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Red Hat is an open source technology solutions provider with offerings including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, open source applications, security and systems management, virtualization, Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, server and desktop operating systems, Java application software and services, and the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite.

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RedHat - Can't install a Perl module (CPAN)

I'm not able to install a perl module: [root@xxx]# cpan Module::Find [...] CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.22) CPAN.pm: Going to build C/CR/CRENZ/Module-Find-0.12.tar.gz Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good CPAN::Meta::YAML 0.011 is not…
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YUM installs outdated software

I recently acquired a red hat server that runs RHEL 5.5. I get a feeling that my YUM repositories are totally out of date because of the following reasons: I tried updating GCC using YUM. The updated version shows 4.1.2-54 as the version number,…
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LVM - Moving data between Logical Volumes within the same Physical Volume

I will have two logical volumes that exist within one physical volume (RedHat Linux LVM). I will also be moving a lot of data between these LVs. My question is: Does the data get moved on the actual physical disk or is it only the file path that is…
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Yum does not install specific RPM version with custom repo

We use RPMS for our packaging and yum to update our environments. We have an rpm package-5.1.1-3 installed in our production server and in our yum repository we have 2 newer versions such as package-5.1.3-3 and package-5.2-27. Using yum, we tried to…
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CentOS default never fsck root partition on start up?

Most documentation or sites will say use "tune2fs -l " to check if the system will do fsck on the system partitions on next boot, in particular, should look at "Mount count" and "Maximum mount count" values. However, I notice for default CentOS 5 or…
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redhat find all packages installed locally

So far I have a list of explicit packages that are installed with yum. The server has some of its own developed software which would not be from a repo, it would be moved and then installed locally. Is there a way to find out which packages/software…
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What is the RAID config on a RedHat/Dell server with SaS 5/iR

How do I figure out what the RAID configuration of my Dell server running Red Hat ES 5.3? The RAID Controller is a SaS 5/iR Ideally, without rebooting the server and getting into the RAID setup.
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Red Hat 6.5- sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects=0

I am in the process of writing a Red Hat 6.5 Kickstart disc with hardened security. I have run a program to determine where the weaknesses are in my system, and apparently there is a medium severity problem by accepting IPV6 redirects. When I…
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shmmax setting in sysctl.conf not taking effect

We are running RHEL 4 Update 6 and I am going through an Oracle installation. As per the Oracle Installation Guide I am trying to update the shmmax value. As per the guide I have added the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf: kernel.shmmax =…
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Redhat quitting process never works always have to kill it

I am working on a RedHat server creating a unicorn process. I have two sets of these processes being created. I am able to QUIT one of the process fine and do so over and over again create it and QUIT it. The other process I am able to create but I…
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mysql 5.6 doesn't start automatically on redhat 6.4 server start-up but do start when manually run “service mysql start”

I'm trying without success to set mysql to start automatically (mysql 5.6 on RHEL6.4) When I run "service --status-all" after server (redhat) restart it always shows "MySQL is not running, but lock file /var/lock/subsys/mysqld[FAILED] If I will run…
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How can I run a CentOS (Red Hat) cluster in degraded mode?

I've installed Red Hat's cluster software on an install of CentOS 6.5, and use it to provide redundant routing from one network to another. This works fine, and I have a pair of boxes providing the service, so that if one fails (for example, if I…
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Sendmail Keeps Listening Local IP

I'm running RHEL 6 and already done the following modifications : [root@ark mail]# grep 0.0.0.0 sendmail.mc DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA')dnl [root@ark mail]# make sendmail.cf Making sure it did apply: [root@ark mail]# grep…
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VPNC cisco + quick mode response rejected error

I installed a vpnc on my Linux red-hat machine version 6.3 Most of the cases vpnc work well ( connecting to gateway customers by vpnc ) But against some particular customers ( Cisco gateways ) , immediately after I activate the vpnc I get the…
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RHEL5: htop shows empty command-column

When issue the command htop on my RHEL5 box I get a normal view, however when I scroll down I have several "blank" command ranges as can be seen here: Can someone explain me how this happens/occurs? Update: my .htoprc file: # Beware! This file is…
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