Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

Clear Totem (and other programs) History in Ubuntu

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik
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Change core file path for IBM HTTP Server 2.0.47

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

To change the default path where the core file is dumped for IBM HTTP Server 2.0.47 on AIX1- Go to IBM HTTP server conf directory (ex: /usr/IBMIHS/conf)2- Open httpd.conf3- Edit the “CoreDumpDirectory” to the required directory (ex: CoreDumpDirectory “/usr/IBMIHS/corefiles”)

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Kill signal to dump core file

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

To kill a process and make it dump a core file, use the “6” signalkill -6 PID

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How to enable full core on AIX

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

1- To obtain full core files on AIX, set the following ulimit options:ulimit -c unlimited turn on corefiles with unlimited size ulimit -n unlimited allows an unlimited number of open file descriptors ulimit -d unlimited sets the user data limit … Continue reading →

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Accesing Linux partitions (ext2/ext3) from Windows

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

If you need to gain read/write access for Linux partitions from windows box, http://www.fs-driver.org/ provides you with a simple program that enables you to gain read/write access to ext2/ext3 partitions.

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