Problem: When I was trying to mount a partition shared through NFS on a Linux machine, I was getting the below error: # mount 10.xx.x.xx:/xyz/abc /test mount: mount to NFS server '10.xx.x.xx' failed: timed out (retrying). mount: mount to NFS server '10.xx.x.xx' failed: timed out (retrying). Reason: I was …
September 22, 2016
Linux, Web Servers
The utility “openssl” is used to generate the key and CSR. This utility comes with the OpenSSL package and is usually installed under /usr/local/ssl/bin. If the utility was installed elsewhere, these instructions will need to be adjusted accordingly. In this example, CSR was generated for Apache …
First, download the latest version of JRE rpm from the Oracle website. To download the latest version of JRE Click Here. The process of installing the JRE rpm and setting the JAVA_HOME path is shown here. Install JRE on 64-bit Linux Download the latest JRE rpm …
Static routes are for traffic that must not, or should not, go through the default gateway. Routing is often handled by devices on the network dedicated to routing (although any device can be configured to perform routing). /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-eth0 Add Static Routes in Linux If static routes …
You can scan a newly added SCSI disk in Linux without rebooting the system. The process is shown below: First, check all disks presently shown on the system by using the below command: # fdisk -l |egrep '^Disk' |egrep -v 'dm-' WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) …
GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is a default bootloader in Linux (all Unix-like) operating system. Anyone can log in into Single User Mode and may change the root user password, system settings etc. This is the big security flow. So, to prevent such an unauthorized person to …
You can remove the GRUB Password after login into the system, follow the steps given below: Login into the system through root user. Open the grub.conf file into vi editor. # vi /boot/grub/grub.conf OR # vi /etc/grub.conf Comment the password line in the grub.conf file or remove this …
You can display a warning message to unauthorized users or display a welcome message or informational message to authorized users for SSH logins. These messages can be displayed through banners, a legal banner contains some security warning information or general information, that alerts the user. It …
What is sosreport? A sosreport command is a tool that collects configuration and diagnostic information from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system. For instance: the running kernel version, loaded modules, and system and service configuration files. The command also runs external programs to collect further information, …
