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How to tell if a linux server is 64 or 32 bit:

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uname -m
i386 or i686 then it is 32 bit
x86_64 is 64bit

Thanks to Linux Forums for the answer.

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August 3rd, 2010 at 1:45 pm

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How to determine the disk size of a Linux box

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fdisk -l | grep Disk

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June 15th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

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How to find a directory in Linux/UNIX

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find / -name directoryname -type d

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October 21st, 2008 at 8:27 pm

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A cool, government guide to hardening your systems…

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http://www.nsa.gov/snac/index.cfm?MenuID=scg10.3.1

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May 13th, 2008 at 7:15 am

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How to tell if a package is installed on an RPM distro…

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rpm -qa | grep -i <package>

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February 5th, 2008 at 9:12 am

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How to rdesktop over ssh

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Run “ssh -L 3389:[target machine]:3389 user@serverip” on local machine.

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December 7th, 2007 at 11:52 am

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I want to learn more about public and private encrypted keys…

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Here’s a website that seems pretty cool…

http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto-3.html#GPG-Minihowto-KPAdministration

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November 30th, 2007 at 8:53 am

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There is a great website on reading man pages:

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http://polishlinux.org/console/the-art-of-using-manuals/

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November 29th, 2007 at 8:55 am

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Flyback is a “Time Machine” clone

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http://code.google.com/p/flyback/

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November 7th, 2007 at 12:26 pm

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How to back up databases, via CLI

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http://www.unixcities.com/mysql/mysqldump.html

This is a good article to give a head start.

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October 28th, 2007 at 3:09 pm

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