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Red Hat 6 (RHEL) run levels

27 Oct 2010 2 min(s) 45 sec(s) 2772 visits.

The idea behind SysV init runlevels revolves around the idea that different systems can be used in different ways.

27 Oct 2010 57 sec(s) 2555 visits.

To switch to a graphical environment, you may need to install additional software from the RHEL Internet repository or installation DVD.

9 Nov 2010 3 min(s) 31 sec(s) 329 visits.

How to determine hardware specs, manufacturer, and serial number of a Linux or Unix machine.

22 Apr 2010 21 sec(s) 831 visits.

mpack encodes the named file in one or more MIME messages and sends the message to one or more recipients

17 Mar 2010 11 sec(s) 3059 visits.

This is a simple screenshot of how to send the Ctrl+Alt+Del key sequence to a VM guest

11 Mar 2010 2 min(s) 10 sec(s) 633 visits.

netstat is a useful tool for checking your network configuration and activity. It is in fact a collection of several tools lumped together.

27 Dec 2009 1 min 2 sec(s) 2583 visits.

A simple post for those who are new to Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) or Red Hat Linux (RHEL) version 6 and wish to change hostname.

7 Aug 2014 1 min 23 sec(s) 2798 visits.

In this post, we walk through steps you can follow to check the status of SELinux and also disable it in OEL 6, if it is enabled.

28 Nov 2011 3 min(s) 44 sec(s) 1962 visits.

The find command in UNIX and Linux is a command line utility allowing you to search for files in a directory hierarchy.

5 Jun 2009 1 min 29 sec(s) 2653 visits.

APT originally designed as a front-end for dpkg to work with debian packages, but it has since been modified to also work with the RPM via apt-rpm.