How to setup cron, sar & network cards
 

Hello All,

I need proceedures on setting up the following :

1) root crontab

2) setting up SAR ( system activity reporting )

3) checking the status of my lan cards ( how to check for full-duplex or
half-duplex ), and how to change it so when the system reboots it stays

Is there a good source, I can go to for these type of questions ?

Thanks

I'm new to linux

jlsims@scif.com

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editing root crontab

1. open a terminal and type

su root (enter /return)

2. provide root password (enter /return)

3. type: crontab -e (enter /return)

(this will open a editor similar to the program "vi")

to insert text type a full colon ":" and the letter i

to write to the file (save), type full colon ":" the letter w

to write to the file (save) and quite, type full colon ":" the letter w and q

to quit without saving changes , type full colon ":" the letter q and the exclamation point "!"


To check the status on your lan cards

1. open a terminal and type

su root (enter /return)

2. provide root password (enter /return)

3. type: mii-tool -v (enter /return)


To edit your NIC configurations, see:
http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/how...rkconfig.shtml

SAR System Account Reporting

I assume that you are refering to " BSD-style process accounting."

try installing software like that included in (for Fedora's, for example) psacct-6.3.2-29.i386 RPM