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Questions tagged [rhel-5]

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How to check what packages are installed on a RHEL5 system?

A command that can be run by an unprivileged user is preferred.
netvope
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How do I configure sar to collect disk information (ala -d)?

When I run "sar -d" on my RHEL 5.7 box, I get the response: Requested activities not available in file How do I configure sar to collect disk information?
GregH
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Can I run 64-bit executables on a 32-bit Linux?

If yes, how? OS: 32-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.4 (Tikanga)
netvope
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NTPD: drifts away from system clock

Using RHEL 5.x on a workstation. I set the clock using ntpdate 0.us.pool.ntp.org and then start NTPD using service ntpd start. (this also happens at boot). Watching this over the next 20-30 minutes it appears to run at about 1/2 speed. After 20…
ethrbunny
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DNS resolver improvements?

I have recently come across the following configuration of /etc/resolv.conf which is/was supposed to increase the speed of DNS resolution: nameserver 1.1.1.1 nameserver 2.2.2.2 nameserver 3.3.3.3 option rotate option timeout:1 I have the "option"…
milosgajdos
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How to lock a RHEL 5.3 workstation

I get option to SUSPEND/HIBERNATE or reboot/shutdown. Isn't there something similar to locking as in windows. I don't want to log out each time I want a break(think bathroom, drink). I would expect that after I have LOCKED the workstation, I would…
anjanbacchu
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SSH host authenticity issue

I'm receiving the wonderful "The authenticity of host xx can't be established." message when attempting to SSH into a box. I have two systems that recently swapped names. My system is a RHEL5.6 box. System X with IP xx System Y with IP yy Changed…
Chris
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Mount a disk image root has no access to

I need to mount a disk image located on an NFS network share without copying it first. Only a non-root user (apache) on the RHEL 5 machine I'm on has permissions to access the files on that network share. sudo mount / sudo losetup both didn't work,…
Daniel Beck
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Installing google chrome on RHEL 5.3

I am trying to install Google chrome on RHEL 5.3 but getting error as Missing Dependency: libnss3.so(NSS_3.12.3) is needed by package google-chrome-beta-4.0.249.43-34537.i386 (/root/Desktop/google-chrome-beta_current_i386.rpm) Missing Dependency:…
Xinus
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Difference between iptables default policy to `DROP` and inserting a seperate policy in input chain to DROP all connections

I'm trying to DROP all incoming connections to my server, except from particular networks. At the same time I want to keep all outgoing connections from my server to external network (any network over any protocol) open. It is working by making…
dig_123
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Expanding my resolv.conf searches outside my subdomain?

This is more of a Best Practices question than a technical one. I know I can fix this problem from my end. The question is whether I should... I administer a private network/subdomain within the larger auspices of the corporate domain. So, I run…
dafydd
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What does ":pts/1:S.0" mean?

From the output of last on RHEL5 user3 pts/6 :pts/1:S.0 Sat Feb 26 04:04 - 05:40 (01:35) user2 pts/7 :0.0 Fri Feb 25 21:32 - 04:53 (07:21) user1 pts/6 some.domain.com Fri Feb 25 20:38 - 23:19 …
netvope
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VM image inaccessible in Virtual Box

I have Virtual Box installed on base OS RHEL 5.5. I am using Windows 7 as a VM image on Virtual Box. While transferring a folder of 600MB on Windows I got a Virtual Box error saying Memory limit outside limit and then it hanged. I restarted my Base…
Lucy
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How to use svn-client on RHEL5 after the server disabled SSLv3?

To deal with the recently-discovered POODLE vulnerability in SSLv3, we disabled the old protocol on our servers -- including the Subversion repository server. This broke the svn-clients on our RHEL5 machines -- they now report the following…
Mikhail T.
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Can Firefox 18+ be compiled on RHEL 5.9?

I tried to compile Firefox 24 on RHEL 5.9 and ran into dependency hell. I have no root privileges and I compiled several of the dependencies (glib, cairo and whatnot) in one of my directories. I failed on compiling pango (1.20.5) with this error I…
Thomas M
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