Manually Partitioning Drives

/boot	hda1	22mb	22mb	native
/	hda5	800mb	800mb	native
	hda6	32mb	36mb	swap
/home	hda7	1mb	6002mb	native (grow to size)

Installing an RPM

	rpm -Uvh blahblah.rpm

Uninstalling an RPM

	rpm -ev blahblah

View list of installed packages

	rpm -qa | grep <packagename>

View Installation of RPM

	rpm -q -l samba (proftpd-core)

Build RPM from SRC RPM

	rpm --rebuild --target i386 nameofsrc.rpm
	look in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/

View contents of a file

	less <filename>

Search contents of file for a string and sub directories

	grep -r searchstring .

View who is online

	w or who

View who is online FTP Server

	ftpwho

Send broadcast message

	wall <message>

View what is running

	netstat -a

Kill a locked program

	killall -9 netscape-communicator

Kill Xwindows

	killall -9 gnome-session
	(kill all x and gnome things but xfs)

View running programs

	ps aux | more

View IP

	/sbin/ifconfig

View if someone has done (su) session

	less /var/log/messages
	(or watch it live by:)
	tail -f /var/log/messages
	
	tail = show me the last part of the file
	-f = follow the file

Rename file

	mv <filename> <newfilename>

Move file

	mv <filename> <destination>

Add a user

	adduser <username>
	adduser -s <shellname> <username>

Add a group

	groupadd <groupname>

/etc/group and /etc/passwd

	username:password:userid:groupid:full name:home:shell

Configuring X windows

	Xconfigurator

Hard Drive Space

	df

Show RAM

	free

Search

	find . -name '*<search string>*'

Remove Directory

	rm -rf <dirname>

Using .tar.gz .tgz

	tar -xzvf <filename>

Using .tar.bz2

	tar -xjvf <filename>

Sound Configuration

	sndconfig

Serial Mouse Problems (gpm) general purpose mouse

	service gpm stop

	comment out of /etc/init.d

Change Date

	date --set 'Mon Nov 18 10:15:30 EDT 2002'

Symlink

	ln -s test.php test.phps

LInux Version

	/etc/issue - RH 7.2
	uname -a for kernel version

Disallow Root Access via SSH

	Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
	set "PermitRootLogin no"
	or "PermitRootLogin without-password" to use pubkey authentication

Remote Shutdown/Reboot a Windows machine

net rpc shutdown -r -f -S HOSTNAME.EXAMPLE.COM -U Administrator
-w for WORKGROUP, I believe -r for reboot and -f for force

Make ISO from CD/DVD
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/to/iso

Modprobe notes:
	modprobe -r <modname> or rmmod <modname>
	both will work to remove a module.

> /dev/null makes anything going to STDOUT disappear
2>&1 redirects STDERR to STDOUT

Loopmount an ISO
mount -o loop foo.iso /mnt/path