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cassandra dead but pid file exists on amzon centos6

I am trying to install cassandra on amazon centOS6.0 for that i follow from Caassandra After successful install i am able to start the cassandra service but when trying to check status it throws “cassandra dead but pid file exists” error. Any help. Cassandra LOG: System LOG: When i type cassandra …

What’s the difference between a VFS and an NFS?

This might be a dumb question, but I’m struggling to find resources that clearly explain how a VFS is different from an NFS. Can they both be used for the same purpose? Bonus question: Can you watch a VFS with inotify like you can an NFS? Answer “NFS” is a network filesystem that’s bee…

How to find random files in Linux shell

How to pick 100 files randomly from a directory by Linux shell. I read other topic, ‘shuf’ command can do this: find . -type f | shuf -n100, but our environments do not have ‘shuf’ cmd. Is there other method to do this? use bash, awk, sed or sth else? Answer This should work on your Ce…

Iptables setup on VPN client having LAN [closed]

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Running shell script using .env file

I am fairly new to running scripts in UNIX/Linux. I have a .env file containing environment information and a .sh script containing folder creations etc for that environment. How would I run the script on the environment contained in the .env file or how could I point the script to the target environment? Wou…

dynamic linker error with rand() function

I already asked a question about this before but with reference to the following code again Why does compiling this result in the following error Why would this happen? How does the linker know that this is just another rand() function I have declared myself but rather an existing version of rand()? Answer On…