The file /etc/fstab contains the information about the mounted systems. The system reads this configuration at start-up to mount the required partitions on to the file system. An example of this file is shown below: As you can see, this file has all the information about the mounted partitions. Now, you can take a separate […]
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The design of the hard drive and the formation of the partitions of the file system varies from server to server. It mainly depends upon how much hard disk space is available and which applications would be installed on the server. If the server space is low, which should not be the case with commercial […]
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Usually, the switching between GUI and command line interface becomes essential for example, there can be a situation where a server might be having resource problems with its existing specifications. To enhance performance, one might shun the GUI. This can be done by simply changing the run level of the system. If the system is […]
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The ‘shutdown’ command brings the system down in a secure and planned manner. By default, running this command with no options will bring the system to a single user mode. However, options can be used with this command to halt or reboot the system. Take some examples as follows: linux:/ # shutdown -r now The […]
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The run level determines which services will run and which will be stopped during system initialization. The run levels are given below: 0 Halt the system. 1 Single-user mode (for system maintenance). 2 Local Multiuser with Networking but without network service (like NFS) 3 Full Multiuser with Networking 4 Not Used 5 Full Multiuser […]
The start-up kernel messages in the Linux system comes like a burst and it is difficult to analyze those messages while the system boots up. However, after the operating system is loaded, you can view those messages with ‘dmesg’ command. This command will display the messages of the last time boot. Check the command […]
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There are two methods to change the IP address in SUN Solaris server. 1) Temporary Method As the name shows, the temporary method changes the IP address of the machine only till the time it is running continuously. As soon as, the server is restarted, the IP address is reverted back to the one configured […]
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Most of the times, this is among the first task that you do after installing the operating system – enabling the FTP service. To enable FTP on SuSE linux, you have to undertake some simple steps explained as follows with snapshots. STEP 1: Edit the file /etc/ftpusers and comment the line with root just as […]