Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercially supported Linux distribution.
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What files does authconfig modify on RHEL?
I am trying to allow RHEL to use login accounts that are created on the system, but use the passwords from Active Directory. I have seen someone use:
authconfig \
--enablekrb5 \
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Re-ordering serial ports on a multiport card
I have a Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 machine with two on-board serial ports and a PCIe card with 8 additional serial ports (16C950 UARTs, 16C550 compliant). I've added the kernel option 8250.nr_uarts=10 so ...
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opengl/glx core dumps - generic intel linux drivers, RHEL6
Recently, I switched from using a dedicated ATI video card and proprietary drivers to the onboard Intel video card and default/generic Intel drivers because the ATI video card was damaged and I ...
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Where do installed RPMs go?
I download and install packages on my Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 machine using YUM package manager in command-line mode.
When I install apk files on my Android phone, they go to /data/app ...
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Assigning static device path
I have 4 flash cards plugged in, sequentially named by system:
/dev/sda1
/dev/sdb1
/dev/sdc1
/dev/sdd1
I want to assign static pathes to them, so every time the system boots up their pathes will ...
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Install Chrome on RedHat 6.2 without root? [duplicate]
My work computer is locked down so tight I can't even run an update. I have Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.2 (Santiago) running GNOME 2.28.2. I need to install Chrome without ROOT access and ...
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Benefits of rpm over deb in the context of a server? [closed]
This related question What are the pros/cons of deb vs. rpm? seems to be more focused on personal computers, but in the context of a server, why do most of the servers run either RedHat / CentOS or ...
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Error while loading shared libraries after installing a program
I was installing rfc5766-turn-server.
But it fails to launch with an error:
error while loading shared libraries: libevent_core-2.0.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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No idea how to troubleshoot Bugzilla email issue
I'm a complete n00b when it comes to Bugzilla (and complex perl applications in general) so don't assume any level of knowledge in that area. If I haven't documented it in this post, assume I haven't ...
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Invalid cross-device link while Hardlinking in the same file system
I have /home/myuser/Desktop/rc/.netrc file that i want hardlink to /root, ie home directory of root user.
When i do:
ln /home/user/Destkop/rc/.netrc /root
it gives the following error:
ln: ...
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Bonded Interface Pair Performance Difference b/w CentOS 6 and RHEL 6
I have two new dell servers, both pretty close to the same hardware. One has RHEL6 installed and one has CentOS 6 installed.
I have the machines configured identically from a network-scripts, ...
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RHEL6 Install MySql-Python without internet connection?
Using RHEL 6 how can you install MySql-Python package without a internet connection?
I can SCP files to the server but our current restrictions do not allow a direct or proxy connection to the ...
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Best way to release an RPM that includes an independently version module
I work on a server software that is targeted for RHEL/CentOS and is currently distributed via a standard RPM file. What brings me here is that it includes a downloadable client engine that users can ...
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Troubleshooting Linux performance using KSAR utility
How can I go about troubleshooting Linux performance using the KSAR utility? I already have the data from sar** (sar01, sar02, etc.), but don't have any pointers as to what data relates to what?
I am ...
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Distro agnostic init script dependencies
I'm trying to write an init script which will be able to handle basic dependencies (for example, It has to be started (just) before MySQL service starts). Is there a distro agnostic way to write such ...
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Difference between sar -W and sar -B ?
What is the difference between the output from sar -W and sar -B they seem to be similar but the man pages only confuse me further on this matter any who clarify this for me ?
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How to install GNOME 3 on RHEL6?
I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, it has Gnome GUI, but it is very simple and not like Ubuntu's GUI.
I want to install/upgrade my GNOME Desktop Environment to its latest release.
How can I do ...
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why bash history overlap the prompt when scroll up in the history? [duplicate]
I customized my bash prompt, PS1 value.
~/.bashrc:
Color_Off='\e[0m' # Text Reset
BGreen='\e[1;32m' # Green
BPurple='\e[1;35m' # Purple
BWhite='\e[1;37m' # White
...
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Permission error to access mounted directory in localhost
OK, I formatted my flash to ext4 file system,
changed all the permissions to 777 and mounted it to /var/www/html/web.
Now, when i access localhost/web it gives the following error:
"You don't have ...
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How to install MySql on Red Hat 6.1?
I am trying to install MySQL-server-5.6.12-1.el6.i686.rpm on a Red Hat Enterprise 6.1 server.
I receive the following error:
rpm -Uvh MySQL-server-5.6.12-1.el6.i686.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
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how to change a file in user mode and not in root mode in RHEL6?
There is a common file which is accessed by both root and user.i want to change that file from user mode and that should not effect root and viceversa. how to do this in RHEL6?
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How to edit file from grub prompt in RHEL6?
I changed the file which is in /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop and now I want to change it back to its original state from a GRUB prompt because now my system is not able to login.
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Logging %pre during kickstart - logfile doesn't exist after boot
I am kickstarting several EL6 systems and I want to log the actions taken in my %pre section.
I know that I can log the %post section per the hints provided by centos.org: Tips and tricks for ...
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How can I determine which commands are installed by default on Ubuntu, CentOS and Red Hat?
I was surprised to discover that curl didn't come bundled as part of Ubuntu. Is there a canonical list of included components Linux commands that I can check for these three operating systems?
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how to add desktop session field to gnome panel in RHEL6?
i want to add desktop session filed to gnome panel in the RHEL6
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ksappend does not work in RHEL/CO 6 any more? [migrated]
I am currently in the progress of migrating our kickstart-files from CentOS 5 to CentOS 6.
In CentOS 5 there was a nice anaconda/kickstart-statement that allowed the inclusion of other ...
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Installing puppet on RHEL6
While installing puppet on RHEL6 I'm getting the following errors.
Though I have installed ruby gems, I'm getting problems with ruby gems dependencies. How do I solve this problem?
[root@INFINI-ONE ...
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Undefined reference to gzopen64 when building samtools
I am trying to install the software package samtools0.1.19. When I run make, I get errors:
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -o samtools bam_tview.o bam_plcmd.o sam_view.o bam_rmdup.o bam_rmdupse.o bam_mate.o ...
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Which filesystems can RHEL 5 read from and write to?
Which filesystems can RHEL 5 read from and write to? Are there any that work but not well? I'm partitioning and external hard drive and I haven't been able to find a comprehensive list anywhere.
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Let pam module use hostname -s
Our hostname command gives back the servername.domain.
This is in conflict with our authentication mechanism with our Active Directory.
Is it possible to let the pam module use hostname -s (the ...
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On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 how can i use Python 2.7 as default not Python 2.6? I did but still showing 2.6
RHEL 6.2 i have python 2.6 but i need default python 2.7 using yum packaging (so that nothing goes messed up, cause its a heavy duty working system, all i need the python 2.7 on it, without messing ...
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YUM UPDATE stuck forever
I created repository for RHEL 5.6 . There was already an exiting repository for RHEL5.2 which I deleted.
And i run following commands
yum clean all
yum clean metadata
then, Yum list all
It list all ...
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Can you create a volumegroup in LVM that all the Logical volumes created under it will be thin provisioned?
I would like to know if it is possible to create a volumegroup in LVM that all the Logical volumes created under it will be thin provisioned?
This will be used on RHEL 6 which does include thin ...
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How to automate connecting to multiple network devices, running a command and saving the output to a file?
I have to run a command on around 1000 network devices and save the output to a file. In a file I have a list of all the network device names that have to be connected to using SSH. I then have to run ...
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Boot up problem with RHEL 6
I restarted my RHEL 6 box and now I can't get past the logo screen. I tried booting without the splash screen so I could see what's going on, and I'm getting an error message saying something along ...
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Copy website from RedHat to CentOS
We currently have our website and website's CMS hosted on a dedicated host which runs Red Hat. We want to remove Red Hat and install CentOS instead.
My question: is there a straight forward way of ...
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What are the chkconfig directives (classic style) into init.d scripts?
To ask my question, I must first clarify the context.
Every init script in /etc/init.d (on RedHat and Centos distros) is prepared to be managed with the chkconfig command-line tool utility.
This ...
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Errors in Syslog
Im getting this error on one of the server
May 21 16:45:42 ERPSSO gconfd (root-24528): Failed to write "/root/.gconf/apps/puplet/%gconf.xml": Failed to move temporary file ...
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Identifying MaxSpeed of a Bonded Interface
I have configured Ethernet Bonding for our RHEL 6.2 Servers. Bonding is working fine but few confusion for me when I configured MRTG to monitor the bonded interface.
MRTG is showing MaxSpeed of the ...
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Redhat find process memory usage [duplicate]
When I cat /proc/meminfo I see:
MemTotal: 1048576 kB
MemFree: 11136 kB
Buffers: 0 kB
Cached: 0 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 0 kB
Inactive: ...
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Problem in Joining RHEL with Windows 2008
I configured Domain on my test machine (Win2k8) and domain name is win2008ad.local and computer name is win2k8. So the full name is win2k8.win2008ad.local.
I installed packages on RHEL 5 related to ...
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yum install wireshark-gnome
I tried using command yum install wireshark-gnome to install wireshark on RedHat 6.3. And I make sure the network is ok.
But it fails cause by below prompt.
Loaded plugins: product-id, security, ...
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-bash: yum: command not found
I have one server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 3) installed. And I tried to add the online repo using this link:
Centos Wiki: RPMForge
And everything goes smooth. But ...
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Finding RPMs for Install
I'm trying to install later version of software for 2 RPM-based installations, but yum tells me that I already have the latest versions.
When looking to install software via RPM, what's the best way ...
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Writing triggers for mcelog
Just starting to look into mcelog for the first time (I've enabled it and seen syslog output before, but this is the first time I'm trying to do something non-default). I'm looking for information on ...
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Problem when changing the font size in nedit
Whenever I open Nedit, the following error appears ----
Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct
Cannot convert string ...
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How to start only one application on booting in RHEL 6? [duplicate]
I want to start only one application without any desktop after booting the system, it is like only application should be there not anything in RHEL 6.
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Slide show/screensaver over login screen on RHEL 6.4
I've see the slide show (Pictures folder) screensaver. I've also seen how to change the background behind my login screen. What I haven't been able to figure out is how to display a slide show as a ...
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Update different dropbox instances
I am using dropbox on my redhat linux kernel. Right now we have a dummy user set up, with it's own dropbox account. Everyone can access and dump their files into it while on the machine and then ...
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Yum Check Available Package Updates
Red Hat docs say:
To see which installed packages on your system have updates available,
use the following command:
yum check-update
What command must I run to view all available versions for ...
