How to Install, Configure and Use Linux Iptables Firewall on CentOS 6.2
Iptables is the most popular packet filtering firewall package in linux. It can be used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules in the…
How to Change the Hostname on Linux CentOS 6.2 Server
In this post, i will show you on how to change the Hostname on linux CentOS 6.2. I have tested this on RHEL 6, CentOS 5.5 and CentOS 6.2. Reboot…
How to Creates the /etc/httpd/passwords File and Configures a Password for Apache User?
Questions : What command to creates the /etc/httpd/passwords file and configures a password for Apache Httpd user ? Answers : The command that creates the /etc/httpd/passwords file is : [root@server…
How to Add Atomic Repository to RHEL 6
In This post, i will show on how to install Atomic repository to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6). Atomic repository was archived here : http://www6.atomicorp.com/channels/atomic/ Follow this steps…
How to Set the Vsftpd Server Banner Message on RHEL 6
This post will guide you on how to configure Vsftpd welcome banner to every new user that connects, set the banner_file parameter and place a suitable welcome message on Red…
How to Install and Configure Samba Server on RHEL 6
In this post i will show on how to install and configure a Samba server an also how to transfer files from client side. For this example we are using…
How to Check Apache Error Log and Access Log file
The purpose of logging in a server is to diagnose some issues. The common way to start the troubleshooting is to look at logs. For apache httpd server, all the…
How to Extract ZIP files on Linux
ZIP archives are most commonly used in Windows/MS-DOS based environments. In Linux, you can use the “unzip” command to extract,list or test ZIP files. Simply run the following command to…
How to Install Apache Httpd Server on RHEL 6
In this post, i will show on how to install Apache Httpd server on Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6). The Apache HTTP Server is an open-source HTTP server for…
In this post, i will show on how to install vim on Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6) Linux server. Vim stands for ‘Vi Improved’. Vi is one of the…
Symptoms : When i try to download the software package using wget command, i get the following error : -bash: wget: command not found Solutions : wget command does not…
How to Create the tar file then gzip the file on RHEL 6
In this post, i will share with you on how to create the tar file and then gzip the file on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL). 1. Create testing…