Day: May 8, 2009

Managing Software Packages (aka RPMs) with Yum

Introduction Yum (Yellow dog Updater, Modified) automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. Packages also include a digital signature to identify their source. Software management utilities like yum and rpm verify these signatures using GPG public key. Yum and RPM …

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Building Firestarter Firewall and Clam AntiVirus Packages

Please refer to my post Build your own Red Hat Packages to set up the build environment Firestarter Firewall If you can not find the binary RPM for your distribution, please download the source rpm from http://www.fs-security.com/download.php You can check whether the required rpms installed on your machine or not, by issuing; Install the required …

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Managing Oracle database services

This post summarizes on how to start, stop and to check the status of Oracle database services. Oracle 10g Oracle Listener: To Start, execute the following command: $ su – oracle $ lsnrctl start To Stop, execute the following command: $ su – oracle $ lsnrctl stop Grid Control for Database Management: To Start, execute …

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