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Do You Make These Cron Job Mistakes?

Question: Why my cron job does not get executed at the specified time ?

Answer: There may be lot of reasons why a cron job may not get executed. Let us review 5 important reasons of why a cron job does not run at the specified time and how to resolve those issues.

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How To Change MySQL Root Password

Question: How do I change MySQL root Password?

Answer: You can change MySQL root password using one of the following 3 methods.
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Become a Better Writer from Unix Command Line

Linux command to correct spelling

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In this article let us review how to correct spelling of a word, identify meaning for a word, identify antonym for a word right from Unix / Linux command line.

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Unix LS Command: 15 Practical Examples

Ls Command for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, AIX, SUSE, CentOSls – Unix users and sysadmins cannot live without this two letter command. Whether you use it 10 times a day or 100 times a day, knowing the power of ls command can make your command line journey enjoyable.

In this article, let us review 15 practical examples of the mighty ls command.

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How to View, Modify and Recreate initrd.img

Question: How do I view, modify and recreate the new initrd.img on Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Red-Hat, Arch Linux, or SUSE distributions?

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Unix Stat Command: How To Identify File Attributes

Question: How do I find out all the available file attributes. i.e I would like to know more about a file or directory than what the ls -l command displays.

Answer: Everything in Unix is treated as files. This includes devices, directories and sockets — all of these are files. Stat command displays file or filesystem status as explained in this article.

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Google Chrome OS – Beginning of End of Microsoft?

Google Chrome OS

Google Chrome OS

Google announced open source lightweight OS that is initially targeted towards netbooks. This is expected to be released in the 2nd half of 2010.

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web.

Like most of you, I’m a huge fan-boy of Google. I strongly believe Google has changed our life for better. Google’s announcement on Chrome OS is not a surprise for lot of industry experts.

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Apache mod_ssl certificateIf you want to convert your website from HTTP to HTTPS, you need to get a SSL certificate from a valid organization like Verisign or Thawte. You can also generate self signed SSL certificate for testing purpose.

In this article, let us review how to generate private key file (server.key), certificate signing request file (server.csr) and webserver certificate file (server.crt) that can be used on Apache server with mod_ssl.
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