Good Glimpse of all the states (US states only) and the Economic Turmoil in 2009!

Posted by Jiltin     Tags: , 1 July, 2009    66 views    (0) Comment

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – States from coast to coast began a new fiscal year Wednesday with no budget plans and with cash quickly running out, sending some to the brink of shutdown and forcing others to furlough workers and cut services. In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency and ordered state offices closed three days a month to save money as the state sank deeper into dysfunction. State officials plan to pay bills with IOUs starting Thursday. But the pain extends Read Full Article (Click here)...

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How do you enable sudo, disable root, and limit access in Linux / Cent OS?

Posted by Jiltin     Tags: , 28 June, 2009    120 views    (0) Comment

After googling sometime, I have followed the steps indicated here and made it work in CENT OS 5. Hence, I am sharing this experience and step for you to learn. The steps are simple and easy to follow once you understand the concept of it. Cent OS differs from many other distros by enabling root account during setup. When there is a need to perform administrative task, just run the command with sudo and easily prevent the risk of abusing root privileges and doing stupid things. Following this Read Full Article (Click here)...

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How can I list files with their absolute path in linux?

Posted by Jiltin     Tags: , 26 June, 2009    99 views    (0) Comment

Very interesting one for me whenever I use the ultra edit, I need to provide a complete linux path file name to it. Whenever I list files in unix I always get the file in current directory. Here is the method I use to find the complete file path to process. [bcompiler]# ls -ltr -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 206 Jul 22 2002 Makefile.in.old -rw-r–r– 1 root root 0 Jul 22 2002 EXPERIMENTAL -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 333 Jul 22 2002 config.m4.old However, I want to get the complete Read Full Article (Click here)...

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How do you Create soft link with ln command in Linux / UNIX?

Posted by Jiltin     Tags: , 26 June, 2009    121 views    (0) Comment

To make links between files you need to use ln command. A symbolic link (also known as a soft link or symlink) consists of a special type of file that serves as a reference to another file or directory. Unix/Linux like operating systems often uses symbolic links. Two types of links There are two types of links * symbolic links: Refer to a symbolic path indicating the abstract location of another file * hard links : Refer to the specific location of physical data. How do I create soft Read Full Article (Click here)...

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Managing your career skills you need to survive the next round of layoffs at your job

Posted by Jiltin     Tags: , 25 June, 2009    76 views    (0) Comment

What’s triggering fears and sleepless nights for many of us about the unemployment abyss is not the job-loss stats themselves, but the depth of the cuts—and the qualifications of some of the people getting jettisoned. The questions we keep hearing are: Why do highly skilled, seemingly essential people get cut while others don’t? Are there patterns? How can I make myself indispensable? In talking with employers about what they most value in employees right now, it became clear Read Full Article (Click here)...

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Sendmail sending as host.domain.com, I want it to be from just domain.com, How do I configure?

Posted by Jiltin     Tags: 25 June, 2009    101 views    (0) Comment

Currently, after I setup the sendmail, the emails are going as user@host.domain.tld (or user@host.domain.com) instead of user@domain.tld (or user@domain.com). How do I configure the sendmail so that the mails reach as user@domain.tld? Answer: Edit /etc/mail/local-host-names or create a /etc/mail/local-host-names if you do not have one Add yourdomain.com like this as your first entry and have the other hosts from the next lines # local-host-names – include all aliases for your machine Read Full Article (Click here)...

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