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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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Equivalent of “passwd -sa” in RHEL?

I feel a little silly having to ask this, but: In Solaris you can issue a passwd -sa command which gives you (more or less) the same output as passwd -S userName does, except it prints out the status ...
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RHEL: Creating stable names for network interfaces

We have a RHEL 5.5 box with 8 interfaces. And the eth interface naming is flip flopping. Sometimes eth0 comes up on physical port 7th, and sometimes on another physical port. We want the naming to ...
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Using a specifing gateway for a packet. (CentOS/RHEL)

I have just setup a machine which has two NICs, one for private network and the other one for public network which has a real IP assigned to it. DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=XXX TYPE=Ethernet UUID=XXX ...
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Red Hat Network (RHN) and package updates

I was just reading about Linux servers and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. What exactly is the Red Hat Network (RHN)? From what I've gathered, you subscribe to it to be able to update your system. Does this ...
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Installing a package locally to a user - best practices?

I want to install Git locally to a user on a RHEL server (I don't have root access) What would be your cleanest/ most organized way of installing software to a local user account? Installing ...
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RHEL:Change Screen Resolution of Virtual Console

I am working on a RHEL 6.3 Workstation. And the monitor is a HD AOC Monitor. Problem I am facing is whenever this machine starts up, it runs with maximum screen resolution. It is a big screen and ...
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Red Hat installation query: no Gnome GUI

I'm trying to install Red Hat on my Windows system but Im facing a problem. I get only one option during installation which is "Minimal" and even if I check Gnome desktop in customize options, I only ...
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Equivalent of pvmove for BTRFS

Similar to the question I asked a while back. This one's a little easier? I can see there's volume management logic in BTRFS for removing/adding/rebalancing physical drives, but is there a tool to ...
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Unable to install LAN driver in RedHat (*** /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.i686/build: No such file or directory)?

I tried to install the Realtek LAN driver on my RHEL Server (running version 6.4). In the folder extracted: autorun.sh log.txt Makefile README src \>type command: ./autorun.sh ...
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Establishing I/O Patterns for an Application

Are there any system tools that allow you to profile an application's usage of storage? Basically, I'm looking for information on determining whether there are more large sequential reads, tiny ...
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Linux (RedHat) `sudo su -l <<user_acct>>` does not source profile

As stated, having trouble with loading the default profile of <<user_acct>> when doing sudo su -l <<user_acct>>. Inside .profile, if [ -r "${HOME}/.profile.custom" ]; then ...
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Using xdg-open odt files

I am writing a document database using perlTk. Upon double clicking the selected file on my GUI I use xdg-open to use the default application to open the file. I am having some issues opening .odt ...
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nscd uses 100% cpu

I'm working on a linux box and the output of top reveals that the command nscd (user nscd) is using 100% of CPU. I'm uploading a flat file to MySQL from this box, and it is taking a long time (albeit ...
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Oracle 11g R2 on Redhat 6

I have a Solaris background, and I am new in RHEL, and I want to install Oracle 11g on it. I downloaded Oracle documentation, that illustrate how to install it for RHEL 6. The following or later ...
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How to list RPM packages installed in order of installation date

I'd like to see a list of software installed in the order of the date they were installed. The order doesn't matter (newest to oldest & vice-versa) as long as they're arranged by date. I'm mainly ...
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Using hardware clock on linux

I using an old version of RHEL that I have recently upgraded from 5.4 to 5.8, with a customised 2.30.9 kernel. The system clock drifts wildly (> 5 seconds/day) unless it is controlled using an ...
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How to print xterm output in the current terminal window? [closed]

I am a beginner in Linux, so excuse me if the question is simple. I use xterm in wine as follows: wine cmd z:\usr\bin\xterm -e application xterm will open a new window, runs the application and ...
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GDM will not start on boot, unable to login into graphical interface

I am running RHEL 5.8 . SELinux is enabled but in permissive mode. Here are some snippets from /var/log/messages on boot. kernel: type=1400 audit(1360613500.551:6): avc: denied { write } for ...
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'ss' command for checking sockets not found

I get an error when I try to execute this command on Red Hat Linux. $ ss -s -bash: ss: command not found It is supposed to be for checking socket statistics. How do I execute this?
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Ignoring dependencies when installing with yum (Scientific Linux)

How can I ignore dependencies of a single package I am attempting to install using yum in Scientific Linux? The answer would presumably the same for CentOS/RHEL. To elaborate, I am looking to get the ...
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RedHat server packages are never found

I set up a virtual server Red Hat machine but every time I try to use the "yum" command to install new packages, the command works properly but it is never been able to find any package even the ...
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What would be the RHEL package corresponding to build-essential in Ubuntu?

I know how to list available packages from the repos and so on, but how can I find a list that matches up equivalent meta-packages, such as the build-essential. Is there such a thing and if not what ...
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Why would I want to create more partitions if RHEL will only recognize up to 16?

During some basic RHEL training, I came across this blurb: Although it's possible to create more, RHEL will recognize only up to 16 partitions on any individual SATA, SCSI, PATA, or virtual hard ...
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Server inbound email forwarding

I have been struggling to get this to work for a little while now so I have come in the hope of getting a wee bit of help. I am running redhat 6.3, and using the machine as a webserver. My question ...
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cron job schedule

I created a cron job using * */2 * * * schedule. Can anyone tell me what schedule this refers to? I guess it should execute every 2 hours, but it seems to execute every minute.
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How do I configure the network interfaces persistently in CentOS so it will survive a reboot?

I configured a network interface with the following commands: ifconfig eth0 up ip addr add 192.168.9.1/28 dev eth0 route add default gw 192.168.0.1 This works. However, when I reboot the machine I ...
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How to Extend LVM in Redhat 5.6

I need to Extend the LVM on one server. This is the df -h result. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 58G 26G 29G 48% / /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 ...
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open a already running process

I have 64-bit RHEL 2.6.18-238.el5 running. I access the machine through vpn. I started an application via terminal and while application was running there was disconnection in vpn which closed my ...
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How can I list my `at` jobs by date?

I am using atq command, but I need to list my at jobs by date. How is that possible ?
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File Privileges

There is one user Lets call him B and he needs access Just to Read the File MEANS READ ACCESS and that file is own by another user A . How can I grant access to user A's file to User B.
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how to have root partition LVM for RHEL 5.8 64 bit on AWS EC2

I am new to this and I have to create a RHEL 5.8 Amazon Machine Image (AMI) in which the root partition should be a logical volume. I know how to create a data partition as a logical volume but am not ...
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How can I make the NetworkManager work?

I am running a version of RHCE6 on my laptop, and lately I've been trying various stuff about network configuration through command line. Last night, I tried removing the NetworkManager using "yum ...
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Copy files from source machine to LiveCD

I'm working on distributing a version of Fedora to our internal development team using Live CD. There are certain files I would like to copy to the live cd that are not: part of an RPM or going to ...
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Fast encryption for home directory with Scientific Linux (ala' RedHat)

I have a T61 with C2D T7300 CPU/4 GByte RAM. I has SL 6.3 on it, and I ticked the encrypt VG during install. If I start a "normal" windows xp on it, its ~slow.. so.. I need a little performance boost ...
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RHN Satellite scout won't push

My RHN Satellite (Spacewalk) server is having issues with monitoring. The Spacewalk Monitor Scout will not push out successfully. It always stops with a Request Expired status. I can't seem to find ...
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Do mpstat and iostat come standard with Linux RHEL 5.8?

Do command line utilities like mpstat and iostat come standard with the RHEL 5.8 machine? Or are they optional utilities which the user has to install manually, if required? I could find these ...
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Is there a way to view the console output instead of boot logo, while my RHEL 6.2 machine boots up?

My company provided laptop has RHEL6.2, with lot of programs to start up automatically, which makes the boot up process slow. While the machine boots up, there is the boring RHEL logo on the screen ...
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Static IP config no longer persistent in CentOS6

I was messing around with KVM in CentOS 6.3 when I noticed I was having problems with the IP address of my principle network connection (eth0). I backed out my bridge and restored the network-script ...
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How to force a particular version of Java?

I am on a RHEL 5.5 64 bit box. The systems engineer installed the 64-bit Java VM under /usr/bin ; however, I needed a 32 bit VM which he installed in /opt/jdk1.6.0_35. But now, everytime I do java ...
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Running Visual Studio 2010 in Linux

Is there any possible way to run Visual Studio 2010 in Linux (Red Hat)?
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How to skip DNS checkup while I'm disconnected from Internet

I use RedHat machine. /etc/resolve.conf was set to nameserver 8.8.8.8 and it works well. I'm wondering how to connect my machine if it's disconnected from internet? It seems that if DNS of 8.8.8.8 is ...
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Problem installing RHEL on HP Itanium Server

When I am trying to install RHEL (6.3, 5.8, 4.8) on an HP Integrity Server rx2660 Itanium with 4GB RAM, I keep getting to the same point which is Loading file efi\boot\initrd.img...done After ...
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Can I arrange icons by type?

I know I can list icons on my desktop in my RedHat Linux machine by selecting "clean up by name" of right-click options. I used to use Windows and kind of miss a function which can arrange the icons ...
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force re-negotiation of PCIe speed on Linux

I'm working with PCIe Gen 3 cards and from time to time they seem to fall back to PCIe 1 or 2 speeds (according to lspci and also observed by the throughput). When rebooting/power cycling the machine ...
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How Do I use autofs to map a USB drive by its ID?

Goal I have a USB drive -- let's say the drive's ID is /dev/disk/by-id/thediskid I would like to mount the drive -- by ID -- to a folder (let's call it /MOUNT_FOLDER) Question What is the best ...
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Critical Memory [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: free: output format My Redhat server shows the following: free -m ============= total used free shared buffers cached Mem: ...
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Effect of entries in /etc/securetty

By default on RHEL 5.5 I have [deuberger@saleen trunk]$ sudo cat /etc/securetty console vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 vc/4 vc/5 vc/6 vc/7 vc/8 vc/9 vc/10 vc/11 tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6 tty7 tty8 tty9 tty10 ...
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how to check for disk in use on rhel

How to check if a disk is in use? If in use, How to check free, used space before I can start using it? I'm trying this in Perl and Any help is appreciated.
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Printing failure at a network printer in linux

I added a network printer to my network by the RedHat Enterprise workstation 6 linux GUI. It seemed that the printer setting did find the network printer. However, whenever I tried to print, the job ...

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