Hello,
I have an NFS server (which I don't have admin access to) which is advertising a share as both NFSv4 and NFSv3. Ubuntu's mounting it by default at NFSv4, which is causing some problems (I...
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Hello,
I have an NFS server (which I don't have admin access to) which is advertising a share as both NFSv4 and NFSv3. Ubuntu's mounting it by default at NFSv4, which is causing some problems (I...
The ~ or 'tilde' character is used as a shortcut for identifying your home folder.
So, if your home directory is located in /home, then your .vim folder will be located in /home/username/.vim
...
Have you tried just restarting the sshd service?
$ service sshd restart
Thanks -- I'll give this a shot.
I've been running CentOS on my workstations for a while, which was an easy setup with kickstart -- remastering might be the way I want to go. Thanks for the tip.
Quieting configuration dialogues with apt-get/dpkg
Hello,
I am trying to write a script that configures my ubuntu machines with LDAP and Kerberos (via this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SingleSignOn)
My problem is that when I run the...
Ah, from reading this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
It appears that the
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 option only hides the grub menu if only one OS is installed. I've got a...
Grub Menu always appears at boot time
Hello,
Ubuntu (10.04.1) used to boot without showing the grub menu. I just updated the kernel, and now it stops at the grub menu for several seconds before selecting the default (newest) kernel...
It sounds like you've got something broken in your GNOME configuration files.
This will reset your gnome configuration to the default, but try moving the following folders to something like...
Hmm, is 'mapper' the name of your VolumeGroup? Mine looks like so:
LV Name /dev/vg_ubuntu/lv_root
First, lets try activating the LVM group
sudo vgchange -ay vg_ubuntu
# then mount...
Mounting LVM partitions is a slightly different process. This post outlines how to do it: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4079308&postcount=2
What do you mean by "command mode"? A runlevel without X11?
Ubuntu doesn't use /etc/inittab by default (source: man inittab). You can see information about setting the default runlevel by looking...
I've always felt that the BSD's have much more polish than... most linux distributions out there. It may take a bit more time for packages to make it into the latest release, but it's rare that I...
I would say that a Gmail account is fine -- it doesn't embed ads in your outgoing mail. IMHO, nothing is less professional than sending emails with ads in them *cough* hotmail *cough*.
To answer my own question:
On my Ubuntu machines, I need to edit
/etc/gconf/2/path
In that file, just change
xml:readwrite:$(HOME)/.gconf to
xml:readwrite:$(HOME)/.gconf_ubuntu
Works...
I have a mixed environment of Ubuntu and CentOS machines in which I use network accounts.
The problem is that gnome stores all it's settings in the .gnome folders, and then you've logged into one...
Certainly :-)
You can make use of the /etc/hosts.allow file.
You can get the best information on this by running:
man hosts.allow
The gist of it is, you add this line to the...
Would you be able to print the output to a file with the `>` operator and then carry out your actions on the file?
21, and I use it for work!
I am a Unix systems admin for several research laboratories. So it's nice to use the same platform. The desktops and servers I normally support are running CentOS...
Try running
chkconfig --list
in a Terminal window. Are the services you need autostarted listed as 'on' in runlevels 3, 4, and 5?
Best Unix Guide?
Hey All,
I am working on a support site for some clients, and thought it would be a good idea to link to a guide to Unix (A lot of my clients are scientists needing to learn basics to the command...
Hey everyone,
I am writing a script that creates several files and sets the ownership to that of the current directory with os.chown
so I'll run a
os.chown(".du", uid, gid)
however, the...
Just curious, what blogging software are you running? Sometimes if you are running larger apps (sometimes wordpress, or rails apps) they take longer to load.
A 750GB LaCie external FW800/eSATA HD. Yay storage!
Have you run the apt-get update as the error suggests?
Also, are you running apt-get with sudo?
This may be a dumb answer, but it seems like Ubuntu server comes with a mail server?: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/features/mailserver
:-k