Archive for the 'Linux/Nix' Category
Problem with rpmdb
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix | 1 Comment
Problem rpm -qa | grep <package> rpmdb: unable to join the environment error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable error: cannot open Packages index using db3 – Resource temporarily unavailable (11) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Quick and Dirty Mysql backup to Samba share
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix | Leave a Comment
#mount the samba share mount -t smbfs -o username=<username>,password=<password> //server/share /mnt/database
XMMS Mp3 Plugin in Backtrack Linux
Posted on April 6, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix | 1 Comment
wget http://www.osnews.com/files/xmms-mp3-fc1.tar.gz tar xvzf xmms-mp3-fc1.tar.gz
Configuring ssh and rsync in DLINK DNS-323
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix | 2 Comments
1. Download and untar funplug(i have problems with 0.4 version cause there’s no dropbear.sh in the package file)
Installing Security Auditor’s Research Assistant(SARA) in backtrack linux
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix, Security | Leave a Comment
Installing Security Auditor’s Research Assistant(SARA) in backtrack linux
Xen hangs my Linux server!!!
Posted on March 12, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix | Leave a Comment
My officemate created a Xen Windows 2003 server virtual machine on one server. The virtual machine supposedly was configured to eat up 30GB of hard disk space but unknowingly it goes up to 85 Gb which eats up all of hd space and cause my server to hang.
PostgreSQL
Posted on February 22, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix, Security | Leave a Comment
[root@localhost]# postgres “root” execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted. The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent possible system security compromise. See the documentation for more information on how to properly start the server. [root@localhost]#
Microsoft ISA and Squid Proxy Server
Posted on February 21, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix | Leave a Comment
I might be wrong or maybe there are still misconfiguration with our ISA configs( we are not that expert though), i noticed that every time you browse the net, you’re always authenticated by the Active Directory, not a one-time-only authentication. After weeks of messing with Microsoft ISA and still having issues and problems, we finally [...]
Backtrack V3 in Toshiba Satellite M50
Posted on February 17, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix, Security, Technology | 2 Comments
Fedora 9
Posted on February 8, 2008 - Filed Under Linux/Nix | Leave a Comment
Fedora 9 Alpha is now up for grabs!!!! Talk about rapid development
