back from the dead
Posted on March 30th, 2012 by xclouds
The site will have more posts as time flies by. From all life’s corners.
ora-28001
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
ora-28001- the password has expired! Changing password for
apachectl
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
Errors have been made. Other will be blamed! apachectl -t saves you !
error 28
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
Got error 28 from storage engine….-> Disk full, you idiot !
xpenguins
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
sudo apt-get install xpenguins – really made the day fun @ work 
sendmail trick :)
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
The sendmail usage message is confusing! It needs a — not a – before the sendmail options: mail email@xxx — -f email2@xxx Took me 1 hour.
from win to linux
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
From Linux to Windows -> smbclient \\\\IP\\share -c “put filename” -U ‘username%pass’
cp -Rf?
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
cp -Rf did not work. Even though it is deprecated, it did the job : cp –reply=yes -> no more asking for confirmation…
/dev/shm
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
mount -t tmpfs shmfs -o size=16384m /dev/shm – FIXED !!!!
9.04 VPN
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
New 9.04 VPN interface setting: under routes, check “use this connection…” otherwise VPN route will take over local routes.
slow ssh
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
Slow ssh to ask for password in Ubuntu -> edit ssh_config, comment out GSSAPIAuthentication yes
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials no.
Back to work.
sysv-rc-conf
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
There is an alternative for editing runlevels that can be used just like chkconfig–> sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
OpenOffice 3 on Ubuntu
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
How to Install OpenOffice.org 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.10 -> http://tinyurl.com/5zfzh4
from nano to vim
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by xclouds
From nano to vim in Ubuntu: ~#sudo update-alternatives –config editor