A backup Utility - Rsnapshot

There are many ways to backup Servers. One of the better ways to accomplish this is using rsnapshot. Rsnapshot is nothing but a filesystem snapshot utility for backing up local and remote systems.Rsnapshot is written in Perl, and depends on rsync। With ssh access, it is possible to backup remote servers.Why rsnapshot? We have many familiar ways to generate full backup and copy it to another server...

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Network Monitoring With ntop: Installation and Configuration

1. Introductionntop is a network traffic tool that shows network usage in real time. It displays a list of hosts that are currently using the network and reports information concerning the IP (Internet Protocol) and Fibre Channel (FC) traffic generated by each host. The traffic is sorted according to host and protocol. Protocols (user configurable) include: * TCP/UDP/ICMP* (R)ARP* IPX* DLC* Decnet*...

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Installing and Configuring Nagios

1) Getting Nagios You need root access on the server, where you would like to install Nagios. Login as root. Create a directory for downloads.#mkdir -p /usr/src/backs/nagios#cd /usr/src/backs/nagios Download source of nagios and nagios-plugins at http://www.nagios.org/download/. #wget http://keihanna।dl।sourceforge.net/sourceforge/naagios/nagios-1.2.tar.gz#wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.3.1.tar.gz...

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Answer to the Question of "what is the difference between Linux & Windows?"

Answer That is a question that has many different answers, depending on what aspect of Windows or Linux you want to know about. Both are what are known as Operating Systems, and in this case, both are designed to work on the same type of hardware -- PCs, otherwise known as IBM Compatibles. There are enormous differences in the way that they behave at a technical level, but I suspect what you really...

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Why we use LINUX ????

Linux is better than Windows because ... 0. Linux developers don't disguise their listings on Google by pretending they're about Windows. Actual Google listing: Linux Download www.Microsoft.com Customize your Operating System. Learn more about Windows Embedded. 1. Linux screen blankers don't turn your PC into a Microsoft ad. 2. It isn't fair to say the Windows GUI is a poor copy of X-windows....

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How to break grub password

To break the GRUB start-up password, follow the steps given below:1. Boot the system with the first Linux CD. At the boot prompt, type linux rescue to switch to rescue mode. In rescue mode you will be asked if similar steps should be followed, which need to be followed in the installation. Once you get the # prompt, type the following command: # chmod /mnt/sysImage2. Edit the grub.conf file and...

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How to compile a kernel

kernel version 2.4.30.tar.gz Go to old kernel directory .Find the .config file and copy it to the new decompressed Kernel directory .If .config file is not exist then create . [root@ns1 linux-2.4.18]#make dep [root@ns1 linux-2.4.18]#change few option .then save [root@ns1 linux-2.4.18]#ls –alh | grep .config [root@ns1 /usr/src]#tar –zxvf linux-2.4.30.tar.gz [root@ns1 src]#cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.30...

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Install Squid Proxy Server

commandCheck for the user Squid: 1) #finger squid If not then use the command 2) #useradd –d /usr/local/squid squidDownload the tar package from http://freshmeat.net/redir/squid/9942/url_tgz/squid-2.6.STABLE4.tar.gz 3) wget http://freshmeat.net/redir/squid/9942/url_tgz/squid-2.6.STABLE4.tar.gzExtract & Install the tar package 4) #tar –zxvf squid-X.X.X.tar.gz 5) #/configure...

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