If you have installed VMware ESXi server, you can manage the ESXi server using vSphere client. vSphere client works only on Windows host. If you don’t have vSphere client installed, download it from your local VMware Server home page. i.e go to http://{your-vmware-server-ip} to download vSphere client. The direct url to download vSphere client from [...]
June 2010
For finding difference between two versions of a file on Linux, you can use any one of the 4 tools explained in this article — diff, colordiff, wdiff, and vimdiff. The screenshots provided for these tools shows the difference between the following two empfile1.txt and empfile2.txt. $ cat empfile1.txt John Smith 1001 Sr. Engineer Peter [...]
Looping statements are used to force a program to repeatedly execute a statement. The executed statement is called the loop body. Loops execute until the value of a controlling expression is 0. The controlling expression may be any scalar data type. The shell language also provide several iteration or looping statements. In this article let [...]
No words can explain the epic Wimbledon 1st round tennis match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. Final score: 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (9-7), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68. It was simply brilliant. If you are a sports fan (doesn’t matter what kind of sport you love), this is a match that you’ll never forget in your life [...]
Question: When I try to launch any GUI application on a remote server, I’m getting the “cannot open display:” error, as shown below. How do I fix this? For example, while launching the gedit on remote server, I got the following message. (gedit:3658): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: I get similar message when I try [...]
Question: I would like to understand the basics of how to write and execute Forth program on Linux OS. Can you explain it with a simple example? Answer: If you’ve never heard about Forth program, read about it in Wikipedia first. In this article, let us review very quickly how to write a basic Hello [...]
Question: How do I change root password on my VMware ESXi server? Answer: Go to the server console and do the following to set root password for your VMware ESX. 1. Start ESXi Configuration Menu To configure the ESXi, press F2 from the ESXi initial screen shown below. 2. ESXi System Configuration Menu Items From [...]
Question: How do I perform network configuration on my new VMware ESXi installation? Answer: To set the ip-address, subnet mask and default gateway of your new VMware ESXi installation, follow the steps mentioned below. 1. Launch ESXi Console To configure the ESXi, press F2 from the ESXi initial screen shown below. 2. Go to Network [...]