Linux - Part 7

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How to restart RSH in Linux

posted on April 1, 2009 in HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

The rsh service is controlled by the “xinetd” super daemon. If your rsh service stops working simply run the “service xinetd restart” service to restart rsh. Sample output; [root@pilon~]# service xinetd restart Stopping xinetd: [FAILED] Starting xinetd: [ OK ]

Installing Novell Moonlight on openSUSE 11.1

posted on March 29, 2009 in HowTo, Linux, Open Source, openSUSE, Software with 0 Comments

First, make sure you have the PackMan repo added. Bring up a console and su to root or use sudo. Run the commands below; zypper -v search moonlight zypper -v install moonlight-plugin Sample output; pandora:~ # zypper -v search moonlight S | Name | Summary | Type –+——————+————————————-+———– | moonlight | Novell Moonlight | srcpackage [...]

Full Circle Magazine Issue 23

posted on March 29, 2009 in eBooks, Linux, Open Source, Ubuntu with 0 Comments

Full Circle Magazine Issue 23 is out. What’s in it; Command and Conquer – Troubleshooting. How-To : Program in C – Part 7, Web Development – Part 4, and Spreading Ubuntu – Part 2. My Story – Becoming An Ubuntu User Book Review – How To Be A Geek Goddess MOTU Interview – Steve Stalcup [...]

Linux Tip #4: Simple sort with the sort command

posted on March 27, 2009 in Linux, Linux Tips with 0 Comments

You can easily sort your outputs in Linux using the “sort” command. Simply pipe “|” your output to a “sort” command and you should see the sorted results. See sample usage below. This is just to start off, I’ve cover more in future posts. [root@hantu ~]# cat numbers 5 4 3 2 1 0 6 [...]

Linux Tip #3: System uptime with uptime

posted on March 23, 2009 in Linux, Linux Tips with 0 Comments

Want to know how long your Linux box has been up for? Simple, just run the “uptime” command and you will be rewarded with the answer plus a bit more. 8:58pm up 19:54, 1 user, load average: 0.47, 0.62, 0.35 Above is the typical reply from uptime. On the left is the current time, followed [...]

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