Easy method to install Skype in CentOS 6.3, RHEL – 6.3

By On April 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment

This is the easy method I usually follow to install Skype in CentOS, RHEL linux. Hope this will be useful to you! Installing Skype in CentOS and RHEL requires more dependencies and it’s not possible to install all the dependencies manually. So the better option is setup a repo for Skype or install a repository [...]

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Easy method to recover linux root password

By On March 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Did you forget your linux root password ? Don’t worry! you can reset it in simple methods.

This is the easy and simple method I usually follow to recover my root user password in linux when I forget the password.

1. Save and close all your applications if you have opened already.

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Easy method to install KDE in ubuntu 12.04

By On March 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment

K Desktop Environment (KDE) is especially designed for desktop users. It provides an user friendly environment to the desktop users and it’s a free desktop environment for Unix like operating system. KDE provides 3D interfaces, custom widgets for your desktop screen, custom panels etc.,

This guide explains you how to install KDE in ubuntu 12.04

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How to disable selinux

By On March 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Open the selinux configuration file.

[root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/selinux/config

# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
# enforcing – SELinux security policy is enforced.
# permissive – SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
# disabled – SELinux [...]

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Change selinux to permissive

By On March 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment

To change selinux policy to permissive. This guide is applicable to CentOS, Redhat, Fedora linux.

Open the selinux configuration file

vim /etc/selinux/config

# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
# enforcing – SELinux security policy is enforced.
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How to check selinux status

By On March 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Selinux is a security tool which provides additional security to linux. This guide applicable to CentOS, Redhat, Fedora Linux.

To check the selinux

[root@localhost ~]# sestatus
SELinux status: enabled
SELinuxfs mount: /selinux
Current mode: permissive
Mode from config file: enforcing
Policy version: 24
Policy from config file: targeted [...]

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Get website details

By On February 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Question : How to get the website details in terminal ?

Solution : “whois” command allows you to get the website details.

whois searches for an object in a RFC 3912 database. This version of the whois client tries to guess the right server to ask for the specified object. If no guess can [...]

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How to install nginx in ubuntu

By On February 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

This guide explains you how to install nginx web server in ubuntu linux. Nginx is available in the default ubuntu repo list in the precise pangolion releaseu. In case if it is not avail in the other release just add it in the repo list and then update your repo list

Add nginx repo in [...]

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How to install nginx in RHEL 5

By On February 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

This guide explains you how to install nginx webserver in RHEL 5 linux. Nginx is an opensource webserver widely using by everyone after apache http webserver.

First add the ngnix repository in your repo list and then install it

Setup Nginx repo

Create a file called “nginx.repo” in /etc/yum.repos.d/

vim /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo

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How to install nginx in RHEL 6

By On February 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

This guide explains you how to install nginx webserver in RHEL 6 linux. Nginx is an opensource webserver widely using by everyone after apache http webserver.

First add the ngnix repository in your repo list and then install it

Setup Nginx repo

Create a file called “nginx.repo” in /etc/yum.repos.d/

vim /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo

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