First, check the current timezone in your system by using the date command. Here the timezone is set to PST. Change Timezone in Centos/RHEL 7/8 We can use the timedatectl command to change the current timezone. First, let’s list all timezones. Now use the following command to change the timezone to Change Timezone in Centos/RHEL […]
Telnet is a network protocol, used to provide bi-directional text-oriented communication facility. Note: Telnet in is insecure protocol and it is recommended that you use ssh server. WARNING! Installing telnet on your server makes the server open to an un-encrytpted communications, it’s not recommended to use telnet, use Secure (SSH). Telnet Server installation In Debian/Ubuntu user@techinx$ […]
There was an issue, with IBM installation manager not able to install or start in RHEL 6.* series. This issue is fixed by IBM and is available in Fix central for download. The fix name is agent.installer.linux.gtk.x86_64_1.6.0.20120831_1216. If you are using the old IBM installation manager, during install you may face errors like this. [root@rhel64]# ./install […]
In Linux/Unix there is an environment variable called “http_proxy” which can be configured for text based internet sessions. This variable is used by wget, curl, lynx etc. How to set http_proxy variable Type the following command to set proxy server #export http_proxy=http://10.99.2.197:8080 How to set the http_proxy variable globally #vi /etc/profile add the following lines. #export […]
Cron is a a time-based job scheduler in Unix/Linux environments. Cron can be used to schedule jobs to run periodically at fixed times, dates or intervals. Crontab is a configuration file that specifies shell commands to run periodically on a given schedule. Users can have their own individual crontab files and often there is a system […]
Recently I had updated my System which was dual booted (Debian and Windows 7) from Windows 7 to Windows 8, During the installation process I had messed up with Grub boot loader. Once after the upgrade my Grub has vanished and I was able to boot up only Windows 8. A bit disappointed thinking about […]
Ubuntu 13.10 Code named “Saucy Salamander” is released for the desktop, server, phone, and cloud – download it here. Ubuntu 13.10 introduces the first release of Ubuntu for phones and Ubuntu Core for the new 64-bit ARM systems (the “arm64” architecture, also known as AArch64 or ARMv8), and improved AppArmor confinement. In addition to these flagship […]
Today KDE released the beta of the new 4.11 versions of Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. With API, dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team’s focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing. Changes to KWalletManager and Okular The 4.11 releases include many substantial changes and improvements, including: Deeper integration of Qt Quick in […]
Red Hat announced the beta release of the Red Hat software collection 1.0. Red Hat Software collections 1.0 delivers the latest stable versions of some of the most popular web development languages and opensource databases. Red Hat Software Collections 1.0 Beta includes access to the latest stable versions of the following dynamic languages: Ruby 1.9.3 […]
The Yellowdog Updater, Modfied (YUM) is an Open-source command line package-management utility for RPM based Linux systems. YUM allows automatic updates, package and dependency management. This article helps you in YUM setup in RHEL enviroments 1. Create RPM directory root@technix#mkdir /RPMS 2. Copy all the rpm packages from disk to “/RPMS” directory 3. Install createrepo rpm […]