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SysAdmin

How to Test the disk write speed on the server

20 October 2013·1 min readArchive

This command will create a 1000 MB file with name “jobnix-speedtest” . So, Make sure you have 1 GB free space before you run this command. Run the following command to test the write speed of the...

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SysAdmin

Easy way to get system installation date in RHEL

16 October 2013·1 min readArchive

tune2fs -l $(df -P / | tail -n1 | cut -d ‘ ‘ -f1 ) | grep ‘Filesystem created:’

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SysAdmin

Execute command without logging into history in RHEL

16 October 2013·1 min readArchive

history -d $((HISTCMD-1)) &&

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SysAdmin

Simple script to scan LUNs, create pv, vg, lv, mounting it and creating new entries in fstab in RHEL. (Note:- Probably need slight modification as pe

16 October 2013·1 min readArchive

!/bin/bash MPATH=0 for i in `ls /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/scan`; do echo “- – -” > $i; done sleep 5 multipath -ll echo -n “enter mpath:” read MPATH pvcreate /dev/mapper/${MPATH} vgcreate -s 32 $VG...

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CentOS

Add new LUN or Disk, or Resize the LUN or Disk on a Linux without a reboot

16 October 2013·1 min readArchive

We often need to add or modify a disk to a running server. In this article, we will see how you can Add new LUN or Disk, or Resize the LUN or Disk on a Linux without a reboot Scenario 1 – Add a new...

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SysAdmin

CyanogenMod 10 – USB mass storage

12 October 2013·1 min readArchive

Here is how you can enable USB Mass Storage in CynogenMod 10. Please follow the below steps, Go to, Settings >> Storage, Then hit Menu button. Select USB Computer Connection From the menu. Enable...

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SysAdmin

[How to] set a password for mysql root user

10 September 2013·1 min readArchive

This is how to set a password for mysql root user. Run the following command to set a password `/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password ‘new-password’` Once the password is applied, Test it by accessing...

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SysAdmin

FTPbox – A Private DropBox Application

6 September 2013·1 min readArchive

Ever thought “How to own a Private DropBox” ? Well, If you have an ftp account on your web hosting, You can turn it to your private Dropbox with FTPbox application. FTPbox is an open-source...

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SysAdmin

Git – How to transfer or move repository between accounts

23 August 2013·1 min readArchive

Some times you may need to move your git repository to another account, even between providers such as, github.com, butbucket.org, gitlab.com or even to your own git server. Pre-Requirements Write...

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SysAdmin

How to recover grub boot loader after reinstalling windows

19 July 2013·1 min readArchive

Sometimes you may reinstall you Windows OS keeping your Ubuntu partitions. But after rebooting you can see that the grub is replaced with the windows boot loader and you no longer will be able to...

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SysAdmin

The Evolution of Spam

19 July 2013·1 min readArchive

The Evolution of Spam by #DynEdu

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SysAdmin

Shell Script – Multiple Conditions In single if statement

8 July 2013·1 min readArchive

This is how you can use multiple conditions in single if statement, “` #!/bin/bash if [[ ( “$user” != “condition1” ) && ( “$user” != “condition2” ) && ( “$user” != “condition3” ) ]] ; then echo...

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