server administration
TagHow to monitor/capture packets on Linux
Question: How do I monitor all traffic on a Linux host, or for a particular port?
Answer: You can use the application tcpdump, here are..
How to list all drives installed in Solaris / OpenSolaris
You can use the following command to list all the drives in Solaris or OpenSolaris. This is useful if you are adding new drives, etc via..
How to install ntop using yum – the easy way!
Rather than building from source, there is a much quicker way of installing ntop on CentOS 5 or RHEL. You can do it via yum! Just add the..
ntop installation error: configure: error: cannot find macro directory `m4′
If you receive this error while trying to install ntop:
configure: error: cannot find macro directory `m4′
Try creating the directory m4..
How to install rrdtool using yum
Rather than building from source, there is a much quicker way of installing rrdtool on CentOS 5 or RHEL. You can do it via yum! Just..
-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
Have you encountered the following error while trying to compile applications from source on your VPS or server?
-bash: ./configure: No..
How to create a new partition on a Linux Server
This article describes how to configure a new partition from free space on a dedicated server, or a virtual machine with full..