Category Archives: Nix Basics
SSH Connection Shortcut
Occasionally I have to leave my XP workstation and use Linux or Mac Desktop, both don’t have putty like in XP, most probably because they have built in SSH client installed :).
Adding SWAP Space On-The-Fly
If somehow you need to add SWAP space in your Linux Box without having to reboot your Box, you could follow these steps. Basically create an Image in your HDD, format it to swap file system, and add it to your swap space, optionally you could add it to your fstab, so it still there [...]
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Basic Network Configuration in CentOS
The file you have to keep an eye on CentOS for your box basic networking configuration is /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:x for the alias network Interface. Below are the example of output in My CentOS box, /24 IP Block assumed.
Change Your Time Zone
From somewhere else, this is the easiest way I found to change your Box’s Time Zone
cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jakarta /etc/localtime
That is if your box ran CentOS and you want the Time Zone in WIT (GMT+7)
Reinstall Yum Package Manager – in CentOS