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this is tutorial how to install desktop environment on base server configuration installation of enterprise linux installation desktop environment (gnome) install several group packages below : # yum groupinstall “Base” # yum groupinstall “X Window System” # yum groupinstall “Desktop” # yum groupinstall “General Purpose Desktop” to install web browser application (mozilla firefox)  : # yum groupinstall “Internet Browser” to install office and mail client applications (openoffice.org, evolution)  : # yum groupinstall “Office Suite and Productivity” notes : *enterprise linux distribution on the example is Oracle Linux Server 6.0. *group package 'Office Suite and Productivity' is not available on DVD repository OLS 6.0.  *for fedora install group package “X Window System” and “GNOME Desktop Environment” only.

on several gigabyte motherboard, onboard network interface card  will not be detected on enterprise linux distribution (e.g. scientific linux, oracle linux server, etc). alternatively you must supply add-on card. or if you insist to use the onboard card, you must install the unofficial nic driver. this is tutorial how to install driver for onboard network interface card GIGABYTE first of all prepare your system. make sure it has package group "Development Tools" installed. if it has not, install it # yum groupinstall “Development Tools” download the source code : https://www.dropbox.com/s/na91bu4az4p9827/AR81Family-linux-v1.0.1.14.tar.gz extract the source code : # tar zxvf AR81Family-linux1.0.1.14.tar.gz the extraction process will make the new directory "AR81Family*", change to the directory # cd AR81Family* compile the source by type on terminal : # make then, # make install wait until the compiling process finish. next make the new scrip...

this is tutorial to install and uninstall vmware player first install group package called Development Tools to your linux system # yum groupinstall “Development Tools” then obtain a copy vmware bundle package from  www.vmware.com   change the permission of the package # chmod 755 VMware-Player-4.0.2-591240.i386.bundle to install it simply type on terminal # ./VMware-Player-4.0.2-591240.i386.bundle or if you decide to uninstall it, simply  type # vmware-installer -u vmware-player

Install VirtualBox 4.0.8 on Fedora 15/14, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 5.6/6 Virtualbox-logo-smallOracle VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. VirtualBox supports a large number of guest operating systems: Windows 3.x, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, DOS, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris, OpenSolaris, OpenBSD. This guide shows howto install VirtualBox 4.0 (currently 4.1.2) on Fedora 15, Fedora 14, Fedora 13, Fedora 12, CentOS 5.6, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6. This howto uses Virtual Box yum repositories. 1. Change to root User su - ## OR ## sudo -i 2. Install Fedora or RHEL Repo Files cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ ## Fedora 15/14/13/12 and RHE...

this is tutorial to remove old kernel 1. check kernel version installed : # uname -r 2. check old installed kernels : # rpm -q kernel 3. to remove specific kernel : # rpm -e kernelname ex. # rpm -e kernel-2.6.3-1.fc14.i686

this is tutorial how to create local repository using dvd-iso file   first, create mount point directory where iso file to be mounted ex. # mkdir /mnt/iso/ then mounting your iso file to mount point directory using the syntax # mount -o loop file.iso mountdir ex. # mount -o loop linux.iso /mnt/iso/ create configuration file for yum # vim /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo [local-repo] name=local-repo baseurl=file:///mnt/iso/ gpgcheck=0 enabled=1 check the yum configuration by typing # yum clean all # yum list packagename ex. # yum list nmap

Reminder: Fedora 16 end of life on 2013-02-12 Fedora 16 will reach end of life on 2013-02-12, and no further updates will be pushed out after that time. Additionally, with the recent release of Fedora 18, no new packages will be added to the Fedora 16 collection. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2013-January/003138.html

The setsebool is used to set SELinux boolean value i.e. various configurations can be enabled or disabled using this tool. In other words, the setsebool command switches on and off the protection of SELinux. Type getsebool -a to see all such options which can be enabled or disabled at run time: e.g. # getsebool -a The following should give you a complete listing of all the vsftpd switches: e.g.  # getsebool -a | grep ftp  For example, if httpd_disable_trans set to 1, it will disable SELinux protection for  Apache web server. To disable it, enter:  # setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=1 To enable it, enter:    # setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=0

this is the tutorial how to reset your root password. it can be applied to redhat enterprise linux-based (oracle linux, centos, scilinux, fedora ). 1. restart your system, wait until it boot-up. press 'esc' to enter the GRUB menu 2. select from GRUB menu your linux kernel, it usually like this "kernel-vmlinuz-*" , press 'e' to edit 3. edit the at last line (it usually like this "rhgb linux quiet"), change it with :     rhgb linux single     or,     rhgb linux quiet 1 (this two lines above works well with fedora), or     rhgb linux single init=/bin/bash (use this line if the previous doesn't work, especially with enterprise-based distribution) press 'enter' then 4. back to the GRUB menu, choose the kernel and press 'b' to boot 5. wait for the system to boot-up and if the change succeed it will bring the system to login directly as root user 6. type command 'passwd' to enter your new root password note: ...

syntax : crontab -u (username) {-e | -l | -r } -u : user executes crontab -e : edit crontab list -l : show contab list -r : remove crontab making crontab m  h  dom  mon  dow  command m : minute, 0 - 59, * h : hour, 0 -23, * dom : day of month, 1 - 31 mon : month, 1 - 12 dow :day of week, 0 - 6 (where 0=sunday, 1=monday) command examples : 30  *  *  * * /etc/backup.sh

to change date, month and year # date +%Y%m%d-s "20130204" to change hours and seconds # date +%T -s 06:10:15 to synchronize time with hardware clock # hwclock -s

ssh (secure shell) - service name : sshd - log file /var/log/secure* /var/log/audit/audit.log - default configuration files and ssh ports /etc/ssh/sshd_config     --> openssh server configuration file /etc/ssh/ssh_config     --> openssh client configuration file ~/.ssh/     --> user ssh configuration directory ~/.ssh/authorized_keys    ---> lists public key (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account /etc/nologin     --> if the file exists, sshd refuses to let anyone except root log in /etc/hosts.allow   /etc/hosts.deny     --> these two file are access control list that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers defined here - ssh default port    ---> tcp:22 - examples of using tcp wrappers for sshd allow ssh only from 192.168.1.2 172.16.23.12 put the line in /etc/hosts.allow sshd : 192.168.1.2 17...

lists of ftp commands. download the PDF file from : https://www.dropbox.com/s/ospqe1iwzo6dyty/ftp_commands.pdf

here are tutorial making usb flashdisk as a media to install oracle linux to your pc If you want to install Oracle Linux from a USB drive, keep in mind that not all hardware supports USB device booting.Also, during the boot process you may have to instruct your BIOS to boot from that specific USB device. Finally, keep in mind that this method of installation is not officially sanctioned by Oracle support. Prerequisites 1. The first thing you will need is an ISO image of Oracle Linux. The quickest way to obtain an ISO image is from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud 2. You will need a desktop or server system running Oracle Linux in order to prepare your USB drive. 3. You will also need to download this script to create the bootable USB drive. 4. Your Oracle Linux system will also need the package syslinux installed. You can install syslinux using yum with the following command: # yum install syslinux Marking Partition One as Bootable Once your prerequisites are in order...

# MariaDB 5.5 repository list - created 2013-01-24 12:38 UTC # http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/ [mariadb] name = MariaDB baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/5.5/rhel6-x86 gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB gpgcheck=1 # MariaDB 5.5 repository list - created 2013-01-24 12:38 UTC # http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/ [mariadb] name = MariaDB baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/5.5/centos6-x86 gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB gpgcheck=1 # MariaDB 5.5 repository list - created 2013-01-24 12:38 UTC # http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/ [mariadb] name = MariaDB baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/5.5/fedora16-x86 gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB gpgcheck=1

enabling selinux policy for ftp access check the current status of selinux policy : # getenforce check the ftp policy status : # getsebool -a | grep ftp which usually returns the following output : allow_ftpd_anon_write –> off allow_ftpd_full_access –> off allow_ftpd_use_cifs –> off allow_ftpd_use_nfs –> off allow_tftp_anon_write –> off ftp_home_dir --> off                               (change that to on)                                                                    ...

[nginx] name=nginx-repo baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/rhel/6/$basearch/ gpgcheck=0 enabled=1

[virtualbox] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/$releasever/$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc

# Place this file in your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory [fedora-chromium-stable] name=Builds of the "stable" tag of the Chromium Web Browser baseurl=http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium-stable/fedora-$releasever/$basearch/ enabled=1 skip_if_unavailable=1 gpgcheck=0 [fedora-chromium-stable-source] name=Builds of the "stable" tag of the Chromium Web Browser - Source baseurl=http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium-stable/fedora-$releasever/SRPMS enabled=0 skip_if_unavailable=1 gpgcheck=0

create user to access mail server # useradd -s /sbin/nologin username # passwd username example: # useradd -s /sbin/nologin belogix # passwd belogix the user created can access to mail server account, but cannot access the system using registered username. source: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-shell-restricting-access.html

here are tutorial allowing selinux to squirrelmail operations 1. error IMAP settings displayed on page http://localhost/webmail/src/login.php type this command on terminal # setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=1 2. allowing squirrelmail to send mail to recipient type this command on terminal # setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail=1