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Remote Syncronization of Current Date/Time

Jun.22, 2007 in Linux Comments Off

This is something I use quite often though always forget the host.. so thought to blog it here… To remotely sync your linux system time use the following command:
rdate -s time-a.nist.gov
Seems easy enough.. but I still manage to forget it!.. The old servers like clock.redhat.com don’t seem to work anymore.
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Fedora Core 6 Tips

Jan.04, 2007 in Linux Comments Off

Fedora’s latest release is proving really nice.  Alot of work has gone into porting some of the cool XGL widgets into the native desktop using xorg extensions.  For example the famous ‘cube’ desktop switch… as simple as using the sytem preferences menu to enable desktop effects (at least assuming your video drivers are all supported!).
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VMWare License Keys

Dec.15, 2006 in General, Linux, Windows Comments Off

Stumbled across a good page with some information on obtaining vmware license keys.  Essentially all that is really required is that you register.. but suprisingly this wasn’t very easy to get to from the website.click here to receive your free serial number(s). ( non-expiring license key) free vm license keys

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Running NSIS Natively On Linux

Mar.22, 2005 in Linux Comments Off

The NSIS source files are shipped with every official NSIS distribution as well with the development snapshots. The binary files distributed with the NSIS releases are compiled with the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler. The source has also been tested to be compatible with the Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2002/2003 compiler. The NSIS distribution includes [...]

Linux Samba Print Config

Mar.16, 2005 in Linux Comments Off

I‘m rnning a linux server (fc3) that I have samba mounted to a windows 2000 client. In order to have linux successfully print all documents sent from the windows client a RAW queue may be necessary.
The following errors were visible in the /var/log/messages file when attempting to print a MS Word document:

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Apache 2.0.50 / Tomcat 5 Configuration

Mar.03, 2005 in Linux Comments Off

Unfortunately there is a very pitiful amount of good documentation about how to properly configure Apache and Jboss. The apache site now declares that jk2 is no longer being developed, however try as I might I was not able to get jk to work with my configuration. After reverting back to jk2 I eventually got [...]

Roller Blogger Configuration

Jan.10, 2005 in Linux Comments Off

After some serious struggle attempting to get Roller working under JBoss I had stumbled across this article that outlines the basic procedure required. I followed the steps as identified but still encountered various errors. Below are my findings and what I had to modify to get the installation to function.
1)The security policy that needs to [...]

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