CIFS, SMB and NFS are protocols. And Samba is an implementation of SMB protocol on Linux OS. SMB (Server Message Block) SMB is a network protocol created by IBM for the share of resources (files and printers) in local networks…. Continue Reading →
/var/run/utmp => shows who is currently connected to the system. Not all the programs use utmp, thus you can have more users connected than displayed in utmp. /var/log/wtmp => is an historical record of utmp data /var/log/btmp => record of… Continue Reading →
(french version of this error message: mount: /mnt/refresh : échec de l’appel système mount(2) : Aucun chemin d’accès pour atteindre l’hôte cible.) You need to install cifs-utils cifs-utils brings utilities for the management of mounting points to CIFS servers (SMB… Continue Reading →
Solution to CentOS 8 AppStream Error As explained here, Centos mirrors have been migrated to vault.centos.org. Then the solution is: After this you can again use the yum command but you won’t received recent updates because Centos mirrors are not… Continue Reading →
First: do you know how to run background task not attached to your user session? Running a task attached to your current user session Imagine you establish an ssh connection to your linux host, or you just log into your… Continue Reading →
Run a function in background and get its process ID Instead of creating another script that you call from your primary script you can simply declare a function (inside your primary script or inside another file that you include), and… Continue Reading →
$n Where n is a positive integer and takes values from 1 to a greater value not restricted. n correspond to the position of an argument givent to a script or to a function $? Exit status of the last… Continue Reading →