Technical stuff from a bit-head
Articles, write-ups, etc.
1. Install the repo Actually before you set up the repo, you need the public keys: # rpm –import https://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-DSA-KEY.pub # rpm –import https://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub Then you can set up the repo by hand or...
If you’re wanting packages from the EPEL repos that are available to RHEL installations, it’s a simple thing to get them. You can start at the main Fedora repository for EPEL, and work your...
Introduction Had a client for whom I wanted to install syslog-ng. I’ve never worked with it before, but had read that it can log to a MySQL database. The project at hand seemed like...
Had a real adventure getting a WordPress site going on a CentOS 5.8 LAMP server. It came down to two major areas: packages and permissions. Packages I asked the hosting provider to install pretty...
I would include more links, etc., but I’m writing this in a bit of a rush. It is well-documented that Dell and Red Hat decided to modify how Linux names network devices, starting with...
In working with Red Hat Satellite Server 5.4.1, we had a problem with Dell PowerEdge R720 servers. When we kickstarted those systems to RHEL 5.7, using DHCP, the Tigon3 NIC would flap at the...
A user was on too many spam lists and wanted a new mailbox. He had removed all the spam, and wanted all the existing messages moved over. The hosting server runs Postfix in a...
Need to send yourself or someone else a quick email from the Linux command-line? Use mutt. First I compose the message in a file, e.g. msg.txt. Then cat it, and invoke mutt. The example...