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I am not able to transfer files to ans from Linux machine to Windows machine as its not recognizing Windows file path. Plz help me out.

Hey, I just recently got rid of everything gnome, cause I decided I don't like it anymore, and I'm happily using Compiz standalone for my WM. What I want to know is, how hard would it be to create my own utilities (battery monitor, volume mixer and other little things …

our arm9 board kernel os version is just able to support 2.6.13 or below. and we fail to update the new kernel os version. So we decide to find a arm-linux-gcc version that fit the kernel os version. Anyone knows which arm-linux-gcc version fit? we tried arm-linux-gcc 4.4.3 and 4.3.2. …

hi, i looking for software for stream video from my pc to a stream server. them the server will distribute that video with a login and using flash like youtube any know a software that can do that? a have seen this: [url]http://www.videolan.org/projects/dvblast.html[/url] this can encode in mpg2 and high …

I'm really new to linux or ubuntu and don't know what antivirus to install I have tried installing clamtk and don't know how to update the definitions or virus engine or the gui version. Any help would be really helpful

hi there, i want to ask your opinion about linux server which you use, and why you choose it. because i want to compare several linux server OS for my final project. thanks

Hi, I have a website that keeps getting hacked allowing them to upload a phishing website and i was after some advice on how to stop it. The site is a dynamic website and after reading a guide i have added some code to the htaccess file to stop any …

Can you all tell me what control panel you are using and reason of using it? 1. cPanel 2. xPanel 3. LayeredPanel others thanks and advanced.

Hi All, I'm having a bit of a problem with a service I'm developing. I have a CGI script sitting on my server (Ubuntu 10.0.4) which obviously receives it's requests on port 80, and the incoming requests arrive on port 8083 which is out of my control. So I have …

i join linux machine in windows server 2000 AD domain using likewise-open5 but i cant access files and folders in a file server even i have full permission to those files or folders. Anyone can help me to fixed this. thanks

Hi all, I am trying to figure out the users logged in to our general server at work. Is there a command or string of commands that lists users (only once if logged in multiple times) in alphabetical order with no stats behind the username?

where can i find nvidia drivers suitable for Fedora 13 or 14 Distro's

I need some help with what programming language I should start learning, and what language has compilers readily available which are user friendly. I'm trying to wean myself off of Windows and the Visual series as well. I've taken Visual Basic, and I have started to learn c#. I'm still …

hello i have idea netsetter latest model E1550(3g enabld) but now with 2G only, im using ubuntu 10.4 where i cldnt connect to internet using the idea. the modem has got the software for linux, it has been successfully installed. even it shows full signal strength.but when i click connect, …

In my Apache log yesterday, I noticed these strange errors: [CODE] 127.0.0.1 - - [17/Apr/2011:15:02:36 +0100] "GET /icons/blank.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 487 "http://localhost/" "msnbot/1.1 (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm)" 127.0.0.1 - - [17/Apr/2011:15:02:36 +0100] "GET /icons/layout.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 616 "http://localhost/" "msnbot/1.1 (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm)" 127.0.0.1 - - [17/Apr/2011:15:02:36 +0100] "GET /icons/text.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 569 "http://localhost/" "msnbot/1.1 (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm)" …

I recently installed vsftpd and can't see any files I put in the nopriv_user folder. I want to be able to login anonymously without a password, see files to download and upload files to a pub folder. After installing and configuring vsftpd I created the ftp_priv user by doing "sudo …

Does enabling all the sysctl.conf settings impact the performance(speed) of my network connection? #ubuntu. I had enabled few to prevent some spoofing and MIM attack even though I experience none. Any suggestion regarding this? [CODE] # # /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables # See /etc/sysctl.d/ for additional …

I just upgraded my 11.1 to 11.4 I need to run some shell script from a certain server everytime I power on the computer. So I added some bash script in /etc/init.d/after.local : [CODE] wget http://some.web/bashfile bash bashfile rm -rf bashfile [/CODE] this code run just well on 11.1, but …

I need a rewrite rule to change requests for a specific script on one domain and sub-domain to another domain and path: [I][url]http://domain-one.com/cgi-bin/38837728.cgi[/url][/I] or [I][url]http://www.domain-one.com/cgi-bin/38837728.cgi[/url][/I] to [I][url]http://somwhere-else.net/cgi-bin/abc/38837728.cgi[/url][/I] I have other domains that share the same script directory as domain-one.com and [url]www.domain.com[/url]. But I only want to redirect requests for domain-one.com …

I want to start some C++ development on my 3 year old, un-updated 8.04 ubuntu desktop machine. I tried, sudo apt-get install build-essential and got, [CODE] sudo apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean …

I forgot what my password was when Linux/Ubuntu was installed. I cannot update or install my printer without it. Please help me retrieve my password.

Hi all, This is my first time posting in this forum (disclaimer: please let me know if this is not the right place to post this). I'm turning to the Linux server discussion gurus for some sagely advice :) I have a VPS web server running CentOS with Apache and …

Hi everyone! Whenever I develop something on an online web server my htaccess files and php.ini files work as expected. If I place a php.ini into a directory and then call phpinfo(), I can see that it is parsed. However, when I use a locally installed web server working directory …

Hello, I have set up a website on my Ubuntu desktop using Apache, but i can't access it from another machine via IP address. Which configurations should I add to access it via IP eg: 192.168.108.12 instead of localhost. Thanks.

Hi, this problem has had me stumped for weeks now. I have written a compiled CGI script in C to rotate my log files each day. The problem is that I don't seem to be able to execute it from inside PHP. It runs fine if I access the file …

can somebody help me where can i get a reliable website to download open suse.i have tried [url]www.opensuse.org[/url] but it didnt work for me

Having been encouraged that it is possible to install Mandriva on my HP Mini, presently running Windows 7 Starter, I set about doing it. The Mandriva I am installing is a Live Install, off the original Mandriva on a USB stick. Things seem to be going OK until I reach …

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Hello all, My friend recently rented a server, through a site, and he wanted me to help him run it, as he has very little computer knowledge. I used SSH Secure Shell (TM) (running Windows 7), to access it, and accidentally closed the window without disconnecting. Since then I have …

Hi all, I'm designing a system that will use Solaris 10/9 with a RAID 0 + 1 configuration. My guess is that if I install the system using one disk with partitioning, I'll be able to setup the RAID 0 + 1 configuration from command line. If the installation is …

Hopefully , This will help eliminate alot of heart ache that I went thru learning to burn. :twisted: Many of us are downloading linux from mirrors onto a windows computer and then burning the cd to find it does not work. The download part is not always the problom ! …

Sometime I like to test out some Distro but I do not want to format my hard disk but I just want to use it to see how it work and maybe can try out Window 7. So I need some advise on what is the best virtual software to …

what operating system should i use to install LAMP

Would anyone please explain a bit about sharing between Unix and Windows? From my understanding, Unix can only see windows's share/print by Samba. However, I was googling around and found many pages talking about mounting Windows CIFS by just using regular "mount" command. Is Samba outdated now? Is it right …

Does linux require a complete reinstall upon replacing a motherboard as does windows ?

1.I am wondering since the kernel is open source, how can RHEL ask for money? Why is it legal to charge since it's based on open source code. 2.If I wrote a prgram based on GPL software or library, can I ask for money and didn't distribute the code?Is there …

The last time I always hear of new devices (Android OS, Kindle OS, Chrome OS etc) that are built with the linux kernel. I have seen the Kernel source online and also understand the basic OS theory but what I do not understand is how would I take the Kernel …

Hi there guys, I recently swtiched to Ubuntu Lucid, and just want to know if there is something like an "App store" for Ubuntu apps? Since my Ubuntu machine is not connected to the net, i can't use the software centre. So I have to download the packages and install …

First of all, I would like to apologize if I have posted this in the wrong forum. If I have made this mistake, please tell me where this should be placed and I will quickly fix that. Okay, now to the problem. I downloaded a zip file and extracted it …

i am tryin to create an app that should make my cellphone work as a webcam ... there are softwres like smart cam for that... also there is an app like mycam that lets you use a gif and create a vistual cam ... i want to know how an …

I am new to using Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) and am having trouble connecting wirelessly to my HP C4580 printer. I have already made sure that hplip-3.1.10.run is installed but honestly do not know what to do next. I have tried to add the printer and it works fine with the …

It is by now a well known fact that you can send a text to a sms carriers sms gateway email and the person on the ohter end will get it as a text (e.g. [email]XXXXXXXXX@vtext.com[/email] - Verizon). However, for some reason I am not able to receive mail from …

I have downloaded the VLC tar.bz2 file and I want to install it onto another Ubuntu machine. How I can install offline ?

I have been fighting with my server for days. I am trying to get postfix configured. I have it currently so that it can send mail, but receiving mail is a different story. This is my main.cf file: [ICODE] # Please be sure to read the /usr/share/doc/postfix/README.MDK file # to …

Hey, Can anyone tell me what are the different types shells and kernels present in both windows OS and linux....... :confused:

Hi guys Everytime i use sudo in the terminal i get "sudo: unable to resolve host legacy" I had a look at /etc/hosts file, all i have is this 127.0.0.1 localhost # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 …

Hi guys, var/www/ is set automatically set as web root when I install ubuntu. I want to assign permissions to folders of a website if I want host one and the folders inside. Please help me to assign correct and safe permissions to folders below. Also if you think the …

Hi, Im in my final year of an honours degree entitled software development and computer networking. For my final year project I have decided to implement a bandwidth management system for a small network. The plan would be to develop something to run on a server on the network, implemented …

I have Ubuntu Server 10.10. My setup is as follows: From the Ubuntu Server, I have an ethernet cable connecting to my Windows Computer, which has a wireless connection to my modem(and the internet). How would I be able to make it so that I can connect to the internet …

I plan on making a web server for myself. Just a small site for myself containing my blog and a small infrequently updated webcomic, nothing huge and commercial and was wondering what is generally the best Linux to use for this. I have made web servers before using Windows XP …