January 1, 2010

Linux Package Management Tips

Linux General,Linux/Windows Support,

Try these Linux package management tips. Linux Package Management Tips 1) To check if a package is available in repositories and if so available, to check the version and size...

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January 1, 2010

Find programs hogging bandwidth using iftop command in Linux

Linux General,Linux/Windows Support,

Find programs hogging bandwidth using iftop command in Linux Using iftop command we shall be able to determine what program is hogging bandwidth. iftop -bNBP is the commonly used option...

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December 26, 2009

Linux modules and libraries

Linux General,

Dynamically linked libraries are linked and loaded at run time, either by "ld.so" or "ld-linux.so", depending on how it was compiled: in a.out or ELF format. Every program whenever they...

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December 26, 2009

RPM – RedHat Package Manager

Linux General,

What does a RPM Package contain? RPMs (*.rpm) typically include 1) the compiled programs and/or libraries needed for the package, 2) documentation 3) install, verify, and uninstall scripts 4) cryptographic...

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September 16, 2009

Linux Security Tools

Linux General,

In this page i will try to provide some of the must have tools for linux OS. Some of these tools can also be used for FreeBsd: ROOT KIT HUNTERS:...

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September 16, 2009

Exim Command line arguments

Linux General,

Exim Command line arguments The command options are described in alphabetical order below. -- This is a pseudo-option whose only purpose is to terminate the options and therefore to cause...

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