Category Archives: Operating Systems

FreeBSD : How to setup a software RAID-1

First, avoid any problem by getting two identical hard drive (or at least, same size and speed at least if not from same manufacturer). This tutorial assume both your hard disk are “da0” and “da1“. If you don’t know you’re devices name, simply use “dmesg” or “df -h” command to find out. First, let’s temporary… Read More »

Linux : Search and replace across multiple files

To search and replace across multiple text file on a Linux/Unix system, use the following command : find . -name “*.extension” -print | xargs sed -i ‘s/search_for_text/replace_with_text/g’ So, as example, let’s assume you want to replace an IP address in multiple Bind zone file (using the extension .hosts) and replace IP address 10.10.1.1 for 192.168.1.1… Read More »

Windows : How to rename a power plan name

On Windows Vista/7, there is no GUI option to rename a power plan. You must use the “powercfg” command line utility to achieve this task. Open the command line (Start, Run – or type directly in the bottom search bar) : cmd Then, in the command prompt, type this command to list all power plan… Read More »

Zimbra : Initializing ldap…failed.

When installing and configuring Zimbra for the first time on RHEL/CentOS 6, it return that LDAP failed to initialize and then the config script exit. The log file probably indicate the following error : Initializing ldap… *** Running as zimbra user: /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmldapinitsudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo IO::Socket::INET: connect: Connection refused… Read More »

Vim : how do I search and replace text

Do the following to find and replace text string in a whole file using the Vi text editor : 1. Enter in command mode by typing ” : ” 2. Your command should look like this : :%s/search_for_text/replace_with_this_text/g NOTE : To search & replace a string containing slashes ” / “, use a coma ”… Read More »

Linux : How to add a network static route

Here is the traditional way to set static route on Linux OS. route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.1.1 The best way to make it permanent, is to add the gateway directly to the interface by editing the interface script : /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 add : GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 To remove a static route : route del -net… Read More »