There are many way find the Linux Distribution Name and Version, but my favorite to find CentOS/RedHat/Fedora distribution name and version is to read from /etc/redhat-release file. In CentOS 6.5, /etc/redhat-release file contain following contents: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 6.5 (Final To find out distribution name, use command: awk ‘{print $1}’ /etc/redhat-release And to…
A backdrop of stars Difficulty: Easy Application: KStars You may already have played with KStars, but how about creating a KStars backdrop image that’s updated every time you start up? KStars can be run with the –dump switch, which dumps out an image from your startup settings, but doesn’t load the GUI at all. You…
There is a new Linux distribution released almost every week, sometimes, even every day. The latest is one called Stella, and the first version is Stella 6.3. Stella is a desktop-focused remix of CentOS, and Stella 6.3 is based on CentOS 6.3. If you are familiar with CentOS, you know that out of the box,…
Sometime when you run an application in Linux, it starts and suddenly stops or just doesn’t work. Then you find that its selinux which is stopping you to run your application. Selinux is good security feature of Linux stop you to execute malicious applications. But it need to disable when you need to run your…
1. First step is to create a special FIFO file using mkfifo command, where you want to see the packet capture using WireShark. This file will use to read & write simultaneously using WireShark & tcpdump. mkfifo /tmp/packet_capture 2. Second give the following ssh command on your terminal, to start the tcpdump on remote PC.…
1. Run top in batch mode top is a handy utility for monitoring the utilization of your system. It is invoked from the command line and it works by displaying lots of useful information, including CPU and memory usage, the number of running processes, load, the top resource hitters, and other useful bits. By default, top…
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