Category Archives: Linux

Alternative way to find files with specific extension in a folder on Linux

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

If you don’t like the “find” command, you can use the following one instead (I prefer it myself): ls -R | grep “\.xml” where “-R” lists all recursively grep is used to filter filename “\.xml” you must put the “\” … Continue reading →

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NFS Mount Issue: chown can’t change membership of nfs filesystem shared from OpenFiler

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

The problem is the following: I created an NFS share from OpenFiler, and when I tried to mount it using the NFS client on other server, it mounted successfully, but I couldn’t change ownership of the NFS share, as follows: … Continue reading →

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How to Mount NFS

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

mount -t nfs -o options host:/remote/export /local/directory Source: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/s1-nfs-client-config.html

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How to change hostname in Redhat & Oracle Linux

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

As user “root” “vi /etc/sysconfig/network”, change HOSTNAME value to the new hostname “hostname NEW_HOST_NAME” to change it for the current sessions “vi /etc/hosts”, change the old value to point to the new hostname “service network restart” to restart the networking … 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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