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HowTo: Install KFTPGrabber FTP Client 2008-01-31 04:38:00 KFTPgrabber is a graphical FTP client for the K Desktop Environment. KFTPGrabber implements many features required for usable FTP interaction. If you like KDE environment and you are looking for KDE-based FTP client software, here's a quick entry on how to install KFtpGrabber linux tool to your... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Install FileZilla 3 on Fedora 8 2008-01-31 04:26:00 Filezilla has come a long way both FTP software server and client base. To those who hasn't installed FileZilla FTP Client yet, here's how to install Filezilla to Fedora 8. And those who are still looking for alternative FTP client software for linux,besides from GFTP and KFtpGrabber, here's a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Be Alerted via Popups When Monitoring Log Files 2008-01-30 15:05:00 Do you need a desktop popup alert when somebody is trying to bruteforce your SSH service? How to be alerted from X Desktop when specific matching words appears from specific logs? How to popup an alert when matching phrases are met from log files? A quick entry on how to be alerted from X windows... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Mount Windows Drive From Linux GUI 2008-01-28 08:04:00 Are you searching for Network Neighborhood from your linux desktop? Have you been wondering how you can map a shared windows network drive from your linux desktop using GUI? Here's another simple linux desktop howto on mapping shared windows folder from linux desktop. There are lots of way to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Delete Files With 0K Filesize Recursively 2008-01-28 07:31:00 I have been asked to post a command or script by a newbie user on how he can delete all files with 0K or zero filesize recursively. This is a quick entry on how to delete files with 0K (zero) filesize and optionally do it recursively. A precaution. First, deleting files recursively in linux is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Changing Interface's MTU Size 2008-01-21 07:50:00 Wiki defines MTU as In computer networking, the term Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) refers to the size (in bytes) of the largest packet that a given layer of a communications protocol can pass onwards. MTU parameters usually appear in association with a communications interface (NIC, serial port,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Create Vanishing Virtual Drive 2008-01-21 03:59:00 You can work with your hard drives, network drives and other external or USB storage devices accomplishing critical linux hacks. Yes, technology nowadays have enabled us to make use of larger and more stable storage capacity drives and devices. Most firms and company services enjoy the benefits of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Install Identity.pub Into Remote Machines 2008-01-21 01:52:00 Installing identity.pub from your local machine into a remote machine can be done in a fewer keystrokes using ssh-copy-id. This ssh-copy-id linux command has been used as one of the few linux commands here but it's usage has never been emphasized and explained. This quick entry covers on how to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Check and Mark Bad Block Of Hard Disk 2008-01-19 04:49:00 I just plugged my old harddrive into my existing linux box and it has been long time since I last used this spare harddisk of mine. I just felt the need to check for an old rpm spec file this hardddrive. Now, here's a quick blog entry on how to check your harddisk for possible bad blocks and mark... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Install Linux Hardware Browser 2008-01-19 04:28:00 Tired of looking your detailed hardware configuration specs? Forgot those command line commands to identify your devices and hardware specs? Here's a GUI based hardware browser that displays your current hardware specifications and profile with no fuzzy and administrative menu. Hwbrowser shows all... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Basic RPM Package Queries And Usage 2008-01-18 18:45:00 RPM has been the standard binary for querying packages from RedHat and any other rpm-based OS like CentOS, WhiteBox, Fedora, Mandriva, Blag and 60+ more. As a refresher, here are some basic patterns on how to query rpm packages using rpm package manager. To search rpm database for all package... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Rebuild Locked Out RPM Database 2008-01-18 09:53:00 Every time you query rpm database against your rpm package manager, your linux terminal and query seems to hang and you cannot do something about it except try to kill and terminate the current rpm query process. One probable cause for this could be a recent rpm query was unexpectedly terminated... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Display RPM Packages Installed Last Month 2008-01-18 08:21:00 I have been posting rpm samples but have not posted anything about rpm description, so here goes the man page. rpm is a powerful Package Manager, which can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and erase individual software packages. A package consists of an archive of files and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Display and List Out All Package Files Recently Installed 2008-01-18 07:51:00 With a pending project at hand, system admin A installed mod_ssl, and after a while sysad A resigned and left. You take over and found out that mod_ssl was recently installed with a pending configuration job. The mod_ssl is just a new thing for you and your experience. But you need to continue a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Identify Source Package Name Of A File or Folder 2008-01-18 07:26:00 Here's a way to identify from which program package a file belongs to or which package a directory folder belongs to or created from? That is, which package name installed and created a particular package file? Supposed that you encounter a file name lying a round from some directory and the file... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...