There are PHP applications which use MSSQL as the back-end database and such applications require FreeTDS to enable PHP code interface with MSSQL. This article……
Problem: The osad service does not start (RHEL 5.7) and throws the following error: Starting osad: Unable to load module osad Background & Analysis: The……
Installing software on RHEL platforms using yum is straightforward. However, based on your environment, there could be a few more steps to get there. So,……
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At times, to meet performance requirements, you would want to disable file system journaling. Given below are steps to do so for an ext4 file……
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Problem: When changes are made to /etc/security/limits.conf to apply limits for resources (e.g. file descriptors, processes), the changes are not visible in my Shell (SSH……
Typically, building a LAMP system on RHEL may be performed by yum installs. However, I wanted specific options built-in for my AMP and I wanted……
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) is a one-stop shop for all your Perl module requirements. While installing Foswiki, I had a requirement to install the……
Problem: Microsoft SQL Server error logs had I/O errors in them. After transferring 4 months’ logs over to a UNIX machine to analyze them with……
Mutt is a popular email client (MUA) which is common on Linux systems. Given below are some how-tos on basic uses of mutt. For all……
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Unlike the Oracle client which provides you with the required drivers and tools (e.g. sqlplus) to execute SQL statements against an Oracle database on a……
Problem: A Solaris 9 mountpoint was 100% utilized (as per “df”) and no new files could be added. df output: cybergavin@myhost:/dashboard> df –h /dashboard Filesystem ……
UNIX shell commands return exit statuses or exit codes upon completion, irrespective of whether successful or not. In UNIX, an exit status of 0 indicates……