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Archives for October 2018

Audit rules for monitoring Copy, move, delete and kill Commands In Linux

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System auditing with auditd System auditing is a very important task that should be a part of every server. It allows us to audit minute details related to what exactly is happening within the system. auditd is a userspace component to the Linux auditing system. This means that system users will be able to run […]

Filed Under: Linux

“Abort command issued nexus” error messages in /var/log/messages file

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The Problem The following log entries are found in /var/log/messages continuously. What do they mean and how to get rid of them? Nov 21 07:08:58 db6foredcd kernel: qla2xxx [0000:49:00.0]-801c:4: Abort command issued nexus=4:3:33 — 1 2002. Nov 21 07:08:58 db6foredcd kernel: qla2xxx [0000:49:00.0]-801c:4: Abort command issued nexus=4:1:33 — 1 2002. Nov 21 07:08:59 db6foredcd kernel: […]

Filed Under: Linux

“comm” Command in Linux with Examples

by admin

It is often useful to compare versions of text files. For system administrators and software developers, this is particularly important. A system administrator may, for example, need to compare an existing configuration file to a previous version to diagnose a system problem. Likewise, a programmer frequently needs to see what changes have been made to […]

Filed Under: Linux, Linux Commands

How to install git on ubuntu 16.04

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This small howto post covers the installation and configuration of Git client on your ubuntu 16.04. We will install git version 2.9.3 that comes with a large number of updates versus previous release 2.8. Git is a version control system that is used for software development and other version control tasks. This post assumes you […]

Filed Under: Linux, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 16.04

Order of environment calls for different OS shells in Linux

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Knowing the order of execution of the environment variables for different OS Shell(s) is very important for a system administrator. This might be useful for setting up cron jobs or for understanding differences in commands run in an interactive shell vs batch jobs using a non-interactive shell. 1. Shell: CSH Startup (order): –> .cshrc (always) […]

Filed Under: Linux

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