Month: July 2016

In order to extend the XFS file system, you have to first modify the file system with new size as given below. 1. In our example the initial size of drive was 1 GB and we are going to extend Read More …

XFS is a high-performance 64-bit journaling file system created by Silicon Graphics, Inc in 1993. The file system was ported to the Linux kernel in 2001. Currently, XFS is supported by most Linux distributions, some of which use it as Read More …

Linux supports a number of different file systems. A file system–internal data structure that assures all the data on disk is properly organized and accessible. Almost every file system has its own structure of metadata, which is partly why the Read More …

Suppose you want to implement Authentication in Squid Proxy Server so that people should be prompted for valid User Name and Password, before they start browsing. This can be done using following simple steps.. 1. You need some program which Read More …

Suppose you want to restrict access to gmail.com and facebook.com via Squid. Using dstdomain directive you can restrict the access to these sites. But make sure that these lines should be at top of the file. The general deny policy Read More …

Below are the steps to install and configure Squid Proxy Server ! 1. Check the installation of Squid Server. # yum list squid If it is not there then install # yum install squid -y . 2. Enable to start Read More …

You can connect to FTP Location also. For testing purpose, we have created FTP Location at ftp://10.0.0.1/pub/ Using following simple steps you can connect yum to FTP location. . 1. Create a new file /etc/yum.repos.d/myftp.repo or edit the old file Read More …

You can create your own Repository. In this example we will assume that we have some downloaded RPM files. For these RPM files we are going to create our own Repo Location as below. Example Scenario : In our Lab Read More …

yum is a very powerful tool for installing, updating & removing software in Linux System. yum is a small Python Script and it uses RPM files as base. It means yum is not a replacement of RPM. Below are easy Read More …