Have you ever been in a rush or just had a complete brain freeze with your MySQL passwords? Well…..I have. 🙂 ——————————- Step # 1 : Stop mysql service SHELL> /etc/init.d/mysql stop ——————————- Step # 2: Start to MySQL server w/o password: SHELL> mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables & ——————————- Step # 3:…
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Over the past few years several people on the VMware communities forums have released patches to fix the vmware modules for the next “fresh” release of the Linux Kernel / Distro. I’ve used them in the past with much success, but I generally like waiting for the official VMware support.…
Starting in Fedora 10 (but disabled by default) Red Hat Fedora started providing the KMS Framework. Fedora – KMS page: Click Me X.Org – KMS page : Click Me Now if you’ve upgraded/installed the new Fedora 11 (or even Ubuntu 9.x etc.) KMS is enabled by default and you may…
If you are a conscientious system administrator, you like to keep tabs on your server by checking root’s email at least once a day, correct? If you manage more than one server, or get tired of having to log in to check your mail, you can redirect where email for the root user gets sent.
I ran into problems on Red Hat Enterprise 5.2 doing this, so I thought I’d post the resolution here.
This applies to RedHat Enterprise 4 & 5, and by association to Fedora and CentOS. It probably works on some other distros as well, but your mileage may vary.
I am constantly having to reset user passwords, as I use the “three failures and your account is locked” schema, as well as set passwords to expire every 60 days.
He said that Microsoft must be hoping that it gets Windows 7 right or it’s really in trouble. via IBM exec calls Vista the best recruiter for Linux.