Tech Tip: Caffeine for Your Monitor

I am sure most of the people out there are having trouble with their monitor going to sleep or in screen saver mode while they are watching movies or flash videos on sites like hulu.

So, here is the solution.

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How To : List RPM Files

How can I list files inside an RPM without installing it ?

Any deal we have to do with RPM files, we are going to use the rpm command. Download the RPM file of which you would like to see the content, then follow this command:

# rpm -qlp package.rpm

For ex: To list the files stored in zenon-0.5.0-7.fc12.i686.rpm

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Theme: Speed and Stability
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SSH Warning: “Remote host identification has changed”

Though this warning looks pretty much scary but the reason for this is very much simple and the solution as well.

Q. When did you get this error ?

A. The possible reasons for getting this error are:

  • You have re-installed you system and trying to ssh to the newly installed system.
  • You have assigned the IP address of one system to another system and trying to ssh.
  • You system is dual boot with different ssh keys in both flavors of linux.
  • You are using an IP for load balancing and trying to ssh to the same IP.
  • You generated new ssh keys for your system. (Read this article for the re-generation of the host keys: Generate SSH host keys)
  • Someone trying to do some nasty things, or you can say man-in-the-middle attack.

There could be lots of solution for this problem, which are explained below:

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How To : Generate SSH Host keys

SSH is a service which most of system administrators use for remote administration of servers. When you install a fresh system, then at the start of the ssh service, it generates the host keys for your system which later on used for authentication. But if due to some reason you need to generate the host keys, then the process is …

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