A collection of system administration hints and tips, tricks and articles for the Linux operating system in all its variants.

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Red Hat 6 (RHEL) run levels

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

Switching to a GUI login on RHEL 6

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

Using netstat to troubleshoot linux networks

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

Disabling SELinux in Oracle Linux 6

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.

Find command examples

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

Using the apt-get command cheat sheet

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.