Thursday, January 14, 2010

Unable to install Fedora through GUI in Vmware

Hi..Friends..There are instances were we wont be able to do GUI installation of fedora through vmware...
STEP 1:
Install vmware and then create the new virtual machine..
STEP 2:
Then right click on the new virtual machine->go to settings and then increase the memory..and then try installing ...It should work fine..

GUI Package Manger for fedora (yumex)

Most people wanted to know is there a GUI package manager for fedora something like Synaptic manager in Ubuntu..Yes we do have yumex(known as yum extender)
Here we go...
STEP 1:
Install the following package
Eg: sudo yum install yumex
STEP 2:
After installation go to terminal and type the following command:
yumex
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Friday, January 8, 2010

NFS setup in ubuntu

NFS server configuration in Ubuntu
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STEP 1:
Install packages
sudo apt-get install portmap nfs-kernel-server
STEP 2:
Edit /etc/exports
For example if you want to share your home folder
Eg: /home 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
The above shares /home to all clients in the private network falling within the designated ip address range
STEP 3:
After editing the exports file,run
sudo exportfs -ra
STEP 4:
Then restart the services,
sudo portmap restart
sudo nfs-kernel-server restart

NIS Client set up
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STEP 1:
Install the packages
Eg:sudo apt-get install portmap nfs-common
STEP 2:
You should try and mount it now.
Eg:sudo mount 192.168.1.50:/home /home/backup
In the above example 192.168.1.50 is the NFS Server Ip followed by th efolder that's been shared and then followed by the destination(ie the destination where you want to mount)

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NIS server set up in Fedora

Setting up NIS Server in Fedora
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STEP 1:
Install a package called ypserv
Eg: yum install ypserv
STEP 2:
Setting the NIS Domain Name
Edit the file: /etc/sysconfig/network and add the following line to it:
NISDOMAIN=somedomainname

Eg: NISDOMAIN=LINUX-NIS.com
STEP 3:
Initializing NIS files
You can do this using the following command:
/usr/lib/yp/ypinit –m
STEP 4:
Updating the NIS files
From now on, every time you add a user, delete a user; you have to update the NIS database. You can do this using the command:

make –C /var/yp
STEP 5:
Starting the NIS server
/etc/init.d/ypserv start
The server is now ready to handle authentication requests from the clients