 2nd one for 50% off” for all its rock band tees collection. The band tee shirts collection including from big name like Slipknot, Motley Crue, Black Sabbath, The Deftones, etc.  The promo is will be until September 1st. Now hurry up! Share This

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MySQL: Change Default Port Under Linux / UNIX Posted: 26 Aug 2008 06:56 AM PDT Q.I'm using MySQL 5 under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. How do I change default mysql server port (tcp port 3306) under Linux or UNIX operating systems? Answer to "MySQL: Change Default Port Under Linux / UNIX" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

BIND: Stop Recursion DNS Under Linux / UNIX Posted: 26 Aug 2008 06:32 AM PDT Q. How do I stop recursion (recursive query) under BIND 9 DNS server? Answer to "BIND: Stop Recursion DNS Under Linux / UNIX" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

Linux: Check Ram Speed and Type Posted: 26 Aug 2008 06:19 AM PDT Q. How do I check RAM speed and type (line DDR or DDR2) without opening my computer? I need to purchase RAM and I need to know the exact speed and type installed. How do I find out ram information from a shell prompt? Answer to "Linux: Check Ram Speed and Type" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

PHP Redirect To Another URL / Page Script Posted: 25 Aug 2008 04:00 PM PDT Q. How do I redirect with PHP script? Answer to "PHP Redirect To Another URL / Page Script" Tell us how we're doing:: Please answer a few questions about your experience to help us improve nixCraft.

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Classic Pebbles Flintstones T-shirt by Junk Food Posted: 25 Aug 2008 01:20 AM PDT Do you still remember little cute Pebbles, the red-haired daughter of Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Yes, you do. And she comes back with Junk Food’s graphic vintage tee. The graphic art of the tee include illustration art of Pebbles, heart-shaped covered with banner read  “J’ AIME” which means “I love” in French. The Charcoal color made of 50% cotton/ 50% polyester, you can shop it from 80sTees.com. Don’t forget to check other Junk Food tees! Share This

Materialize Posted: 24 Aug 2008 07:33 AM PDT I haven’t posted a Tank Theory tee in far too long. This is my favorite design from their current line up. It’s very detailed and is similar to a lot of tank theory tee’s in that it’s a little, uhh… gross. Tank Theory claims the design to be of "jumbled hearts and gizzards." Umm… before seeing this I was pretty hungry. Now, not so much. Image: Tank Theory Share This

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Too Cool For School Posted: 25 Aug 2008 09:43 AM PDT Threadless is having a $12 per tee sale. Remember the good days for the $10 sale? Hmmmm… now we are up $2. What’s with that Threadless? Anyways, a sale is a sale. So if you’ve been wanting any Threadless tees, now is the time. Image: Threadless Share This

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Gulp! Posted: 19 Aug 2008 08:27 PM PDT I always knew the dark was scary. This just confirms it. Share This

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Apple Iphone In India Price Announced - Rs 31,000 For 8GB Model Posted: 20 Aug 2008 02:45 AM PDT Finally, Vodafone announces price of iPhone 3G Phone in India. There is an abyssal price gap between the US and India version. Read more: Apple Iphone In India Price Announced - Rs 31,000 For 8GB Model *** We value your opinion: What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? ***

Exploring Urchin Web Analytics Software Posted: 19 Aug 2008 01:21 PM PDT Urchin software comes with a number of utility programs that are used for diagnostic and configuration purposes. Let us see how to Linux tools to configure basic options. Read more: Exploring Urchin Web Analytics Software *** We value your opinion: What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? ***

Linux: Install Urchin 6 Web Analytics Software Posted: 19 Aug 2008 12:40 PM PDT Web analytics is the study of online behaviour in order to improve it. There are two categories; off-site and on-site web analytics. Google's Urchin 6 can be installed under Linux kernel 2.6 or 2.4 for Apache web log analysis. Urchin 6 is just like Google Analytics the most widely used hosted web analytics system. It is targeted at ecommerce web sites or enterprise users behind firewalls. In this mini series you will learn about installing and using web log analysis software called Google Urchin 6 under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x. Read more: Linux: Install Urchin 6 Web Analytics Software *** We value your opinion: What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? ***

psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "username" Error and Solution Posted: 19 Aug 2008 09:56 AM PDT Q. I've installed Postgresql under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x server. I've created username / password and database. But when I try to connect it via PHP or psql using following syntax: psql -d myDb -U username -W It gives me an error that read as follows: psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "username" How do I fix this error? Answer to "psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "username" Error and Solution" *** We value your opinion: What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? ***

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Vive La Paix T-Shirt Posted: 18 Aug 2008 10:20 PM PDT This sweet tee is specially reserved for peace-minded, positive youngster who smart, know how to say peace with style. This tee is featuring “Long live peace” phrase in multi-language: French, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Italian and German. You can bring this tee to your Euro trip or if you just want to teach your pals how to say the catchy phrase in other languages (but make sure to pronounce it correctly!) Grab this tee from Lucky Brand Jeans for $34 Share This

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Postfix Mail Server Security Update [moderate security impact] Posted: 18 Aug 2008 07:10 PM PDT Postfix MTA updated to fix security vulnerabilities such as incorrectly checks the ownership of a mailbox. In some configurations, this allows for appending data to arbitrary files as root. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact. Read more: Postfix Mail Server Security Update [moderate security impact] *** We value your opinion: What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? ***

Survey: Help Us Make nixCraft Better Site Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:02 PM PDT As the reader of this blog / site, you are our most important critic and commentator. I value your opinion and want to know what I'm doing right, what I could do better. I'm adding new sections and other contents. Understanding your background and professional experience will help me make this site more interesting and relevant to you and other readers of this site. What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? We value your opinion. Please click here to take survey. Thank you. Read more: Survey: Help Us Make nixCraft Better Site *** We value your opinion: What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? ***

Lighttpd Protect Different Directories With Different Password Files Posted: 18 Aug 2008 04:31 PM PDT There is a way to protect different directories with different username/password under Lighttpd server using conditionals directives. Read more: Lighttpd Protect Different Directories With Different Password Files *** We value your opinion: What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? ***

yum problems: Skip Packages With Broken Dependencies When Upgrading System Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:20 PM PDT Q. I made a mistake and added additional repo under CentOS / RHEL 5.x server. Now when I try to upgrade packages it gives me out broken dependencies / missing dependency error. How do I skip broken packages and apply updates to other installed software's? Answer to "yum problems: Skip Packages With Broken Dependencies When Upgrading System" *** We value your opinion: What types of additional content would you most like to see on nixCraft? ***

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The (Un)official Mexican Baseball League T-shirt Posted: 18 Aug 2008 01:40 AM PDT The player wear multi-colored Mexican fancy dress, poncho. But the fans would wear their own (un)official merchandise T-shirt of the Mexican Baseball League (MBL). Umm… it should be something like this: Buy this tee for $13.99 from T-shirt Bordello (no MBL fan membership card required)  Share This

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Red Hat Linux Static Routing Configuration Posted: 17 Aug 2008 08:23 AM PDT Q. I've two network interface connected to two different routers as follows: [a] eth0 LAN network 10.0.0.0/8 - gateway IP - 10.8.2.65 [b] eth1 ISP assigned network 202.54.22.128/28 - gateway IP - 202.54.22.129 I can only ping to public server but not to another servers inside LAN? I'm not able to route traffic via 10.8.2.65. How do I configure static routing under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x or CentOS Linux 5.2? Answer to "Red Hat Linux Static Routing Configuration" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Is that a fox? Posted: 16 Aug 2008 01:17 PM PDT I usually don’t like GIANT prints. But this one isn’t busy like most. It blends right into the background shirt. Now, how cool would this print be if it was on an asphalt tee? Share This

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Happy Birthday Debian Linux Posted: 16 Aug 2008 07:56 PM PDT Debian is known for strict adherence to the Unix and free software philosophies. Debian is also known for an abundance of options -- the current release includes over twenty-six thousand software packages. Today, Debian turns 15 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Read more: Happy Birthday Debian Linux Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

How To: Build an Embedded Linux Distribution From Scratch Posted: 16 Aug 2008 07:29 PM PDT Embedded Linux is the use of a Linux operating system in an embedded computer systems such as a mobile phones, personal digital assistants, media players etc. This tutorial shows you how to install Linux on a target system. Not a prebuilt Linux distribution, but your own, built from scratch. Read more: How To: Build an Embedded Linux Distribution From Scratch Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

View Installation / Uninstallation Script Inside The RPM File Posted: 16 Aug 2008 07:18 PM PDT Q. How do I view the pre / post installation or uninstallation script inside the RPM file called foo.rpm under Red Hat Enterprise Linux / RHEL / CentOS / Fedora / Suse Linux? How do I list the package specific scriptlet(s) that are used as part of the installation and uninstallation processes? Answer to "View Installation / Uninstallation Script Inside The RPM File" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Never be confused again. Posted: 15 Aug 2008 05:32 AM PDT Remember 5th grade science class? Remember being tested on whether it is a Stalagmite or a Stalactite? Well, if you still haven’t figured it out yet. This shirt will probably you help. Share This

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shoes - A cross-platform Windowing Applikit Posted: 15 Aug 2008 09:36 PM PDT Shoes is a very informal graphics and windowing toolkit. It's for making regular old apps that run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It's a blend of my favorite things from the Web, some Ruby style, and a sprinkling of cross-platform widgets. Shoes uses Ruby as its interface language. Read more: shoes - A cross-platform Windowing Applikit Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

What will desktop Linux be like four years from now? Posted: 15 Aug 2008 08:38 AM PDT InfoWeek has an interesting article about the open-source future - What Linux Will Look Like In 2012. Read more: What will desktop Linux be like four years from now? Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

Linux: Recover Corrupted Partition From A Bad Superblock Posted: 15 Aug 2008 06:33 PM PDT Q. How can I Recover a bad superblock from a corrupted ext3 partition to get back my data? I'm getting following error: /dev/sda2: Input/output error mount: /dev/sda2: can't read superblock How do I fix this error? Answer to "Linux: Recover Corrupted Partition From A Bad Superblock" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Bad Spellers Untie! T-shirt Posted: 13 Aug 2008 09:44 PM PDT It’s not only Procrastinate Now tee who will likely be popular for the upcoming school year. I put my bet on Bad Spellers Untie! T-Shirt from T-shirt Bordello ($13.99) and guess what, some adults would love to have this tee too (and me too!) This 100% cotton tee is available in both Men and Women’s size Share This

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The Spider’s Web Scoop Neck Crystal Tee Posted: 13 Aug 2008 01:58 AM PDT   Who said that spiders are scary, creepy, eerie, fearful, frightening, (and hairy)? No, it’s beautiful if you can see from different angle and Spider’s Web T-Shirt from Miss Me is just one example. The white, scoop neck T-shirt features the large crystal spider and web applique as creative art on both front and back side. It’s just gorgeous. Of course, the spider still leaves you with one scary thing… carefully washing this $87.50 T-shirt! You can grab this tee from Anonymous Venice another spider-inspired tee? check out the Lazer Cut Spider tee Share This

Dog Days of Summer, Every Dog Love it! (Plus, up to 60% Sale from Mishka) Posted: 12 Aug 2008 06:45 PM PDT   Dogs love summer (whatever they do) and you should to. To make room for Fall 2008 product, Mishka NYC’s remaining Summer & Spring T-shirts price have been lowered. Most items have been discounted as much as 40%. But with DOG DAYS OF SUMMER coupon code, you can even get additional 20% off — bring your total savings up to 60% when you shop at Mishka online store. And talking about Dog Days of Summer, you can’t miss this hilarious tee! *except for Mishka custom shop Share This

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Linux: How To Copy and Paste From the Command Line Posted: 12 Aug 2008 12:23 PM CDT Q. How do I copy and paste text or output from a shell prompt? How do I copy text from one terminal window and paste it on diffrent server window using mouse? Answer to "Linux: How To Copy and Paste From the Command Line" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

Linux: pathmunge Command in Shell Script Posted: 12 Aug 2008 11:46 AM CDT Q. I see pathmunge used in few scripts under Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Can you explain the use of pathmunge under RHEL / CentOS / Fedora Linux? Answer to "Linux: pathmunge Command in Shell Script" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

FreeBSD Find Out Network Card / Port Speed Posted: 12 Aug 2008 10:57 AM CDT Q. Under Linux I can use Ethtool and mii-tool, but they are not available under FreeBSD. How do I tell the port speed of the nic under FreeBSD operating system? Answer to "FreeBSD Find Out Network Card / Port Speed" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Finally, a T-shirt for Beer Pong Legend Posted: 11 Aug 2008 07:36 PM PDT Yes it is. Because everyone must now s/he is the beer pong legend in town who wait to be challenged. The blue color T-shirt is made of 100% Buttery-soft cotton and is a vintage wash for extra-added Softness. It makes you feel good when you wear it, so you can concentrate on your game. I guess this tee would be awesome as prize for beer pong contest too! Get this tee from the only Local Celebrity Share This

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dnsmasq Dns Cache Software Security Update To Fix DNS Spoofing Attacks Posted: 12 Aug 2008 05:55 AM CDT Red Hat has shipped a new version of its dnsmasq caching software to plug source UDP port bug. This could have made DNS spoofing attacks (CVE-2008-1447) easier. Dnsmasq is lightweight ultra fast dns cache server forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. Read more: dnsmasq Dns Cache Software Security Update To Fix DNS Spoofing Attacks Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

How To Install Puppet System Management Tool To Automate Tasks Across The Network Posted: 12 Aug 2008 05:20 AM CDT Puppet is an open source configuration management tool. It is written in Ruby. This software is considered as an alternative to Cfengine configuration management system. I've used Cfengine for pushing configurations, applying patches and so on. Read more: How To Install Puppet System Management Tool To Automate Tasks Across The Network Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

Download Of The Day: gOS A Lightweight Linux Distribution (ISO Images) Posted: 12 Aug 2008 04:54 AM CDT gOS is a Linux distribution, which is often advertised as "An alternative OS with Google Apps and other Web 2.0 apps for the modern user". gOS is based on the Ubuntu distribution and a GUI largely imitative of Mac OS X Leopard. Read more: Download Of The Day: gOS A Lightweight Linux Distribution (ISO Images) Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Yes I’m looking at you. Posted: 11 Aug 2008 04:14 AM PDT Is anyone else a little creeped out by this guy? Maybe that’s why it’s so intriguing. This super sized print is called "Too much work eat my face" and is from our buddies at Design By Humans. Share This

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Comparison: Linux Disk Scheduler Posted: 09 Aug 2008 08:43 PM CDT I've already written about changing the I/O scheduler for hard disk under Linux and avoiding sudden outburst of disk I/O using ionice utility. Google has sponsored Gelato@UNSW to take a close look at the disk schedulers in Linux, particularly when combined with RAID. They have now published their findings. Read more: Comparison: Linux Disk Scheduler Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

Download of the day: Vim Text Editor 7.2 Posted: 09 Aug 2008 08:23 PM CDT VIM text editor version 7.2 has been released and available for download. There are many bug fixes and updated runtime files. The only new feature worth mentioning is support for floating point. Read more: Download of the day: Vim Text Editor 7.2 Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Paid Support From Novell / Red Hat Not Important for Linux Adoption Posted: 09 Aug 2008 06:30 AM CDT Companies are increasingly choosing free community-driven Linux distributions instead of commercial offerings with conventional support options from Red Hat or Novell due to dissatisfaction with the cost of support services. Read more: Paid Support From Novell / Red Hat Not Important for Linux Adoption Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

Linux Create a Custom Gnome Login Desktop Screen Posted: 09 Aug 2008 08:35 AM CDT Q. I'd like to keep same login screen for my school Linux desktop system lab. How do I create a custom gnome login screen or menu under CentOS or Ubuntu Linux desktop systems? Answer to "Linux Create a Custom Gnome Login Desktop Screen" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Interesting stuff - Aug 8, 2008 Posted: 07 Aug 2008 06:34 PM CDT => Cisco 7200 Simulator for Linux. If you decided to study for the Cisco certification, this tool may come handy. Howtoforge has detailed tutorial on setting up a Cisco lab on Linux system. Dynagen is a front-end for use with the Dynamips Cisco router emulator. It uses an INI-like configuration file to provision Dynamips emulator networks. It takes care of specifying the right port adapters, generating and matching up those pesky NIO descriptors, specifying bridges, frame-relay, ATM switches, etc. It also provides a management CLI for listing devices, suspending and reloading instances, determining and managing idle-pc values, performing packet captures, etc. => You can capture video of all of the amazing things happening on your desktop with one of Linux's many screencasting applications. These programs are perfect for creating demonstrations for blogs and tutorials, and for illustrating projects with more than just still images. => Postfix Daily Quota reportA shell script hack to create daily quota report for a Posfix mail server including file system usage of each e-mail account. => The developers of Firefox have unveiled an experimental project, Snowl, designed to gather all your inbound communications, whether they're in the form of email, RSS, Twitter, or social network updates. => IBM has marked its 10 years of participation in Linux and open source with an open source code contribution focused on supercomputing. The software is available immediately from a software repository run by the University of Illinois's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). => Regular nixcraft contributed Ramesh has published simple 6 steps to secure home wireless router / network => LinuxLeak is a new daily destination for all your Linux and Open Source news headlines, updated every 15 minutes. Read more: Interesting stuff - Aug 8, 2008 Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

Should You Buy An Extended Warranty For Computer? Posted: 07 Aug 2008 05:09 PM CDT Most computer manufacturer try to sell you extended warranty or a service contract. These warranty covers two years past the manufacturer's one year warranty. Most sales employees or OEM (manufacturers) make so much commission from selling extended warranties. This is nothing but rip-offs, IMHO. Read more: Should You Buy An Extended Warranty For Computer? Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Ubuntu Linux Install GDesklets GNOME Program Posted: 06 Aug 2008 10:52 AM CDT Q. How do I install GDesklets GNOME program under Ubuntu Linux to enhance my desktop? Answer to "Ubuntu Linux Install GDesklets GNOME Program" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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The Largest Wifi Wireless Cracking Ever - ID Fraud Case Posted: 06 Aug 2008 08:40 AM CDT The US authorities have charged 11 people in connection with the theft of credit-card details in the country's largest-ever identity theft case. The cracking was done using nothing but wireless routers and by driving around neighbourhoods and cracking into wireless equipment. I've already written about few basic tips about securing wifi router. Read more: The Largest Wifi Wireless Cracking Ever - ID Fraud Case Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

psad: Linux Detect And Block Port Scan Attacks In Real Time Posted: 06 Aug 2008 09:48 AM CDT Q. How do I detect port scan attacks by analyzing Debian Linux firewall log files and block port scans in real time? How do I detect suspicious network traffic under Linux? Answer to "psad: Linux Detect And Block Port Scan Attacks In Real Time" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Midori OS: Microsoft Sees End of Windows Era Posted: 04 Aug 2008 05:18 PM CDT Midori operating system is the code name for a microkernel-based operating system written as managed code, being developed at Microsoft, mooted as a possible successor to Microsoft Windows by many. Midori will use the Internet to operate and data will be stored on central Microsoft server. It will remove the role of a single PC. Read more: Midori OS: Microsoft Sees End of Windows Era Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Good Records Presents The Hold Steady Live At The Loft Tuesday August 5th...

Good Records Presents
The Hold Steady w/ The Loved Ones
Tuesday August 5, 2008
The Loft
1135 S. Lamar At The Palladium Ballroom
Tickets available at Ticketmaster locations

This should be a rocker...Mark Church will be on hand selling cds and giving out free high fives.

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How To Install Fedora Linux On PlayStation 3 ( PS 3 ) Posted: 04 Aug 2008 08:18 AM CDT Great information on how to install Fedora Linux on PS3. In this article, first in a series, Peter Seebach introduces the features and benefits of PS3 Linux, and explains some of the issues that might benefit from a bit of tweaking. Read more: How To Install Fedora Linux On PlayStation 3 ( PS 3 ) Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

dnstop: Monitor BIND DNS Server (DNS Network Traffic) From a Shell Prompt Posted: 04 Aug 2008 05:40 AM CDT Q. How do I monitor my Bind 9 named (or any other dns server) server traffic / network traffic under Linux? How do I find out and view current DNS queries such as A, MX, PTR and so on in real time? How do I find out who is querying my DNS server or specific domain or specific dns client IP address? Answer to "dnstop: Monitor BIND DNS Server (DNS Network Traffic) From a Shell Prompt" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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FreeBSD php5-posix-5.2.6 has known vulnerabilities error - Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/php5-posix. Posted: 02 Aug 2008 06:08 PM CDT Q. When I run make install clean for php5-extensions port, I'm dumped with the following error: => Please update your ports tree and try again. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/php5-posix. *** Error code 1 How do I fix this problem? Answer to "FreeBSD php5-posix-5.2.6 has known vulnerabilities error - Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/php5-posix." Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

How To Back Up a Web Server Posted: 02 Aug 2008 10:25 AM CDT Q. I'm using Red Hat Enterprise Linux based Apache web server. How do I backup my Apache webserver, MySQL and PostgreSQL database to another disk called /backup and then copy it to other offsite backup ssh server called backup.example.com? Answer to "How To Back Up a Web Server" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Free Software Usability Issues and Solutions Posted: 02 Aug 2008 09:14 AM CDT Many of these problems are not specific to Free Software in particular, but to volunteer software. Hobbyist proprietary programs often have poor designs for many of the same reasons. But the easiest way of getting volunteers to contribute to a program is to make it open source. Read more: Free Software Usability Issues and Solutions Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

BSD FTP-Proxy: PF Firewall Allow Outgoing Active / Passive FTP Connections Posted: 01 Aug 2008 10:44 PM CDT Q. I've FreeBSD based Apache webserver. I need to allow outgoing ftp client requests so that BSD ports collection can download from various ftp sites. How do I allow outgoing FTP connection via PF network firewall software under FreeBSD or OpenBSD operating system? Answer to "BSD FTP-Proxy: PF Firewall Allow Outgoing Active / Passive FTP Connections" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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Good Records Presents The Fight Bite CD Release BYOB Party This Saturday 6pm

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UPCOMING INSTORE PERFORMANCES
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Saturday August 2, 2008-Fake Blood-6pm
Fake Blood from Austin will surprise us all.

Saturday August 2, 2008-Nouns Group-7pm
Nouns Group will make a rare Dallas apperance to celebrate the release of Fight Bite's debut album.

Saturday August 2, 2008-Fight Bite-8pm
Jeff and Leany aka Fight Bite will perform songs from their excellent debut album "Emerald Eyes." We are excited to have them perform at Good Records again.

Good Records
1808 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75206
214-752-4663
www.goodrecords.com

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10 Ultimate Rules for Effective System Administration Posted: 31 Jul 2008 03:49 PM CDT The following 10 items are guidelines more than rules, that I have learned over the years doing intensive work on the IT infrastructure. These guidelines are mostly common sense and can be helpful for anybody who administers an IT system, including Linux/Windows Administrator, Network Administrator and DBA. Read more: 10 Ultimate Rules for Effective System Administration Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

Linux Error: curses.h: No such file or directory Problem Solution Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:51 PM CDT Q. I see following error when I run make command to install specific software: curses.h: No such file or directory Problem Solution How do I fix this error under Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS / Fedora Linux? Answer to "Linux Error: curses.h: No such file or directory Problem Solution" Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks!

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