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Month: March 2015

Linux

cdp by using tcpdump

If you do not have a cdp command available on your linux server, then tcpdump can be used instead. $ sudo tcpdump -nn -v -s 1500 -c 1 ‘ether[20:2] == 0x2000’ -i eth0 tcpdump: listening on bond1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 1500 bytes 08:53:01.946674 CDPv2, ttl: 180s, checksum: 692 (unverified), length 254 Device-ID (0x01), […]

Linux

Using xpra to run remote X applications

This post describes how you can run a X application on a host and view it on another. Xpra is a tool which allows you to run X programs — usually on a remote host — and then direct their display to your local machine, disconnect from these programs, and reconnect from the same or another […]