PHP7 is available and supported on OL7. The YUM distribution channel must be manually enabled for the RPM packages to be available: 1. Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/public-yum-ol7.repo file and make sure you enable "ol7_software_collections" repo. [ol7_software_collections] name=Software Collection Library release 3.0 packages for Oracle Linux 7 … [Read more...] about How To Enable PHP 7.0 And httpd24 On Oracle Linux 7
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Understanding Ksplice Effective Kernel Version
This post will explain the meaning behind the output of the "ksplice kernel uname" (Ksplice Enhanced client) or "uptrack-uname" (Ksplice Uptrack client) command and how to interpret Ksplice's effective kernel version string. The effective kernel version that is reported by Ksplice when running the command "ksplice kernel uname -r" reflects the security position of the kernel that is running based on the patches that have been applied by Ksplice. This effective kernel version usually differs … [Read more...] about Understanding Ksplice Effective Kernel Version
How to Check the Size of the Yum Channels in Oracle Linux
Question: How to find out how large a yum channel repository is, to know how much data the channel will sync to a local yum repository? To see the actual size of the repository use either the "yum repolist -v" or "yum repoinfo" command. 1. Example for checking the size of latest OL7 yum channel # yum repoinfo ol7_latest Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo Repo-id : ol7_latest/x86_64 Repo-name : Oracle Linux 7Server Latest (x86_64) Repo-status : enabled Repo-updated : Fri Jan 25 … [Read more...] about How to Check the Size of the Yum Channels in Oracle Linux
How to use ‘yum’ to connect ULN on CentOS/RHEL/OEL 6
The yum(Yellowdog Updater Modified) service is an automatic update tool to update the system each day. You can use both up2date/yum on Oracle Enterprise Linux/ Oracle Linux. Yum uses a configuration file at /etc/yum.conf. Additional configuration files are also read from the directory set by the reposdir option (default is '/etc/yum.repos.d'). Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur … [Read more...] about How to use ‘yum’ to connect ULN on CentOS/RHEL/OEL 6
How to Change Timezone from CST To EST in CentOS/RHEL 7 Server
Question: How to change timezone in CentOS/RHEL 7 server from EST to CST. Follow the below steps to change the timezone to CST. (Execute the below commands as root user) 1. List all the available timezones using the below command: # timedatectl list-timezones 2. Locate the correct timezone you need that is in the central timezone. 3. Set the specific timezone. For example, to set central timezone: # timedatectl set-timezone America/Chicago 4. Run the "date" command to verify the … [Read more...] about How to Change Timezone from CST To EST in CentOS/RHEL 7 Server
How to configure CentOS/RHEL 6 system to not used last 3 passwords used
Question: How to change the password policy on a system so that a user cannot choose any of the last 3 passwords previously used? 1. Make sure that the file /etc/security/opasswd has the default permission (600). # ls -l /etc/security/opasswd -rw------- 1 root root 116 Sep 8 14:52 /etc/security/opasswd 2. Ensure you backup the file /etc/pam.d/system-auth: # cp /etc/pam.d/system-auth /etc/pam.d/system-auth.old 3. Modify the file /etc/pam.d/system-auth in vi editor and change the line … [Read more...] about How to configure CentOS/RHEL 6 system to not used last 3 passwords used