Log into your dedicated or cloud server via SSH.
##Edit /etc/sysconfig/network and set “NETWORKING_IPV6” to “no”
##For 5.4 and later, replace in /etc/modprobe.conf
alias ipv6 off
Upgrade Dell PowerEdge 2950 Bios on CentOS 5.x
Download “PE2950_BIOS_LX_2.7.0.BIN” from Dell with the service Tag.
1. Upload the file to CentOS box to /home/user.
2. Change the file to executable:
How to Install Git on CentOS5
In software development, Git is a distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) system with an emphasis on speed. Git was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development in 2005. It’s all the rage right now with sites like GitHub offering a social coding experience, and popular projects such as Perl, Ruby on Rails, and the Linux kernel using it.
High Memory Usage on a Dedicated or Cloud Server
The common philosophy with respect to system memory is that unused memory is wasted. Most operating systems, including both Windows and Linux maintain what’s called a memory “cache.” Technically this memory space is in use, however it is designed to be freed immediately if applications actually need the memory.
Install Samba on CentOS6 and Sharing with Windows Systems
Samba and Samba Client
Samba allows both CentOS resources to be shared with Windows systems and Windows resources to be shared with CentOS systems. CentOS accesses Windows resources using a package named samba-client.
Installing ClamAV on CentOS / Red Hat Servers
ClamAV is an open source (GPL) antivirus engine designed for detecting Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats. It is the de facto standard for mail gateway scanning. It provides a high performance mutli-threaded scanning daemon, command line utilities for on demand file
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Install Auditd Reports on CentOS / Red Hat
Auditd Report is typically installed with most Centos.
Auditd can look at logs to see what system files like /etc/passwd got modified log whom logged in.
How to Find Number of Processors in CentOS
How to Install ChkRootKit on Linux Server
chkrootkit is a collection of tools to detect the presence of rootkits. chkrootkit uses C and shell scripts to perform a detailed process check, and scans systems binaries to detect kit signatures. Upon detection, in most cases, it can remove rootkits too.
How to Setup a Software RAID on CentOS 5
This article addresses an approach for setting up of software (mdraid) RAID1 at install time on systems without a true hardware RAID* controller. It is NOT supported by the CentOS project; it is NOT a recommended approach for non-hobby users. Rather this article is written to document an approach involving much local
