Category: Linux

VMWare tools Oracle-Linux-UEK and ‘The path “” is not a valid path to the kernel’

when you get the following message while building the vmware tools:

Searching for a valid kernel header path…
The path “” is not a valid path to the 3.8.13-16.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 kernel
headers.
Would you like to change it? [yes]

you first have to install the kernel-devel and kernel-header package:

> yum install kernel-uek-devel kernel-uek-headers

but there is still a version-file missing… a link can help:

ln -s /usr/src/kernels/3.8.13-16.3.1.el6uek.x86_64/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/kernels/3.8.13-16.3.1.el6uek.x86_64/include/linux/version.h

OpenSuse Samba-Share Security AppArmor…

I wanted to share a directory (e.g. /share) but it didn’t work, only the users home directory worked well. The reason was “AppArmor” (you find it in the YaST Control Center), disable or configure it well, then it works.

 

Linux send hostname to Windows DHCP and DNS Server…

Send hostname to DHCP Server:
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf:
send host-name “xxxx”;

Think it should be without the domain name!

At the windows dhpc server check that the option “Dynamically update DNS A and PTR records for DHCP clients that do not request updates” is enabled.