On RedHat Enterprise 3 Linux on VMWare each interface link is always down. The following needs to be added to all the ifcfg-eth in /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ check_link_down() { return 1; } See http://www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/guestos_redhat90.html for more information.
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No output from the Console when connecting to a Server running on Linux
The problem is that the vmx file is not executable. Go to the VM directory and run: chmod 755 *.vmx Then restart the vmware server, output will then be displayed on the console.
Syslogd Stops working after installing VMWare Server
Seems that VMWare server adds a new service to the /etc/service file. If you have SELinux running the file’s security context changes. To fix run: /sbin/restorecon /etc/services For more information see http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=435464
Mounting ISO in Linux
To mount an ISO file in linux so it turns up as a directory structure do the following: mount -o loop -t iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/iso Simple as that.
Installing Java on Fedora Core 3 using JDK 1.4.2
Excellent Howto for setting up Tomcat5 from jpackage.org on RedHat Fedora Core3. http://www.mksearch.mkdoc.org/howto/jpackage-sun-fc3/ But required JDK 1.4.2 to be used in place of 1.5 Downloaded http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1.6/generic/non-free/SRPMS/java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm rpm -Uvh java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm Download the self extracting version j2dsk-1_4_2_07-linux-i586.bin from http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.4.2_07/index.html Moved it into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCE cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS rpmbuild -ba java-1.4.2-sun.spec Just need to install java and java-devel cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586 rpm -Uvh […]
Setting up sshd for Public Key Authentication
To create key only authentication the users public key needs to be put on the server in their home directory under .ssh/authorizated_keys. Create the users private key on their workstation: # ssh-keygen -t rsa Send the private key to the server: # cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh newmachine “cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys” Make sure the authorized_keys file […]
Cyrus Imapd 2.2.12 and Autocreate Patch
Building cyrus-imapd 2.2.12 with the autocreate patch causes an error when compiling. To fix edit the imap/Makefile and add the following to the end of the CPPFLAGS parameter -I../et Then resume the make.
Oracle XE web server returns HTTP 400 Bad Request
With the production version of Oracle XE the default is to not allow remote access to the web server. This sometimes causes even local access to not work. To fix run the following as sys: exec dbms_xdb.setListenerLocalAccess(false); Access to the web server will now be enabled.
Oracle Enterprise Linux Virtual Machine Setup
How to create a VMware virtual machine to run Oracle Enterprise Linux using VMware Workstation 6. Startup VMware Workstation 6.Go to File -> New -> Virtual MachineClick Next Select Custom Select Workstation 5 – this is required if you are going to run the VM under VMware Server 1.x Select Linux and Red Hat Enterprise […]