I recently have learned of how to upgrade the Kernel with apt-get. Something I was unaware of.

 

[root@snappy]# apt-get install kernel

 

This will display a list of available kernels that you can install. Pick which kernel you'd like to install and then:

 

[root@snappy]# apt-get install kernel#2.4.20-8

This should do it.

Reboot the machine.

When the LILO: prompt comes up, type in linux single.

This starts your gateway in single user maintenance mode.

You can reset your password by typing passwd.

Reboot the machine and you should be sorted.

At the Grub boot menu hit "e"

Select the line that begins with "kernel"

 

Hit "e" again

 

Move the cursor to the end of the line and add " init=/bin/bash" then hit enter

 

Press "b" to boot the system

 

At the bash prompt that comes up, type the following: "mount /proc" then hit enter

 

next type "mount / -o rw,remount" then hit enter

 

next type "passwd" then hit enter

 

now enter your new password twice

 

You should receive a notice stating "All authentication tokens updated successfully". This confirms your password has been changed.

 

next type "mount / -o ro,remount" then hit enter

 

now press control-alt-delete to reboot

 

logon with new password to verify

 

Credit to Buddha and his LUG

To install:

[v702623@snappy]# rpm -ivh foo.rpm

 

To update:

 

[v702623@snappy]# rpm -Uvh foo.rpm

Sometime you will have to find out what processes are running on your box. To get a complete list issue the command

 

ps -aux

 

however if you want to find the process info for say named then you could issue the command

 

ps -aux | grep named

 

and this will return info for all instances of named that are running.

How do I check to see what address are currently in use that have been assigned?

 

 

at the console with

 

 

cat /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases?

or

 

webmin => under servers>dhcp

Everyone is familiar with the folder "My Documents" here is a little tip for network use.

 

<right-click> on mydocuments

 

<properties>

 

<target> Set your target to the location you'd like to save your documents.

 

 

example:

 

Target: "\\server1\users\%localuser%"

 

%localuser% is a windows variable. This will create the folder under the server specified in the X:\directory\users\

 

The folder is created with the name of the person that is logged into the machine that changes that option.

 

example:

 

%localuser% = Administrator

 

Target: "\\server1\users\%localuser%" will create the directory

 

X:\directory\users\administrator

 

This is very handy when dealing with laptops, and roaming users.

 

Windows actually "syncs" the files when you logon and log off. Allowing you to use multiple machines.

Does Samba work with Active Directory and Server 2003 Yet? Anyone know?

January 5th I walk into a new corporate office, new faces, new jobs status, and a new administration position. Not sure what is going to transpire out of this new position, but I feel that it was a step that was needed.

 

December 9th 2003, I had given my resignation to my boss, the date is set for January 2nd 2003. It's amazing how people respond when they know you are actually leaving. I've felt both kindness, and the opposite. Sad when you give a company your life, and your technical abilities to transform their way of work, and the gratitude is almost non-existant.

 

My emotions have played a roll in the leaving of my current place of employment. Although I have transformed the network, and server side of this company, I have felt that it's time for me to leave. I will be leaving a position where I over see the whole IT department. Run the budget, purchase the servers, you name it I do it. I was a part of it all. I paid the bills, ran the backups, did some programming. Now I must leave, to have a "regular job."

 

This new position is, yes none other than an, Microsoft Server administrator. I have the oppertunity to work for a corporation server team. I am going to be one of the "new guys". The "Go-Fer" as some may put it. The bottom, the very sole of the foot of IT.

 

The technical ability is there, and I have the desire to move up, but the thought of starting at the bottom and working up to the top again has given me some doubts, and maybe some worries. Not to mention Linux is almost non-existent in this new company.

 

Linux administration has made my email life at my current place of employment an ease. I have had little to almost no trouble with it at all. It's still running, it would have been running with 0 reboots, or anything for almost 1.5 years if I had not upgraded the kernel. As we know, security calls for updates.

 

I will miss that more than anything I believe. Hope is there, for I may be able to have them impliment a new branch of Linux administration, maybe I can work my way to over see that department. Who knows, but I will strive to move Linux into the workplace envirionment. I hope it follows. I do.

 

Anyway, As I reach another chapter in my career I hope that it's well worth the decision to leave a comfortable spot. I do hope it's worth the time that I spend frustrated in making a new transition. I have all the hope and belief that it will be well worth it, but inside there is still a bit of disbelief and maybe some discomfort. [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_ph34r.png[/img]

To delete a user to your system bring up a terminal window and issue these commands:

 

To delete a user use deluser [username]

 

All this must be carried out as super user

 

To become a super user just type su - and enter the root password.

Ex.

[digerati@rh9 /]$su -

password:

[digerati@rh9 root]# userdel scrote

 

To delete the user and their home and all their stuff do:

 

[digerati@rh9 root]# userdel -r scrote

 

 

All done.