Category: Linux

Amazon web services (AWS) launched a new service called Amazon Glacier. You can use this service for archiving mission-critical data and backups in a reliable way in an enterprise IT or for personal usage. This service cost as low as $0.01 (one US penny, one one-hundredth of a dollar) per Gigabyte, per month. You can […]

Data or application security is one of the major headaches faced as a system Administrator. In my blog am trying to share a few points which make a server less vulnerable to a hack. Remove all unwanted Software: remove/disable all unnecessary services or package installed in the server, you can remove unnecessary package from your server […]

Once the new harddisk is connected, you can verify the connected harddisk by  issuing the below comment. $fdisk -l see the screenshot below.               As you can see above the second hard disk is detected as “/dev/sdb” Steps for creating a new ext3 partition 1. #fdisk /dev/sdb type “m” […]

In all flavors of Linux, we can use a utility called “lsusb” to get information on various USB devices connected. $ lsusb The above command lists devices connected to the Linux kernel. See the screenshot attached below.   You can use, $ lsusb -v to get more detailed information on the devices connected to the system.

To install subversion, open a terminal and run the following command: sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn We’re going to create the subversion repository in /svn, although you should choose a location that has a good amount of space. sudo svnadmin create /svn Next we’ll need to edit the configuration file for the subversion webdav module. […]

There are several methods of obtaining Ubuntu. Downloading the Ubuntu ISO Go to the Official Download Page Select the Ubuntu Desktop version that you wish to install: If you have a recent computer (>2010), or if you know that your computer is 64bit, you should select the 64bit version for better performance and UEFI compatibility. […]

To extend the logical volume:Note: These steps only apply to EXT3 file systems. Caution: VMware recommends having a complete backup of the virtual machine prior making these changes. Power off the virtual machine. Edit the virtual machine settings and extend the virtual disk size. For more information, see Increasing the size of a virtual disk (1004047). […]