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Red Hat is an open source technology solutions provider with offerings including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, open source applications, security and systems management, virtualization, Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, server and desktop operating systems, Java application software and services, and the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite.

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How do I determine what version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux my server is running?

I can use uname and cat /proc/version but all I get is the kernel version. How do I know whether I'm running RHEL4 or 5.5 or such?
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Is there a program like WinDirStat for RedHat?

I'm running out of disk space on one of our Linux servers and I need to find out what is taking up all the space. TIA
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Would you run RedHat 4.4 on a new server?

I have a hosting company that has setup a new server for me, but I noticed it was running RedHat 4.4 which I am worried about being such an old version. When I inquired about running an old version, they were reluctant to upgrade the OS. I am…
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How do I create a user with a password in one line, in Bash, on Redhat?

useradd has a -p flag, with which you can specify a password ciphertext encrypted with crypt. But later Linuxes don't have crypt. How can I in a single line, create a new user in RedHat with a pre-defined password? Update to prevent more drive-by…
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"Cannot fork: retry..." error in RH5. Need info on nproc

We had a server effectively go down this morning. SSH access cut out, and at least temporarily network access went down as well. We were able to log in using out-of-band access and were presented with a screen full of "Init: cannot fork, retry.."…
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savscand on RHEL5 causing very high CPU load during on-access scan of file being uploaded

So we have a java-tomcat setup running. During an upload onto the platform of a large file (eg, 31mb pdf) the Sophos savscand server process (both of them - there are always 2 running, this is standard apparently) on our RHEL5.5 system bogs down the…
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Red Hat, Open-Source Server?

I am looking into a networking project and need to install a linux-based server. I was told an option could be RedHat. I have been looking around the RedHat site for a while and am having trouble differentiating what is open source and what is…
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Completely remove and reinstall Foreman RHEL 6

I have a RHEL 6 host I inherited on which I need to install Foreman stable. It previously had Red Hat's OpenStack "Technology Preview", which relied on Puppet 2.5 and was not useful for permanent use. I needed remove the old Foreman and associated…
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how to lock linux user account after certain unsuccessful attempts

How to lock user account on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.7 after certain no of unsuccessful attempts
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What is the red hat service, "pand?"

This is for RHEL 5.6. I am trying to search through the documentation from Red Hat's site and nothing is coming up about what this service is or what it does. Does anyone know what "pand" is? The closest I can find anywhere is that it may have…
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Bring process to screen

I am running a process which will take several hours. I would like to disconnect from the server, but I do not want to lose the output to the screen. Is there a way to bring the process back to my screen after I disconnect? It's a Python script that…
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RedHat - yum install completion

I had been using Ubuntu and recently migrated to RedHat. The apt-get install auto completion is very handy, so I supposed yum install should have this function as well, but seemed it doesn't. Is there package name tab completion of yum install ?
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Updating RHEL 5.6 (without moving to ≥ 5.7)

I have a fresh install of RHEL 5.6 and I wanted to apply as many updates as possible without changing the main version to ≥ 5.7 (as I will be installing software on top of RHEL that requires 5.4-5.6). Is there a command that will allow me to achieve…
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RHEL 5 patches issue

I would like to know the risk of having an older update still being present, while a newer one is already working? Can the vulnerabilities from the old kernel be exploited when a more recent kernel has been installed?
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Unable to install phpMyAdmin on Redhat 6. Missing librecode.so.0

I'm attempting to install phpmyadmin on a Redhat 6 box using Remi. $ sudo yum install phpmyadmin It fails because of a dependency issue with librecode.so.0. Any advice? Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, security,…
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