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Using redirections; <, >, >> (Part 1 of 2)

April 19, 2009 – 9:51 pm

Redirections can be sometimes confusing to learn and utilize effectively.  We will try to explain it in the simplest possible way that we think is effective.  Please feel free to suggests a better approach to explaining it. Firstly, the 3 basic redirections. < ; this less than symbol is to instruct the shell to read [...]

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Using the “date” command and it’s % options

April 17, 2009 – 12:03 am

Well, you can’t really get a date with this command but it is a very useful command to know for administrative tasks as well as for automatic documentation through scripting. However, the date command’s options often baffles a lot of people (well, in my administering SuSE Linux class anyway) especially when they read about the [...]

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How to remove GRUB from MBR of Hard Drive

April 8, 2009 – 6:48 am

If you are running multiboot operating systems from your hard drive then you will require GRUB. It is a boot loader package from the GNU Project. GRUB is the reference implementation of the Multiboot Specification, which allows a user to have several different operating systems on their computer at once, and to choose which one [...]

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How to setup and enable OpenSSH

April 7, 2009 – 6:09 am

OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH connectivity tools. For many users of telnet, rlogin, and ftp, they may not realize that most of the time their password is transmitted across the Internet unencrypted. With OpenSSH, it encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks. Besides that, OpenSSH [...]

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How to change font size for Yast and Sax2

April 6, 2009 – 6:22 am

Sometimes the font size for your newly installed SUSE is too small for your reading pleasure. There are several ways to configure the font size. One method is to use the configuration utility for your window manager.

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