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Hi guys, I logged in as root from the start. Here's the exact error message: Resolving www.fedorafaq.org...failed: Temporary failure in name resolution. Any solutions will be highly appreciated

Hi LawnBoy I tried the following commands on the terminal: cd /etc mv -f yum.conf yum.conf.bak wget http://www.fedorafaq.org/samples/yum.conf Now, install my yum configuration (Updated 9 May 2006), using this command: rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum...

Hi fellow techies, I've just installed FC5. When I go to Add/Remove programs. Package Manager says it is trying to retrieve software information and then after a while it crashes. Any help is appreciated! Vik

Thanks smah, it worked! One more question. I've install FC5, I want to make this machine into a file server. I currently have a windows network. win2k3 servers and xp clients. I want the xp clients to save some data on FC5 machine. Any tips will be highly appreciated Vik

Thank you vey much, The command worked.

Hi I'm a linux newbie, I've just install Fedora 5 from a DVD. It took a long time. At the end it suggested i hit reboot. After the system rebooted it came to the command prompt. How do I launch the Graphical User Interface? Many Thanks

Thanks, I realised that I can use emacs. One more question.... I'm learning fedora core. How do I find out things like the computer name, ip address, domain, etc? Many Thanks

Hi Guys, I'm a linux newbie. I would like to know what command do I use to edit/create a file in linux command prompt. I'm trying to edit the smb.conf file. Any help appreciated! Thanks

Thanks to all your replys, I've found a simple solution using a batch file. Here it is: @Echo Exam User Password Change Utility @Echo. @Echo ................................................................... @Echo. @Echo. @Echo. @Echo. @Echo. @set /p Pword= Enter the new password: dsmod...

Please help, I need to change the passwords of all users simultaneously. I'm not sure how I go about this. Reason: The students are taking an exam using their pcs. After students have completed exams, we want to change all their passwords so that students cannot logon later to change their...

Thanks, We adjusted the time on the Domain controller and everythings works fine mow.

We have a network with Windows 2003 servers and windows xp as clients. Prblem: Clients and servers are not automatically adjusting their time to reflect the daylight saving time. Even when I manually adjust the time to the correct time, it reverts back to the old time. Help, I can't find any...

Hi, I had a look anf couldn't find to solution. Thanks anyway

Hi, I want to copy contents from a source folder eg. \\server1\profile to about 200 folders in \\server1\yr7profiles\ Your help will be much appreciated

Hi Has anyone experienced this problem. We're running ms exchange 2003 with SP1. We've called microsoft support and they email us a hotfix. After applying the hotfix the problem still remains. Any suggestions or solutions will be highly appreciated.