Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercially supported Linux distribution.
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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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pdksh missing from RHEL 6 and CentOS 6?
The package pdksh does not exist on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6 when I try to install it through yum.
So my questions:
Why is it no longer available in the default repositories? It is available in version ...
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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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How to add a line from a list into another file when a specified line is found?
Basically I have 2 files. One has a list of router and switch login prompts, like this:
user@router1
user@router2
user@switch1
user@switch2
The other file has blocks of XML, like this:
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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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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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How to make RHEL 6 to boot in Text-mode?
I am using RHEL 6.4 on a HP-Z620 Workstation.Whenever this machine starts up, it comes up with Graphics Mode e.g. Splash Screen,Red Hat Logo etc.
But I want my machine to start in Text Mode.
e.g. I ...
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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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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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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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RHEL6 not registering correctly when using PXE boot via Cobbler
When I create a RHEL6 server using the DVD media, it works fine. However, we want to do PXE installs.
We import the RHEL6 DVD to cobbler by doing the following:
$ sudo mount -o loop,ro rhel6-dvd.iso ...
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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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-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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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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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 ...
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Installing Minor Software Updates
On an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux server, I need to perform software upgrades on Java, Apache and Samba.
I need to install minor updates for each of the above software.
How can I figure out ...
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Mailman / Postfix Configuration Assistance
I am writing for some help regarding Postfix configuration.
I cannot seem to get Postfix configured properly to transfer mail to the mailing list installed on the same server. I followed many steps ...
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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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How to create a kiosk-type application for RHEL6?
How can I create a GUI application that would be run in kiosk mode?
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Red hat enterprise linux how do i install apache with SSL HTTPS? i have CERTIFICATE, KEY, INTERMEDIATE (ROOT CA) from heart internet [closed]
How can i install SSL HTTPS in my apache webserver in Red hat enterprise linux? Only following is installed. And i have tried this website follow up but its not working it fails.
$ uname -a
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How to use output of one command as input in another command
I made a copy of all the backups made on Wed of every week
The time stamp of each file is not sorted but the day is Wednesday of every file
Now, I need to sort each file based on time Stamp e.g if ...
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file still read-only after a mount --bind from a rw partition
I use mount --bind to "overlay" a file from one ext4,rw filesystem onto another file in ext4,ro filesystem. For example, /etc/hosts is on a read-only / partition, but I have another partition where ...
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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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How to vgscan in RHEL 5.8 rescue mode?
I want to increase the journaling size of an EXT3 FS: /var.
I booted up a RHEL 5.8 DVD, and tried the "linux rescue" mode.
The problem is that the original install that has the mentioned /var FS is ...
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Static DNS setup on client of shared internet connection
I've 2 linux computers, one redhat (client), and one ubuntu (set up with shared internet connection as described here)
At the moment, on the wired connection between the computers, I can ping the ...
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How to get hgk working on RedHat Linux?
I plan to get hgk to work.However, no matter how I configure the redhat linux, it still does not have any response. Here is information for my machine.
RedHat 5.3
Mercurial 1.8.1-1
I installed ...
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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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ERROR:While Updating
I am using RHEL6.Whenever I am tryiung to update my machine it says that
[root@ASL-DRDO manmatha]# yum update
Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
This ...
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Commands for determining level of usage of server
I am scripting a new program that will connect to a cluster of machines in a VM park, and hopefully check their level of usage.
The VM clients are a combination of RHEL and CentOS, and runs on ...
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Prelink warning in output of rpm -Va
I have run the following as root on a RHEL 4 box to get a list of the modified files:
rpm -Va
The output includes lines such as:
prelink: /tmp/#prelink#.60m2Jq: Recorded 2 dependencies, now seeing ...
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Not able to extend the size of an LVM logical volume
During RedHat installation, I created one volume group with two logical volumes in it.
Volume Group Name = VolGroup00
LVMs = LogVol00 and LogVol01
LogVol00 size = 48G
LogVol01 size = ...
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Selinux is denying access to mysqld
I have a script that dumps a mysql database. It then compresses the file and this gets stored in my home folder by using cron. The problem is I seem to be getting an error message.
mysqldump: ...
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ssh command unexpectedly continues on other system after ssh terminates
I'm running the below command, and monitoring the output file on the other system:
ssh $ip_address 'for n in 1 2 3 4 5; do sleep 10; echo $n >>/tmp/count; done'
If I kill the ssh command ...
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CIFS VFS: Unexpected SMB signature
When I login to server in Text mode the following Message appearing on one of Server
CIFS VFS: Unexpected SMB signature
We are using Redhat 5.6 64 bit.
Is this serious error and how to resolve ...
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How to format large Size HDD quickly
In windows we can do a Quick format just by right clicking the device and boom format.
In linux How to do the same I mean if the size of HDD is 2TB or more it takes along time to format using
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How to make RHEL Workstation to boots up faster?
I am using RHEL 6.4.
Problem is it takes too much time to boots up?
Can you say, what can I do to be out of this situation?
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Is there a pbuilder-like environment for RedHat?
I would like to know if is there any utility like Debian's pbuilder, to build RPM packages on RedHat using a clean environment (chroot).
I've found mach which has support for something like this but ...
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Need general guide on how to build Linux Stream (LiS) under RedHat 6.2
Day 1
I have hit into some error, and the build simply fail, saying that there is some conflict. Thus I believe a .o file cannot be made and then result fatal error during linking, anyone have steps ...
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How to add Two Gateway on same machine
I have one test server that has Two Interfaces. To one interface i have assigned ip 172.16.122.1 and GW 172.16.xxx.xxx
Now i connected cable to second interface and gave it ip 10.2.2.98.
Now they ...
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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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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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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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How to install vsftpd package
I am having a rhel6 server i want to install vsftpd package from there to my client machine
How to do this.
