In Postgresql How to solve: psql: FATAL: database “root” does not exist Error

October 23rd, 2006 First of all I want to make it clear that having a MySQL database without a password set (on your root account) is a very very bad idea. However I wanted to set it up on my home machine which has XAMPP installed.

August 4th, 2008 You may see the following error in Fedora 8 while starting / restarting the network (service network restart): FATAL: Module off not found. Let's see how we can fix this.

June 29th, 2006 I learnt a hard lesson today on mod_rewrite. I haven't had time to explore further to find the root cause.

April 11th, 2007 Anaconda has a well documented defect where it installs i586 based kernel in i686 machines. It causes problems with several drivers including nvidia drivers.

November 16th, 2005 SimpleXML is simple to use as its name suggests. However it is a pain when you need to check the value of an element which may or may not exist.

March 22nd, 2008 Have you seen the error while installing a package using yum / yumex? Error: vlc conflicts with faad2 >= 2.5 Error: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by package ffmpeg-libs The error is because of using freshrpms repository or other repository to install recent version of faad2. Now let's see how you can solve it.

January 17th, 2009 Do you get this error message when you try to change the root password? mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)' Or may be you need to change the MySQL password for other users. So what do you do then? To change a normal user password you need to type: $ mysqladmin -u user-name -p oldpassword newpass

April 11th, 2007 Today while setting up and trying new application I found that one of the Gnome panels containing Applications, Places and System menu (taskbar for Windows users) wasn't displaying. After restarting the Gnome session I found an error message along the lines of: Error panel already running will exit panel.

January 17th, 2009 If you have never set a root password for MySQL, the server does not require a password at all for connecting as root. To set up a root password for the first time, use the mysqladmin command at the shell prompt as follows: $ mysqladmin -u root password newpass If you want to change (or update) a root password, then you need to use the following command: $ mysqladmin -u root -p oldpassword newpass I hope this will work for you perfectly.

May 15th, 2007 Several years ago I noticed a big issue with NIS security at Sun, which I promptly reported hoping for a patch. Today I found out it is still there.

January 17th, 2009 Do you want to recover the MySQL root password. its by no means, easy.

April 30th, 2007 Today when I was trying to install createrepo and repoview, I repeatedly got this weird error: Error: Missing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4. The problem is strange at first sight because yum is designed to include missing dependencies.

April 20th, 2008 1. Login to the Admin account (not the normal account) 2. Open up a command shell in the Terminal application by selecting - Macintosh HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal At the command prompt type this command: sudo passwd root You will then get the following prompts.

February 15th, 2006 Overview A Java class to shutdown Apache James Mail Server via TCP/IP. It shuts down Apache James Mail Server by passing shutdown command via simulated telnet session.

January 2nd, 2009 Root login is perhaps one of the very few vulnerabilities that Linux operating system faces. A person can hack into your system as a root user easily and can play with security settings.