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Burn remote data on to a disc
I have an ISO image in another system which I need to burn on my system. I can copy that image to my system using SCP and then do burning. But I would like to know, whether I can directly burn the ...
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What is a remote config server?
I found myself enabling one of my computer on LAN to connect to a server through port 1236. A check on the list of services show:
bvcontrol 1236/tcp rmtcfg # Daniel J. Walsh, Gracilis Packeten remote ...
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How can I remotely access linux servers
I have a couple of servers that I need to remotely monitor. Is there anyway that I can do that? Should I use vncviewer, ssh, or what?
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Error mounting dir from ext4 file system
I am trying to mount a directory on a ext4 type file system onto another linux box. Both boxes are on the same network
[root@localhost]# mount -o rw x.y.z.w:/home/lab /devbox
mount: wrong fs type, ...
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Color of the fonts in my remote terminal screen when using VI in linux
I notice one of my linux remote login window shows color in VI editor interface but another window doesn't show color. These 2 windows are remotely connected to 2 different server IP addresses.
May ...
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Check which network block devices are in use
How can I tell if a /dev/nbd* device is in use? Will "lsof" tell me? Or is there a better way? Is there an equivalent to "losetup -a" which will tell me the next free one?
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Can an eCryptfs Home Directory Be Backed Up Remotely
The main idea I want to have is a backup script run rsync to copy my /home/.Private/user directory off to another server. This would allow the backup script to have no knowledge of the data, but mean ...
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Remote control an Ubuntu machine from a Windows machine
How can I access and remotely control an Ubuntu 10.04 machine from my Windows XP machine. I googled this subject, and noticed that there are several options: someone people use VNC, while some use ...
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Symbolic Link local .jpg file to .jpg file on the internet
Is there any way to have a symbolic link that links a local .jpg file to a .jpg file on the internet in a l/unix environment?
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How do I work with GUI tools over a remote server?
I have an Ubuntu server running on EC2 (which I didn't install myself, just picked up an AMI). So far I'm using putty to work with it, but I am wondering how to work on it with GUI tools (I'm not ...
