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JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME variables are not defined:

Edit bash_profile for the user running Tomcat:
nano ~/.bash_profile

Add the following line and edit to point to correct directory:
export JRE_HOME=/usr/local/jre

Save and exit, then execute the following command:
source ~/.bash_profile

Running Apache Tomcat on privileged ports (lower then 1024) as non-root user:

The best way is to set an iptables rule to forwards incoming requests from port 80 to 8080:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080
or setup apache with mod_jk connector to pass http requests to tomcat

Here is the quickest way to share a folder with read/write access.

Get rid of all lines in your /etc/samba/smb.conf and replace them with:

[global]
workgroup = workgroup or domain
server string = %h server
security = user
obey pam restrictions = Yes
passdb backend = tdbsam
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
encrypt passwords = yes
invalid users = root

[Share name]
path = /home/share/
comment = comment
public = yes
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
valid users = user who will access the share
create mask = 0755

Restart your samba server:
/etc/init.d/samba restart

You must have an smb account for specified user. To create one:
smbuser <username>
smbpasswd <username>

Enter password for user.

Each user has its own crontab in Linux. Root crontab is only available to root and cannot be modified by other users. To edit your non-root crontab:
crontab -e

To list available crontab:
crontab -l

To delete:
crontab -r

Privileged users can access others crontab:
crontab -u

Run cron jobs as a different user:
su - <user> -c <command or script>
Depending on your default editor crontab will either open in vi or nano. Crontab line format should look like:
# m h dom mon dow user command
Under which you will have to specify when your cron job should run:
m: minute of the day, from 0 to 59
h: hour of the day, from 0 to 23
dom: day of month, from 1 to 31
dow: day of week, from 1 to 7
user: user your cron job should run as
command: command or script that should run
Root has access to two crontabs. One is accessible through crontab and the other can be opened in your editor: vi /etc/crontab or nano /etc/crontab. Systemwide cron jobs should be added to /etc/crontab which take precedence over your regular cron.

A sample cron job should look like the following line. Here is a line I have in my crontab to sync time with external time servers:
# m h dom mon dow user command
01 0 * * * root ntpdate us.pool.ntp.org
This cron job will sync time at 12:01 AM every night with pool.ntp.org

Tip: to create a cron job to run every time your system reboots (game servers, etc.) start your line with @reboot:
@reboot /home/user/script
Notice that you don’t need to specify anything but @reboot and path to executable. Regular and privileged users can both use this command.

Other commands:
@reboot = run at boot and reboot only
@yearly = run at midnight Jan 1 (0 0 1 1 *)
@annually = run at midnight Jan 1(0 0 1 1 *)
@monthly = run at midnight on the first day of every month (0 0 1 * *)
@weekly = run at midnight every Sunday (0 0 * * 0)
@daily = run at midnight every day (0 0 * * *)
@midnight = run at midnight (0 0 * * *)
@hourly = run on the first second of every hour (0 * * * *)

To clear connection history in VIC go to regedit and delete the line “RecentConnections” from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware\VMware Infrastructure Client\Preferences.

To allow root access to logon through ssh in ESX:

Logon to console as root
Edit sshd_config: nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change “PermitRootLogin” from “no” to “yes”
Restart ssh: service sshd restart

To allow root access to logon through ssh in ESXi:

Open console and press Alt+F1
Type "unsupported" and enter root password to log on
Open inetd.conf in vi: vi /etc/inetd.conf
Find the line that starts with #ssh, uncomment, save and close the file, and then restart services on your ESXi server: /sbin/services.sh restart

To allow non-root access to logon through ssh in ESXi:

Log on to console: press Alt-F1 (or through root ssh)
Edit inetd.conf: vi /etc/inetd.conf
Find this line: "ssh stream tcp nowait root /sbin/dropbearmulti dropbear ++min=0,swap,group=shell -i" and add -w to the end. Save and close the file.
Create the new users and home directory: useradd -d /home/username -P username
Reboot

To have the OS find and delete files and directories recursively in Linux try the following command:
find <path> -name <filename> -exec rm -rf {} ;

Example:
find /vmware -name *.log -exec rm -rf {} ;

To find and replace strings within files look here.