fsck is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux file systems. File system can be a device name (e.g. /dev/sda2), a mount point (e.g. /, /usr,… ), or an ext2 label or UUID specifier. By default, the fsck will try to handle filesystems on different physical disk drives in parallel to reduce [...]
amavisd-new is a high-performance and reliable interface between mailer (MTA) and one or more content checkers: virus scanners, and/or Mail::SpamAssassin Perl module. It is written in Perl, ensuring high reliability, portability and maintainability. It talks to MTA via (E)SMTP or LMTP protocols, or by using helper programs. No timing gaps exist in the design, which [...]
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Centos has a neat application for switching between alternative software packages, called alternatives. Few days ago I noticed that one server doesn’t send logwatch email. I wanted to see what was the reason and here are the few tips you can check before you dig inside logwatch settings. First, check /etc/aliases and root email inside [...]
The RPMforge project is an open source project that provides RPM packages for various distributions (RH, CentOS, Fedora, …). To enable RPMforge you can install the rpmforge-release package for your distribution. For RHEL5 / CentOS-5: i386 # wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm # rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm x86_64 # wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm # rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm For older releases (RHEL [...]
You can run the command below at a command prompt to see what version of Centos/Fedora/RH your server is running. [root@hydra:~]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5.2 (Final) Fedora sample: [root@s2 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)
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As you probably know, the latest CentOS and RHEL distros are available only with PHP 5.1.6 and if you want to upgrade PHP, you need to install it manually (or to find someone to do it for you ). The 5.2.5 release brings several security enhancements, more than 60 bug fixes, and improved performance for [...]
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