Category: Linux

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Cannot start mysqld (Fatal error: Can’t open and lock privilege tables: Incorrect file format ‘host’ )

Are you seeing – Fatal error: Can’t open and lock privilege tables: Incorrect file format ‘host’ ?  Following is what I did – removed mysql-server (#yum remove mysql-*) re-installed mysql-server (#yum install mysql-server) #cd /var/lib/mysql/mysql #rm -rf * #mysql_install_db and then,  ...

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Best SCP GUI on Linux

For the impatient Look no where else if you already have nautilus file manager For best view/performance setup nautilus in browser mode [ edit -> preferences -> behavior (tab) -> behavior (section) -> check “Always open in browser windows” ]...

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What can I do with CentOS?

Index I want to install EPEL repository How to mount ‘ntfs’ partition in CentOS? How do I create CentOS local repository? Create local yum repository Setting up passwordless SSH Install firefox 15 on CentOS Download rpm packages locally to a...

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Install Firefox 15 on Fedora 17/16, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3

Source: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/install-firefox-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/ Mozilla Firefox 18 is released and this is guide, howto install Firefox 18 on Fedora 18/17/16/15/14, CentOS 6.3/6.2/6.1/6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6 using YUM. Firefox 10 is currently available on CentOS 6.3/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/5.9 own repos,...

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How to Change the Hostname on Linux CentOS 6.3 Server

In this post, i will show you on how to change the Hostname on linux CentOS 6.3. I have tested this on RHEL 6, CentOS 5.5 and CentOS 6.2.  and Centos 6.3. Reboot is required for both options (A) and...

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Create your own local yum repositories

Points of interest Q: Where are my yum files downladed while the install is in progress A: Temporary cache directory on CentOS – /var/cache/yum/In my case it was /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6  Source: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=256125     Create your own local yum repositories   I’d like...

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Centos – Configuring network interfaces

System Config Network Tool Installation 6.x $ yum intall system-config-network-tui   Manual setup Source: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-networkscripts-interfaces.html 13.2. Interface Configuration Files   Interface configuration files control the software interfaces for individual network devices. As the system boots, it uses these files to determine what...

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Where are my file /etc/network/interfaces [centos]

What you’re looking for is more likely /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth*…. it has been like this in CentOS 5.2 also.  Ubuntu (deb) – /etc/network/interfacesCentos (rpm) – /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* CentOS 6.3 Q: From where does ifconfig shows eth0, eth1… , where are they defined? Listing of eth0, eth1… are in...

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Host-Only Networking With VirtualBox

Source: http://christophermaier.name/blog/2010/09/01/host-only-networking-with-virtualbox I’ve been playing around with VirtualBox lately, and it’s pretty nifty. Initially I just used it to set up an Ubuntu machine so I could easily run GnuCash on my MacBook, but lately I’ve decided to start using it at work, too. I’ve...

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15 Practical Linux Find Command Examples

Source: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/15-practical-linux-find-command-examples/   Apart from the basic operation of looking for files under a directory structure, you can also perform several practical operations using find command that will make your command line journey easy.In this article, let us review 15 practical...