Linux operating system
samba command line directory upload
Samba is known for its flexibility, ease of use, and reliability. Traditional means of connecting are via cifs, smb, or map network drive. And it […]
Linux
Set bandwidth limit in rsync
rsync is available on most linux and unix distributions. rsync has the ability to throttle the amount of bandwidth that it uses to transfer data. […]
Get serial number from ipmitool
Ipmitool is a robust and generic tool for finding specific system information. It is generally possible to get the serial number of a host using […]
exclude package in yum
You may want to occasionally skip a package when using the yum package manager. To do this you can use the “–exclude” option in the […]
Disable selinux in Centos Linux
There a couple ways to disable selinux from enforcing file contexts. The first and preferred way is to And change “enforcing” to “permissive”. Once this […]
Find IP address without ifconfig
On occasion you may need to find the IP address of a host without the ifconfig command. This often happens when you are using someone […]
Set a Path in Linux
In linux you may want to include custom compiled tools into your path variable so that you do not need to explicitly specify the source […]
List PCI devices in Linux and Solaris
You may want to list pci or pci-e devices in your linux host. There are some commands that will help accomplish this. In linux the […]
change tcp window sizes in linux
When dealing with various network cards and systems you may find it useful to verify or change the tcp window sizes of a system to […]
End-of-central-directory signature not found
When unzipping a file you may get the following error: You will need to use the “gunzip” command rather than “unzip”. Alternatively you can gunzip […]