Archives for October 2016

If the non-root LVM volume, Volume Group, and Physical Volume used for the LV are no longer required on the system, then it could be removed/deleted using following steps. If the LVM volume is containing any required data, then please make sure to take a backup of that data before proceeding with following steps: In […]

YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) provide more services and functionality than is available with the rpm command and other RPM-based tools. With Yum tools and plug-ins, you can: List software packages, both installed and available, in local or remote repositories Check for package dependencies (packages required to install a package) Create new repositories and enable or […]

Question: Root Filesystem is full and it is not LVM. We need to move this to new partition which is LVM. How this can be achieved? Answer : Procedure to convert an existing root file system on a normal disk partition to LVM volume is as follows : 1. First Create an LVM partition: Select […]

Question : How to send email with attachments from Linux machine using mailx command ? Answer : Basic syntax to send emails from linux machine using mailx command is show below : # echo “this is the body of the email” | mailx -vvv -s “test mail” -r “From” -S smtp=”your-smtp” someone@address here, -vvv = […]

What is mutt Mutt is a text-based mail client. Mutt is known for being a fast and highly configurable mail client, and since it is text-based, it’s ideal for checking email quickly over SSH. Installing mutt To install mutt using yum : # yum install mutt … ======================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================================== Installing: […]