I received errors regarding libXp.so.6 launching the Fame 9.3 release 3 on Redhat Enterprise Linux 5. Error while loading shared library libXp.so.6 Cannot open shared object file. No such file or directory. This error occurs because the library libXp.so.6 is…
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TOP and TOPAZ are Unix, Linux and AIX utilities that provides real time display of top cpu using processes.
As a server/systems administrator you will find the TOP utility very useful to determine top cpu using processes. TOP is the utility for Linux and most Unix operating systems. IBM Aix has it’s own version which does the same job,…
How to remove the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification.
I ran the windows update on my XP computer, it downloaded and installed KB905474. This instaled the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification on my Windows XP computer. Now eveyrtime after I reboot my computer the warning message keeps popping up in…
Determine the disk usage of a file system in Linux or Unix.
As a server administrator you will find that the df commad is very useful to find out the disk usage of a file system in Unix or Linux. Depending on the variant of Linux or Unix, the df command also…
How to determine the folder size in Unix or Linux.
The du command displays disk usage for each file or folder. You can use this command to find the size of a folder in Unix or Linux. Below are some examples. du -s /home/andrew 19112204 /home/andrew The above command displays…
How to determine the current shell type in Linux or Unix.
Here is the command to find out what your current shell type is in Linux or Unix. This works for most variants of Unix, Aix, and Linux. echo $0, this will display the shell type. echo $SHELL, this will give…
Upgrading SpamAssassin on Fedora 4 server.
Download the lastet version of SpamAssassin version 3.2.5, the file name is Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.5.tar.gz. You can get the latest version from spamassassin.apache.org. In this step by step example I am upgrading SpamAssassin version 3.0.3-4.fc4 to 3.2.5 on my Fedora 4 server.…
How to determine the version of Aix, Solaris and Linux.
How to determine the version of Solaris you are running. uname -a This will list the Solaris version on your server. uname -X will display the extended information with more detailed info. Other options for uname. Operating system name (uname…
How to find a file in Unix, Linux, Aix, Solaris.
If you are not sure about the name of the file and which directory it stored in then you can use the find command to search for it. The Find command is common to all variants of Unix, Aix, Solaris,…
Formula for calculating the swap partition size during the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
When performing the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora, you can accept the default size of the swap partition or enter the optimal size manually. Here is the formula to calculate the swap partition size. If total memory…