Modules for the device drivers are configured during the initial installation. modconf provides menu-driven module configuration afterward. This program is quite useful when some modules were left out during the initial installation or a new kernel was installed after the initial installation. All preloading module names need to be listed
A virtual package is a generic name that applies to any one of a group of packages, all of which provide similar basic functionality. For example, both the tin and trn programs are news readers, and should therefore satisfy any dependency of a program that required a news reader on
This is configured with the ‘hostname’ option in /etc/sysconfig/network. Update that file and either reboot or run hostname <mynewhostname> Your current shell will not change but the next time you create a new shell it will be visibile in your shell. If you run the ‘hostname’ command the effect is
A swap partition (at least 256 MB) — swap partitions are used to support virtual memory. In other words, data is written to a swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing. If you are unsure about what size swap partition to
The /proc file system is a special file system that provides information about processes and other system information in a hierarchical file-like structure. Unlike regular files, the files in /proc do not have any actual content stored on the disk. They are virtual files that are created and updated dynamically
Swap Space and Types of Swap Swap space is a memory virtualization concept that allows Linux to use disk space as an extension of RAM when the physical memory is full. Swap space can also store data from RAM when the system hibernates. There are two forms of swap space
The GRUB configuration file can be found in /boot/grub/. [root@root /boot/grub]# ls -la grub.conf menu.lst -rw——- 1 root root 1037 Oct 28 11:41 grub.conf lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11 Jan 1 2003 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf If grub.conf does not exist then simply edit menu.lst which should be a file instead
Introduction CVE-2024-6387 is a critical vulnerability in OpenSSH that impacts systems using the glibc library. This vulnerability allows remote code execution (RCE) as root for unauthenticated users by exploiting a flaw in the default configuration of OpenSSH, particularly related to the LoginGraceTime parameter. Immediate action is required to secure your
Overview 2023 was an active year in the Linux world! Red Hat, the biggest open-source company decided to lock the source code behind a paywall, Ubuntu dropped default support for Flatpak for all its flavors, Vim creator, Bram Moolenar, passed away, and Linux rose above MacOS in gaming stats with
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