Category Archives: Linux

Reinstalling a package using Yum

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Bryan

You can force the re-installation of a package using:
rpm -e –justdb –nodeps <package-name>
yum install <package-name>
This can be really useful if you’ve accidentally removed some components of the package, or perhaps hacked around with config files so much that you just … Continue reading →

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Setting up NIS

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Bryan

The Network Information Service or NIS (originally called Yellow Pages or YP) is a client-server directory service protocol for distributing system configuration data such as users, groups, or host names between computers.
Typically, NIS becomes invaluable when you have a local … Continue reading →

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Mount NTFS partitions on RHEL

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Bryan

The goals of the Linux-NTFS project are to develop reliable and full feature access to NTFS by the Linux kernel driver and by a user space driver (ntfsmount), and to provide a wide collection of NTFS utilities and a developer’s … Continue reading →

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Using RPMforge

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Bryan

The RPMforge.net project is an independent community-driven project to provide the infrastructure and tools to allow users, developers and packagers to meet and work together to provide and improve RPM packages.

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Ethernet Teaming / Bonding

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Bryan

Link aggregation (also known as “Ethernet trunk”, “NIC teaming”, “port teaming”, “port trunking”, etc) allows you to use multiple NICs in parallel to increase the link speed beyond the limits of any one single cable or port, and to increase … Continue reading →

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