Linux

There is a link to the download page in the "Related Links" box below. Note that the site, and thus likely most of the distro, are Chinese.

I cannot tell you which SHOULD come first.

In my case, I installed XP first, and Vista second - because following Vista with an XP installation destroys the boot loader. XP will not detect Vista or offer a dualboot option.

Similarly, following this dual boot with a Linux installation will install a 'lilo' or 'grub'. Grub is becoming the most popular boot loader, and installing it last will ensure that you can boot all of the current operating systems. Grub is extremely user friendly, and can be modified simply by editing the text file.

First, make sure kerberos is installed:

# rpm -qa | grep krb

this should return at least 3 packages: krb5-devel, krb5-libs and krb5-workstation

Next, make sure the ldap development libraries are installed:

# rpm -qa | grep ldap-devel

If either of these returns nothing, you'll need to install them - which you can do from the Redhat CD.

make sure there's an entry for your active directory DC in your /etc/hosts file:

1.2.3.4 addc.example.com addc

Next, edit your /etc/krb5.conf to match your site. Everything should be fairly self-explanitory - and everything is case sensitive. Do not comment this file.

Once you've gotten to this point, you can try:

# /usr/kerberos/bin/kinit user@DOMAIN.COM

replacing *user* with a real user and DOMAIN.COM with a real domain (which must be UPPERCASE). If things are working, you'll be prompted for a password. If you enter the correct password, you'll come back to a bash shell, if not, you should be presented with:

"kinit(v5): Preauthentication failed while getting initial credentials"

or some such.

Note: If the clock time on the Linux machine is more than 5 minutes off from the time on the windows machine no ticket information will work. There are three wys to deal with this:

1. Have the Linux server act as a network time server, with the windows machine as a client

2. Have the windows machine act as a time server for the Linux client

3. Make both systems pull the time from the same 3rd server ( some are listed here - http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers )

Next, uninstall samba if it's installed:

# rpm -e samba

get the latest version of samba:

$ wget "http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-latest.tar.gz" things to do

{

01.$ tar -zxvf samba*.tar.gz

02.

03.$ CD samba-3.0.13

04.

05.$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/samba --with-ldap --with-ads --with-krb5 --with-pam --with-winbind

06.

07.# make && make install }

In your smb.conf:

netbios name = LINUX_SERVER_NAME

realm = DOMAIN.COM

ads server = 123.123.123.123

security = ADS

encrypt passwords = yes

start samba:

# /etc/RC.d/init.d/smb start

To add the Linux computer to the AD, you need to log into the DC and add it as a user with such privledges, so (from the Linux system):

# /usr/local/samba/bin/net ads join -U Administrator

it should prompt you for Administrator's password. Note that Administrator should be a user with the right to add a computer to the AD.

you should see something like:

Joined 'LINUX_MACHINE_NAME' to realm 'DOMAIN.COM'

To verify this worked, go to the windows DC and open Active Directory->Users and Computers and look for your Linux machine to be listed there.

That's all you absolutely need to connect to the AD. If you want to map users to the AD (which is probably why you're doing this), open /etc/nsswitch.conf and change this:

passwd: files

shadow: files

group: files

to this:

passwd: compat winbind

shadow: compat

group: compat winbind

start the winbind daemon:

# winbindd

make sure it's running:

# PS -ae | grep winbindd

if nothing gets returned, you probably didn't configure samba with kerberos and ldap support. If it shows winbindd running, you're all set. To make sure everything starts on reboot:

open /etc/RC.d/init.d/smb and /etc/RC.d/init.d/winbindd and make sure the line:

# chkconfig: 345 NN NN

exixts (NN will be different numbers pertaining to priority), it should be on line 3 of both files. if these lines don't exist, add them. If they read:

# chkconfig: - NN NN

change the - to 345

save and close those files and run chkconfig:

# chkconfig smb reset

# chkconfig winbindd reset

you can check the runlevels they will start at with

# chkconfig smb --list

# chkconfig winbindd --list

in your smb.conf [global] section: (for name resolution)

Code:

wins support = Yes

name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast

wins server = wins_server_ip_address

01. wins support = Yes

02. name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast

03. wins server = wins_server_ip_address

The hardware requirements will vary depending on the application. it is best to consutl with a IT professional for installation.

Most systems will come with BASH installed.

too easy.

from shell type:

apt-get install synaptic

viola!

The greatest initial expenses will be retraining employees, and migrating their software if it is not already compatible. Once the initial migration is complete, the only expense will be continuing support contracts, if any.

penguin

There are over three hundred active Linux distributions, with over a dozen different methods for installing software. Without knowing what distribution you are using, it is almost impossible to provide you with suitable and concise instructions.

If you have a USB drive and your BIOS supports booting from a USB device then try that.

You don't Shell files/programs are not compiled. If you want to run a process through 'vi' then use the ':!' 'ex' command to shell out and execute it.

BIOS settings are irrelevant to Linux, except for the initial booting where the BIOS loads the bootloader from a medium, which in turn loads the Linux kernel. The only thing the kernel ever needs from the BIOS after that is to provide power management functions (ACPI). Thus, all settings not related to either booting or power management are ignored.

Standard error -- stderr

Kubuntu is Ubuntu packaged with the KDE Plasma desktop environment. KDE is known for its fancy looks, bundled with the popularity and support of Ubuntu.

To list the subdirectories in the current directory:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d

To list the subdirectories and all their subdirectories:

find . -type d

In some cases the prebuilt binaries may not have the features or options you may want, and building packages from source code allows the flexibility to include whatever features or options you may want. As a general rule of thumb, the prebuilt binaries are available for convenience, and when you want customizability, build from source.

Depends on what's installed: oowriter

gedit

abiword

lyx

kate

nano

vim

emacs

Log files refer to files that record events while applications run. Their purposes involve recording events while systems are executing, recording any changes to stored data and saving textual communication between computer users. Event logs, transaction logs and message logs perform the mentioned tasks respectively.

Yes. The Linux kernel license allows you to charge money for it. However, you cannot in turn stop buyers from charging others for it or giving it away for free. Depending on what software you want to include in your distribution, the license for it may be more or less restrictive. If you create your own proprietary software and include it with the distribution you can forbid people from copying or selling that particular program.

It is a fictional operating system set in the book Little Brother by Cory Doctorow that assumes that its operator is under assault from the government (it was intended for use by Chinese and Syrian dissidents), and it does everything it can to keep your communications and documents a secret. It even throws up a bunch of "chaff" communications that are supposed to disguise the fact that you're doing anything covert. So while you're receiving a political message one character at a time, Paranoid Linux is pretending to surf the Web and fill in questionnaires and flirt in chat-rooms. Meanwhile, one in every five hundred characters you receive is your real message, a needle buried in a huge haystack.

It may help if you partition the drive first. You can't install it without an appropriate partition. There is also a slim chance that you have an unsupported chipset.

The core component that makes up the "graphical interface" on the Linux platform are the display server and a compositor.

The display server and compositor manages the application windows and draws them onto the screen. The standard display server had been X11 for many years, and is in the process of being replaced with Wayland (though there is a transitional system that allows X-dependent applications to use Wayland)

Modules are pieces of binary data that can be loaded into the Linux kernel at run time. These are typically drivers for devices or file systems.

echo "This is my text."

There are many different websites that distribute a variety Linux operating systems. The most popular place for desktop distributions computers is Ubuntu.