VNC vncserver and tigervnc

manager Fri, 09/04/2009 - 21:20

First, use yum to install the server service:

yum install tigervnc-server 

Then, edit the servers file:

vi /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

Edit this:

# VNCSERVERS="2:myusername"

# VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600 -nolisten tcp -nohttpd -localhost" 

To look like this:

VNCSERVERS="1:root"

Subject

Linux

Tar

manager Fri, 09/04/2009 - 16:17

Tar with compression

The Unix tar command

# tar -cvzf foo.tgz cps100

will tar the directory cps100 (and its files/subdirectories) into a tar file named foo.tgz.

To see a tar file's table of contents use:

# tar -tzf foo.tgz

Extract Tar or UnTar gzip files

To extract the contents of a tar file use (works with both .tar and .gz files):

# tar -xvzf foo.tgz

This untars/extracts (x) into the directory from which the command is invoked, and prints the files being extracted (v).

 

Tar without compression

To combine multiple files and/or directories into a single file, use the following command:

tar -cvf file.tar inputfile1 inputfile2

To separate an archive created by tar into separate files, at the shell prompt, enter:

tar -xvf file.tar

 

Subject

Linux

Ten outstanding Linux backup utilities

manager Sat, 08/22/2009 - 14:04
  • Date: July 21st, 2009
  • Author: Jack Wallen

A dependable backup tool is not a luxury - everyone needs to have one. But that doesn’t mean you need to spend a fortune to get the feature set that meets your needs. Jack Wallen introduces some great Linux backup solutions, including a few that are cross platform.

Whether you’re in the IT industry or you’re a computer power user, you need to have a backup tool at the ready. With this tool, you will need scheduled backups, one-time backups, local backups, remote backups, and many other features.

Plenty of proprietary solutions are out there. Some of them are minimal and cost effective, while others are feature-rich and costly. The open source community is no stranger to the world of backups. Here are 10 excellent backup solutions for the Linux operating system. In fact, some of these are actually cross platform and will back up Linux, Windows, and/or Mac.

Note: This article is also available as a PDF download.

Subject

Fedora
Linux