Posted: September 29, 2009 at 10:38 pm | Tags: Linux, shell script
This is a simple shell script. This is what it can do:
[1] Display curent time and date
[2] Display files from current folder
[3] Display the calendar
[4] Start an text editor
[5] Harddisk information
[6] Verify resourcesit.com with ping
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Posted: September 29, 2009 at 7:40 pm | Tags: interface, ip address, nameserver, network
After an update, the Network Manager crashed. In this situation, the easyest way to set up a static IP address is to edit the configuration files myself. First, I have to remove the Network Manager.
sudo apt-get remove –purge network-manager
The first file to modify is /etc/network/interfaces:
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
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Posted: September 29, 2009 at 12:30 am | Tags: subnet mask, subnet mask table, subnetting, wildcard mask
This is a subnet mask table. Content:
- the first column shows the number of subnet mask bits.
- the second column shows the resulting subnet mask in dotted decimal format.
- the third column shows the resulting wildcard mask in dotted decimal format.
| Number of subnet mask bits |
Subnet mask |
Wildcard mask |
| /8 |
255.0.0.0 |
0.255.255.255 |
| /9 |
255.128.0.0 |
0.127.255.255 |
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Posted: September 20, 2009 at 11:04 am | Tags: webmin, webmin install ubuntu
This tutorial is about installing Webmin in Ubuntu.
First, get the webmin package from sourceforge.net .For installing on Ubuntu we need the debian package:
wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin_1.441_all.deb
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