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do I assign additional IP addresses in RedHat/CentOS?
  If you are using CPanel, you should add the IP addresses through WHM.  Do not follow...
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How do I turn off SELINUX in Redhat or CentOS?
Run the following command to check if SELinux is running: # getenforce You can effectively...
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A brief autofs overview
Overview This article is for Autofs Version 4. When Autofs Version 5 is available we can setup...
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Adding additional IPs in Redhat
1. Determine what existing range files exist: # cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ # ls...
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Changing a forgotten mysql root password
To change the MySQL root password, run the following commands: # /etc/init.d/mysql stop# killall...
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Changing the Hostname (RedHat)
RedHat based system use the file /etc/sysconfig/network to read the saved hostname at system...
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Creating an FTP Account within Linux.
For this example, I am using Vsftpd, as it is the default FTP client distributed with RedHat,...
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How can I check my hard disk usage in Linux?
Once you are connected to the server via SSH, run the following command: # df -h This will output...
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How do I assign additional IP addresses in RedHat/CentOS?
If you are using CPanel, you should add the IP addresses through WHM.  Do not follow these...
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How do I backup MySQL in Linux?
1.      Copying from the mysql directory   By default, MySQL...
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How do I Connect to a RedHat Server via SSH?
First, you will need an ssh client on your home computer. An example is PuTTY - a widely...
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How do I disable root ssh login?
Before you do this make sure you have created another user in the wheel group.   #...
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How do I make my SSH server only listen on the private network?
You can further secure your server by running SSHd only on the backend network. This means you...
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How do I search through my log files for errors? (Linux)
You can use several options to streamline the viewing of large text files, such as...
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How do I see dual Core CPU Stats
Running the top command on a dual core server will show all combined server stats. Hit the number...
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How do I see what is taking up the resources on my RedHat server?
If your server is under a high load, the command # top can provide you with real time information...
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How do I start/stop services on my RedHat server?
Most services on your server can be started with the following commands: /etc/init.d/ start...
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How do I transfer files from one server to another on the same account?
Windows: WinSCP - WinSCP is an open source SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Its main...
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How to Connect to an iSCSI Volume using Open-iscsi in Linux.
Instruction notes: Replace the "ISCSI_USER" token with one of the values in the "username" column...
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How to format an iSCSI Volume in Linux.
(Redhat ES 4, Redhat ES 5, CentOS 4, CentOS 5, Fedora Core 6, Fedora Release 7 ) Format...
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How to Mount a NAS Volume in Linux.
Method 1 - mount If you have not already done so, create the directory you want the NAS account...
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How to run scripts automatically using crontab.
You can use the crontab to automate the running of scripts on your server. Cron is started...
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IPv6 apache configuration
How do I get apache to listen on an IPv6 Address? When the httpd service starts, it binds to...
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Linux Memory Management
Scenario: Customer is concerned that only 100MB of their 2GB of memory is as unused or free when...
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The VI Editor
VI is a very verbose and useful text editor. There are litterally hundreds of commands for VI...
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Using chmod and chown
You can use the chown command to change the user:group associated with a file. For example: !#...
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What is the /etc/fstab file?
The following article is an explanation of the /etc/fstab file and its function on the RedHat...
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