November, 2009
How to delete a full directory in Linux
To remove a directory that is full with other files and/or other directories, use the below command. rm -r directory To remove all directories and subdirectories use rm command. For example remove letters and all subdirectories and files inside this directory, type the following command:$ rm -rf letters/
Wikipedia suffers mass editor loss
Staple student reference site Wikipedia has come under some hard times recently. The English language version of the site is crying out for $7.5 million USD worth of support to keep the site up and running and more crucially, free. Research carried out by Felipe Ortega, from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid suggests that if [...]
Google acquires online display advertising company Teracent
Google has acquired Teracent, an online display advertising company that has developed technology to automatically serve computer-configured display ads in real-time from a library of different creative elements. Google plans to make this technology available to advertisers using its Content Network and the DoubleClick programme. Google has said.
Gmail, Facebook, YouTube may soon be available on TV
There’s good news on hand for those who use cable television services. You can now check your Gmail, watch YouTube videos or connect with friends on Facebook at the cost of the regular cable subscription of Rs 150-200 per month — without having to pay extra for an internet connection. Logic Eastern, a Noida-based manufacturer [...]
How to Build and install libpcap
libpcap is a system-independent interface for user-level packet capture. libpcap provides a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. Applications includenetwork statistics collection, security monitoring, network debugging, etc. gzip -dc libpcap-0.9.4.tar.Z | tar xvf – <much output removed> cd libpcap-0.9.4 ./configure <much output removed> make <much output removed> make install <much output removed>
How to Build GTK+ from source
Building GTK+ from source gzip -dc gtk+-1.2.10.tar.gz | tar xvf – <much output removed> cd gtk+-1.2.10 ./configure <much output removed> make <much output removed> make install <much output removed>
How to solve “MySQL server has gone away” Problem
Some times you  get the message “MySQL server has gone away” in your application. What are the causes of getting this error. This is a general error which can have a number of possible causes. The one certainty is that the MySQL database is no longer listening on the connection – but this does not [...]
How to Build Wireshark from source under UNIX
Wireshark is a free packet analyzer computer application. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. Originally named Ethereal, in May 2006 the project was renamed Wireshark due to trademark issues. Wireshark is cross-platform, using the GTK+ widget toolkit to implement its user interface, and using pcap to capture [...]
How to change the location of the Desktop folder by using Folder Redirection
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers. Right-click Domain, and then click Properties. Click the Group Policies tab, click Default Domain Policy, and then click Edit. When Group Policies starts, click User Configuration, click Windows Settings, and then click Folder Redirection. Right-click Desktop Folder, and then click Properties. You can now configure the location of the Desktop folder. In [...]
How to setup Folder Redirection In windows
Folder Redirection is a User group policy. This means that a user for whom you configure folder redirection must have a group policy linked to some folder structure where their user object is subordinate, such as a site, domain, or organizational unit. Once you create the group policy and link it to the appropriate folder [...]
How to reindex Apache Solr Data
Some times when you change the schema of Solr, you have to re index the entire database in Solr Server. This can be achieved in a systematic manner. First you have to stop the services of solr by killing the process shown below [root@pss1 ~]# ps -ax | grep java Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a [...]
I-Synergo Opens One of the Largest IT Parks in CIS With Cisco Technology
One of the largest information technology (IT) parks in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was opened in Kazan, the capital of the republic of Tatarstan and one of Russia’s largest cities. Built by the IT solutions and services provider I-Synergo, the park’s networking and communications infrastructure is based on Cisco technology. The IT park [...]
How to configure the Default Route in Cisco Firewalls
The command to define default route is as follows ASA5510(config)# route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 100.100.100.3 1
How to findout the running process in Mysql and Kill The process
How to findout the running process in Mysql and Kill The process. You can use show processlist command to find out the running process in Mysql Server.Use the kill command to kill a process. mysql> show processlist; +———-+————-+——————+———————+———+——–+———————————————————————–+——————————————————————————————————+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | [...]