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Which Debian or Ubuntu are you using?

MyComputerAid — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:33:42 +0000

Normally you know which version of a given distro you are running if you are on your machine, but what if you are on a rented server, or a friend’s machine.

If you want to know which version of Debian or Ubuntu you are running, you can always check the /etc/apt/sources.list there you will see the version you are running but a better way is to run this on a terminal:

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How to change your default editor -Debian/Ubuntu-

MyComputerAid — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:32:10 +0000

Debian and Ubuntu uses for visudo, crontab and other similar applications the default text editor
, you want to change it use the update-alternatives command.

It is as easy as, run this on a terminal window.

sudo update-alternatives –config editor

The options in my Debian system are:

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Ubuntu – Reboot your system and force disk scan/check

MyComputerAid — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:22:52 +0000

There is a simple command available for Linux Ubuntu that is perfect for those times when you need to restart the computer, but don’t have time to wait for the possibility of it being time for a disk scan/check. Ordinarily, after a set number of boots, the dis check will run automatically, but there are many situations where you want o have a little more control.

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Starting named: /etc/named.conf:6: change directory to ‘/var/named’ failed: file not found

MyComputerAid — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:18:40 +0000

Problem, after updating the server for the BIND server, plese named will not start.

Here is the error in Plesk:
Unable to make action: Unable to manage service by dnsmng: dnsmng: Service named failed to start
0: /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/server/restart_services.php:19 psaerror(string “Unable to make action: Unable to manage service by dnsmng: dnsmng: Service named failed < Read full article..>

no listening sockets available shutting down

MyComputerAid — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:48:28 +0000

no listening sockets available, shutting down

The Error:
[root@Server httpd]# /etc/init.d/httpd start
Starting httpd: [Mon Aug 18 07:39:26 2008] [warn] module ssl_module is already loaded, skipping
(98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:443
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