Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

Installing a Text-based Browser on AIX (Lynx)

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

If you want a very simple text-based web browser in order to test responses on an AIX server and don’t want to waste time and bandwidth using Firefox – if it exists – and an X-session, use “Lynx”, Here are … Continue reading →

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Install NFS Client on Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

Steps: 1. Launch the “Server Manager”   2. Click Role, Click “Add Roles” in the right panel   3. Click Next, Select the checkbox of “File Services”, Click Next.   4. When the “Select Role Services” appears, select the checkbox … Continue reading →

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Force install Oracle 10g Client on Redhat 5

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

Source: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/index.jsp?topic=/director.tbs_6.1/fqm0_r_tbs_oracle_10gR2_client_will_not_install.html

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How to overcome NFS through firewall issues using NFS4, while maintaining compatibility with NFS3 clients (Draft)

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

NFS4 server uses port 2049 only, no port mapping Run “startsrc -s nfsrgyd” on client and server Must use public file system, list the available using “nfsd -getnodes”, or else you’ll get an error indicating “No such filesystem or directory” … Continue reading →

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Solution to Virtualbox Shared Folders “request not supported” error when accessing/copying files on Windows Guests

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

Just disable the “Offline Files” Open Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> Offline Files Remove the tick from “Enable Offline Files” There you go! Source: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27062&p=188821#p188821

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