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hi all i m having one assigmnet. please help me in solving thati need to write one script for linux fedora core3. in wich i want to mount one file system to some place and then check that weather that partation is mounted or not now i have to select …

I need to able to hide a directory that is already created. More importantly when an ftp user logs in I want them to not be able to see a certian directory. It already has root permissions, any ideas?

Hey,i have red hat 9 and windows XP o one machine......there is problem when ever i boot linux it takes 10 min to boot..it takes lot of time saying starting send mail....the some sclient...these two things take lot of time in booting.cant i stop these services.....there is one more problem...last …

First do i have to uninstall Windows to get the full linux benifit Second what is the best for personal use at home. Third will i be able to play games on linux Fourth is it easy to install Userfriendly? I just want to take a break from windows and …

Greetings, I was hoping that there is somebody that can tell me how to configure a Dual Boot system with Windows XP on one hard drive and SuSe Linux on the other. Most of the support I've seen has been for dual booting from the same hard drive. If anyone …

To Anyone Who might be of assistance: Before I begin I would like to . (1) Declare that I understand that no, one member of the Free linux comunity, has the obligation to answer to anyones request for aid unless they so desire, or are being paid (2) Declare that …

i have network printer installed in windows platform i want to print through linux how is it possible

Hello, Recently I installed Red Hat9 Linux OS. I searched on web to get an Anti-Virus software for my OS. I found one called "Panda", but it has got only 2500 virus definations. I felt that this is not sufficient for my OS. Could some one me tell, which one …

I guess that first post was a bit vauge. I have Apache/1.3.3 (Win32) mod_perl/1.29_01-dev up and running. But it's Wide Open! Can someone give me a Walkthrough on setting up the htaccess, htpasswd, and how to use the dbmmanage? Examples would help. Forgive Me the first post, this is really …

Hi Im busy setting up a Redhat 8 server. I got samba running but there are a few issues I still need to sort out (I am new to linux servers so have a dose of patience) 1) I got samba set up but I need it to run automatically …

What I'm needing to do is set up a Login mechanism for My Website, The Login Page can be found at http://cksPlace.dns2go.com But it's from My last set up using only a FTP server, and AnalogXs' Simple Server. That's when I was running on an ole 98SE box, and it …

hey i have windows xp prof attached with printer(shared on network) and i wanted to print from linux (redhat8 and fedora core 4) what is the procedure to do that. thanks

I want to install [U]Fedora Core 2[/U] on my system with a dual boot with Windows XP Home. XP is on first partition and I have enough space for another partition (15GB) for Fedora. So, I put Disk 1 in my CD-ROM and reboot and boot to the CD-ROM drive …

hi guys, well i installed red hat linux 9.0 on my computer but it did not recognosed the sound cards and so no sound was available. help here also tell me from where i can know about the linux cammands and networking thriugh linux.

Ok, so here is my problem. I'm re-building an old computer, probably an early P2, not too sure, and when I boot it up the CPU fan turns on, but the hard drive doesn't boot. However if I unplug the hard drive's IDE cable, then it starts to spin. I …

I just read the redhat 9.0 installation guide and it says that I need a non-destructive repartition tool to not to delete anything.I only want to do a drive defragmenting and then install redhat on d drive without having to delete anything or as the manual says , creating a …

Well, I tried to install Linux 9.0 by first inserting the CD and then rebooting the system. But it didnt work. I also changed the setting that the boot device should be the CD ROM but still, nothing happened. What should I do???Is there some way in which I can …

I had some doubts running clipper programs in Linux. I am having dos based clipper programs for accounting which we are thinking to migrate to Novell but i am for Linux ,considering cost and may in future Linux cost effectiveness may help us, plus security and scalability. Actual Scenario: Small …

hi to all, First of all my english is not that good.so plz do bear with me. I want to setup a linux box in a LAN that should be able to act in following roles: [COLOR=DarkOrange] Priority Role: Web server for a web application Linux web server ( for …

Found your site thru W3Schools, gave me new hope (almost ready to give up on installing Apache..) basically I install Apache (from Apache.org-assume stable version..apache 2.0.54-win32-x86no_ssl) followed install tutorial, used msi installer (localhost for domain name and server, and "administrator@localhost" for e-mail)...get error message when almost finished, also appears on …

My ADSL modem comes only with a WinXP driver. It doesnt have Linux driver. So how do I get it working?

Is the hardware part of Linux different from the one required by windows or is the software part only different? Also can I install Linux on my computer which is currently running Win XP :eek:

I downloaded Morphix which was supposed to give me an idea of Linux. I downloaded an iso file. Then I had a virtual drive so I mounted it on that. I used Nero and burnt all the files to a rewritable cd. When I restart the pc (with the CD …

Hi everyone, I am trying to perform an Apache (2.0.54) and PHP installation under Win XP. Having greatly messed up Apache's httpd.conf file, I decided to uninstall Apache (using Window's Control Panel) and then re-install it. But the problem is that whenever I re-install Apache, the httpd.conf file is not …

i have question, I have recently installed apache/php/mysql/mambo for some testing. evertything is working fine excpet for when all the files required for mambo are downloading with the path localhost path instead of the servername/mambo/file/ how do you change apache to get send the right replies to the get requests …

Hi, I am in debian linux trying to recompile my kernel so it will use a boot splash( for the modprobe and init , not grub) [url]http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/3124[/url] I followed these instructions and compiled everything. When I boot it claims it can't find /lib/modules/2.6.8/modules.dep . This should have been put in …

When I click on vsftpd.conf I get a error saying : Nautilus has no installed viewer capable of displaying "/ect/vsftpd/vsftp.conf". Can you please tell me a way to fix this? Thanks

Hi, I'm a newbe when it comes to setting up a working public bind nameserver so I have a few questions, remember I'm a newbe at bind so please bear with me and make your questions accordingly, thanks. Is it possible to setup to bind to act as a nameserver …

hi i want to install slackware onto my laptop i have a 10g hardrive and i dnt wnt a partition for windows as my desktop is my windows i want linux straight down on me laptop lol i have read guides but get stuck partitioning for linux dpartitions is it? …

Just like the subject says... how the heck do you take screenshots in Linux? lol

Im not sure if this is the place to post. I had knoppix 3.8 live cd and was trying to install it onto my hard drive. I made a linux-swap partition using the qtparted v0.4.4. The linux-swap partition is about 500mb and the rest is windows NTFS partition. Theres no …

[b]Knoppix[/b] is such a useful disc in and of itself; backup/restore tool (for Linux [i]and[/i] Windows), Linux introduction and learning tool, [b]Debian[/b] installer, and more--and free. It's the installer aspect that I'm so pleased with right now. I recently reinstalled Linux to my system using the latest version, using the …

Hi everyone, I am currently using using windows and would like to switch to linux. The thing is that i don't know which distro to choose. You see i would like to have something that is similar to function(don't care about L&F) to windows. For example when you buy windows …

I have 2 partitions currently, a C and a D drive. C is my main drive. I was wondering, would I have to format both C and D to install a dual boot system? Or would I just have to format the D drive and then would be able to …

i have installed linux-fedora in my pc.i installed ethereal and i download from [url]www.openhip.org[/url] the patch-ethereal-hip and i don't know to install patch-ethereal-hip.the site haven't documentation.do you know to install patch? please help me..

I've been reading here, and on the fourms about the new Red Hat "Fedora". Is this Red Hat's next linux name? Is it a seperate company from Red Hat? Is it a 3rd party Red Hat based distro? I'm just to lazy to find the Fedora website and look this …

What Linux you recomend for Desktop?

Looking for one that is easy to install, lots of developement tools, good hardware auto-detection

Hello all, im a brand new newbie and need some help with a web server I have been trying to set up. I curently own a url and i followed directions to make my own server and im now stuck. I changed my DNS with zoneedit and I have a …

Alright here is the situation, I had a company set me up a server which is down in FL, and it's Linux, they gave me an IP address, user name and password. What I need to do it FTP a program to the server and they run this program from …

Hey, I've been using linux forever and want to start dual booting slackware and BSD. I've heard that Slackware doesn't like this very much and was wondering if anyone has any experience with this type of setup?

hi , I am planning to make a linux server which should be able to support a web application for my team, act as print server, mail server, file server,security set up.No idea though can install Linux very well. The ENVironment details : This system(2 b linux box): p3, 850 …

Hi everyone! I just received a computer that had windows 98 on it from a relative as a gift. I would like to try and run linux on it, but there seems to be a problem. Windows is not completely on it. The only files on the hard disk are …

Need Driver For NVIDIA RIva. I'm running suse 9.2. I am a newbie at linux so I only now how to install rpm files.

Because of SATA recognition problems, I have been booting Fedora Core 3 via GRUB on a separate HDD. Somehow my GRUB boot diskette got overwritten, and I cannot access the system. Every attempt to create a new GRUB boot disk appears to work but on bootup it fails with a …

Hi, and welcome to the world of Linux. Linux offers, so many, new and exciting possibilities, to both experienced and novice alike, that it is oftentimes difficult to get started. One solution to such a problem is to familiarize yourself with the feel of Linux before you go any further …

Has anyone here used Linspire or Lindows? and if u did what did u think about it? JAM SIKO

Happy Holidays everyone!! I am a newbie to Linux and I just purchased a high-end server for my start-up. After much research, I have decided to set up the machine with Linux. My problem is more related to TCP/IP. I am setting up the server to host my website and …

hi guys, strange problem, I discovered samba has been deleted at no fault of my own. Just deleted..... I noticed the firewall was switched off too which is concerning. I must have switched the firewall off to test something and never turned it back on.. When linux loads it says …

I recently set up smtp-vilter 1.1.4, SpamAssassin, and ClamAv 0.75 on Fedora Core 2, I am having problems with the three programs working together. smtp-vilter seems to be working and I can send/receive mail, but clamd and spamd don't seem to be configured right, or they don't have the proper …