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How to Show files by size, biggest last- Linux Commands
Please refer the following command to get  files by size, biggest last  under Linux or Unix System # ls -lSr Example.. [root@pwas2 ~]# ls -lSr total 196212 -rw-r–r– 1 root root 0 Feb 5 2010 test1.txt -rw-r–r– 1 root root 1124 Jul 8 2008 gish -rw-r–r– 1 root root 1574 Jan 24 2008 anaconda-ks.cfg -rw-r–r– 1 [...]
How to test for unreadable blocks on disk- Linux Commands
Please refer the following command to get  Test for unreadable blocks on disk  under Linux or Unix System # badblocks -s /dev/sda
How to Do a read speed test on disk sda – Linux Commands
Please refer the following command to get  read speed test on disk  under Linux or Unix System #hdparm -tT /dev/sda
How to Show info about disk – Linux Commands
Please refer the following command to get  info about disk  under Linux or Unix System [root@pwas2 ~]# hdparm hdparm – get/set hard disk parameters – version v5.7 Usage: hdparm [options] [device] .. Options: -a get/set fs readahead -A set drive read-lookahead flag (0/1) -b get/set bus state (0 == off, 1 == on, 2 == [...]
How to Display SMBIOS/DMI information – Linux Commands
Please refer the following command to get SMBIOS/DMI information under Linux or Unix System # dmidecode -q | less
Mirroring the Zend Server Repositories
Zend Server, Zend Server CE and Zend Server Cluster Manager for Linux are provided through DEB And RPM repositories. This has multiple benefits; one of them is the ability to easily create an internal mirror of the Zend Server repositories, using common tools available on virtually all Linux machines. Why Mirror? There are several good [...]
Google unveils Cr-48, the first Chrome OS laptop
Google’s doing a number of little promotions to give away the devices to interested users and businesses which will provide feedback, and it looks like there’s no way to actually pay money for one right now. Now, for the specs: 12.1-inch screen. Full size keyboard. Oversized clickpad. Qualcomm Gobi 3G chip for Verizon data in [...]
pressure from supporters, PayPal releases WikiLeaks’ funds
Paypal.com is widely unreachable according to our own checks and numerous reports on Twitter. We are unsure of the cause for this downtime, but it is very likely that it is under a DDoS attack from WikiLeaks supporters. In a reversal of course, PayPal has released funds remaining in an account associated withWikiLeaks according to a post on [...]
How Use Netdom.exe to Reset a Machine Account Password
This step-by-step article describes how to use Netdom.exe to reset machine account passwords of a domain controller in Windows Server 2008 R2, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows Server 2003. Use Netdom.exe to Reset a Machine Account Password Install the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools on the domain controller whose password you want to [...]
How to view and transfer FSMO roles in Windows Server 2003
You can transfer FSMO roles by using the Ntdsutil.exe command-line utility or by using an MMC snap-in tool. Depending on the FSMO role that you want to transfer, you can use one of the following three MMC snap-in tools:Active Directory Schema snap-in Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in Active Directory Users and Computers snap-inIf a [...]
How To disable dynamic updates for a specific interface
To disable dynamic updates for a specific interface, follow these steps: Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\interfaceNote interface is the device ID of the network adaptor for the interface that you want to disable dynamic update for. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value. Type DisableDynamicUpdate, [...]
How To disable dynamic updates for all network interfaces – Windows Server 2003-based clients
By default, dynamic updates are configured on Windows Server 2003-based clients. To disable dynamic updates for all network interfaces, follow these steps: Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value. Type DisableDynamicUpdate, and then press ENTER two times. In Edit DWORD Value, [...]
How To enable a DHCP server to dynamically update the DNS records of its clients
On a Windows Server 2003-based DHCP server, you can dynamically update the DNS records for pre-Windows Server 2003-based clients that cannot do it for themselves. To enable a DHCP server to dynamically update the DNS records of its clients, follow these steps: In the DHCP management console, select the scope or the DHCP server that [...]
How to Configure DNS dynamic updates on a Windows Server 2003-based DHCP server
To configure DNS dynamic update for a Windows Server 2003-based DHCP server, follow these steps: Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DHCP. Right-click the appropriate DHCP server or scope, and then click Properties. Click DNS. Click to select the Enable DNS dynamic updates according to the settings below check box to enable DNS dynamic update for clients that [...]
How to modify the resolution behavior for unqualified DNS names
To modify the resolution behavior for unqualified DNS names, follow these steps: To resolve an unqualified name by appending the primary DNS suffix and the DNS suffix of each connection, click Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes. To do this, each connection must be configured. If you also want to search the parent suffixes of [...]