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Mac OS X: Install wget Network Downloader Utility
By Nix Craft I recently learned that “wget” can continue getting a partially-downloaded (resume download) file. I am unable to find wget command on Mac OS X. How do I install install wget on Mac OS X...
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HowTo: Reinstall MySQL v5.x On Linux
By Nix Craft My MySQL database installation has been corrupted. I would like to delete old mysql server. How do I reinstall MySQL database server version 5.x on Linux or Unix-like oses? A software...
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CentOS / RHEL: Yum Lock Package Version At a Particular Version
By Nix Craft I am a new CentOS / RHEL 6.x server user and DevOP. I need to lock a package called nginx on a server being updated via yum command. How do I lock package version at a particular version...
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Unix / Linux: Check New Files In File System /var/www/uploads/
By Nix Craft Recently, I switched from MS-Windows based web-server to CentOS Linux based Apache web-server. All user uploaded files are stored in /var/www/uploads/ directory. Is there command that can...
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Increase NFS Client Mount Point Security For a Web-Server noexec, nosuid,...
By Nix Craft I am using NFS server version 4.x on a CentOS/RHEL based system. I’m mounting my shared /var/www/ directory on five Apache based nodes using the following syntax: mount -t nfs4 -o...
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Increase NFS Client Mount Point Security For a Web-Server noexec, nosuid,...
By Nix Craft I am using NFS server version 4.x on a CentOS/RHEL based system. I’m mounting my shared /var/www/ directory on five Apache based nodes using the following syntax: mount -t nfs4 -o...
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X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0 Error and Solution
By Nix Craft I am a new Linux server user. I need to tunnel X over ssh. I type the following command from OS X Unix terminal to login into far_away_machine (a centos server): ssh -X -o options -A -p 22...
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HowTo: Upgrade To a Newer Version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
By Nix Craft Ubuntu Linux version 14.04 LTS has been released. How do I upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS from Ubuntu 13.10 or 12.04 LTS? Read answer to: “HowTo: Upgrade To a Newer Version...
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OS X: Create and use Live USB Fedora Linux Media
By Nix Craft My new Dell Laptop has no DVD or CD drive. I’m trying to create a bootable Fedora Linux 20 USB using UNetbootin utility as described here. But, UNetbootin failed to create bootable USB...
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Fedora Linux 20: Install Broadcom-wl STA BCM43228 Wireless Driver
By Nix Craft I‘m using Dell / Lenovo laptop with Broadcom’s IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n based wireless card. How can I install Broadcom-wl STA BCM4322 Wireless driver on a Fedora Linux version 20? Read answer...
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