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How to change your host-name in CentOS

I knew how to do this in Ubuntu but doesn’t see to be the same in CentOS. Here are the steps Login via the console or SSH in Goto /etc/sysconfig/ Type nano network Change the HOSTNAME to your preferred servername Press CTRL X > Y > Enter Log off or reboot There may be other […]

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Install htop to Redhat or CentOS (5.X) Linux

htop is an interactive process viewer for Linux, which is a powerful alternative to the start ‘top’ utility. Some of the benefits of htop: Supports mouse interactions Better sorting and selective display Color formatted display Resource graphs Process treeview Installing htop To install htop to Redhat or CentOS (5.X) Linux easily via the yum package […]

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Followup: Google Voice to FreePBX

In a previous post I wrote about  Adding Google Voice to FreePBX After a lot of tinkering and research I was able to get inbound dialing to my assigned extension working. I tell you think much, it wasn’t simple for me to understand and I may play around with setting this thing up a few […]

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Saved Queries feature in Active Directory

This post focuses on custom queries that  allow you to perform additional tasks in Active Directory Microsoft in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is a wonderful tool and is very useful when it comes to managing user / and computer accounts in your Domain.  It also has another feature which doesn’t get used often.  The […]

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Adding Google Voice to FreePBX

I followed the following steps to setup my new FreePBX Server with Google Voice. I am happy to say it works for the most part, however inbound calls are not making it.  All in all this was a good learning experience: *UPDATE*  I have made a follow up with my working configuration files   How To […]

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Letting freedom ring with FreePBX

Now that I have setup my first pre-production FreePBX Box, whats next? FreePBX is an awesome community driven Business Phone System.  With its easy to use GUI (graphical user interface) that controls Asterisk (the telephony engine software) this is one of most popular open source telephony engine software out today.  To get started on your own system, […]