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Linux System Administration Tips and Tricks
Dokuwiki Reference Links
Installing RPMs
RPM -e Error Specifies Multiple Packages
Find out what RPM package provides a library
Resetting Root Password in GRUB
Unzip/Untar a file and compile code
How to restart a print queue
Disable Screen Blanking
Setting System Clock to UTC/GMT Timezone
NTP Tips
Bash Login Profile
.bashrc vs .bash_profile
Bash History settings
SSH without a password using public/private keys
SSH without checking known_hosts
SSH Login Banners
rsync ignore hidden files
ssh_exchange_identification error
Soft Link Trick
Man Pages and Funny Characters
Disable Terminal Bells
Mount CDROM
Burn CD from .iso image
Create .iso image from a CD
Create DVD .iso from .iso on multiple CDs
Nice Windows fonts on Linux
Allowing passive FTP connections
Distorted IE Images / Dell Laptop 1920x1200
HTTPS Server Configuration
HTTP server fails to start
SELinux Configuration
.htaccess files
Force HTTPS/SSL by directory with httpd.conf
Force HTTPS/SSL by directory with .htaccess
SSI Includes with PHP and vice-versa
Sanitizing PHP for malicious user input
Exporting/Importing Database Tips
VPN Client
VPN Notes
Find Files
Yum won't update (unsubscriptable object)
VMWare Screen Resolution Settings
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Error Messages
vmware firefall settings
CentOS PHP5.2 upgrade
MySQL setup options for a new install/config on RHEL5
Linux System Rescue CD
Checking network speed
Network Tips and Settings
Multihome network connection
Recommended network card for linux
Fixing Java in Firefox 3.6.x on Linux x64
C-Shell and other Linux custom prompts
Enigmail Setup and GnuPG keys
KDE preferences in RHEL5 for better performance
RHEL6 Login Screen Configuration
NVIDIA Settings
Querying X Windows Screen Resolution Settings
Using a scanner in linux with XSane
Mount a USB flash drive
Restricted shell access for users
vim Tips
Linux password managers
Thunderbird - Sort folders with "_" first
Thunderbird - Slow performance
Google Chrome - Installing as non-root user
Google Chrome - Installing for CentOS 6 and having it auto update
Combine / Merge PDF files
Gmail encryption
Perl Tips
Manipulating Date Strings
CPAN (Perl) Repository Tips
Best Practices
Linux Opensource and other Software Tools
Adding a second hard drive
Android on VirtualBox
CentOS 6 Migration Notes
ClamAV Antivirus
DNS Performance Check
DNS Servers (Public)
GIMP tricks
GMail on Linux with SSMTP (preferred)
GMail on Linux with MSMTP
GParted - partition editor
ImageMagick Notes
LibreOffice Notes
Linux Backups
lftp to mirror websites
Mirror websites with wget
Nagios Config Commands
Mantis Tips
MySQL Time/Date Tips
NoMachine (NX) Remote Access for Unix/Linux v3
NoMachine (NX) Remote Access for Unix/Linux v4
phpMyAdmin Installation Tips
phpMyAdmin - Importing a .csv into a table
Red Hat 6 Package Manifest
Remote Desktop tricks
Restore Data and Files from Corrupted Disks
Serendipity Tips
TightVNC and Configs
Tidy to clean up HTML Markup
VirtualBox for CentOS 6 Notes
VirtualBox for Fedora Notes
Xming X Server for Windows
Windows and other Microsoft Tips
Windows Folders & Quicklaunch Menu
AppData / Profiles
NT Backup
Backup Script using xcopy
Backups with SyncToy 2.1
GnuWin32 - Coreutils install
MS Word 2007 default spacing
Windows 7 Line Spacing & Icon Height
Hard Drive Copy sector-by-sector
Loading CDROM software onto laptop lacking CDROM drive
MagicISO
ISO Recorder for Windows
Virtual Clone Drive - Mount .iso to virtual CDROM drive
Crystal Reports
Thumbs.db - Disabling
WinSCP - Passwordless Login
Windows Security Tools
Panda Anti Root Kit
Kaspersky Online Scan
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