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SSH screen (CentOS) crashes

I use the screen command to run a Minecraft server on my CentOS 6.4 machine. However, once I end the SSH session, the Minecraft server and the screen will eventually simply stop such that when I come ...
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PBX randomly loses network connectivity and restores itself

I'm using a QBX appliance, which is just a microATX desktop system with FreePBX connecting to asterisk and some other slapped together stuff running on CentOS 5.4. It's horribly out of date (which I ...
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non root ssh keys help

I'm having issues setting up a different CentOS account with its own pair of SSH keys. I have created the required files but when connecting with Putty it says Connection refused, here's the putty ...
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emacs fonts from ssh not as good as locally installed

How can I have the same emacs fonts and antialiasing configuration that I have in my local Ubuntu 12.04 also working when I open an emacs session via ssh to a CentOS 5 system? EDIT: I didn't get an ...
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In Centos 6.3- Configuring ssh for a grid server service

I am running a gridserver setup with 5 interconnected machines, I am now adding the 6th. each has it own ip address on a separate router/switch starting at 192.168.2.100 -192.168.2.106. The newest ...
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Use desktop speakers over SSH from laptop

I have VLC media player and media files on a desktop CentOS 6.3 set up (without a GUI). I can play the media files at the machine but when I issue the command via SSH it is silent. I'm guessing it's ...
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SSH connection refused

I have a CentOS Linux server with a SSH connection. It works perfectly but from time to time, the server refuses the connection. If I reboot the server, I can SSH again. What could be wrong?
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is it secure /not dangerous to ssh with keys through public transparent proxy?

I use pub key for ssh. Is it normal practice to connect to own server through public proxy? I think with plain pass it is surely dangerous but how about RSA keys?
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public key authentification doesn't pass, why?

I'm trying to connect to Server with ssh and id_rsa key. That key is only key in authorized_keys (just added with ssh-copy-id) When i do connect, server ask doesnt end with keys but always ask for ...
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Linux CentOS 5 SSH User Permission Denied

Today when I try to SSH into my server, I get a permission denied message (same for sftp). It used to work well before, I didn't change any server settings, except I was trying to modify a few folders ...
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Start network service at boot time on CentOS

I've recently reinstalled CentOS onto a computer of mine. I have OpenSSH Server on it now, as did I before I reinstalled the operating system. Here's the difference: Before, SSH started without even ...
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Setting up a user for sftp acces into a sub directory of another users home directory

An interesting problem. The broader goal is to setup a directory that one of our clients can sftp into (via ssh keys, not user/pass combination) and upload files. This directory will need to be ...
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Change default path for when I SSH in to CentOS server?

I have a CentOS 5.7 web server, and I want to change the default place I land in when connecting using SSH. Currently I land in /home/username, and I want to land in /home instead. I've gone in as ...
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What are the different ways that a message can be displayed to a bash shell after a user logs in?

I have a CentOS 5.7 VPS using bash as its shell that displays a branded greeting immediately after logging in via SSH. I've been trying to modify it, but can't seem to find where it is in the usual ...
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Enabling system management privileges for non-local users - How the heck does `polkit` work, anyways?

I am managing a CentOS 6.2 server remotely using X over SSH (actually NX, but that's just a proxy). The Everything is working correctly, except when I try to do tasks that would normally require ...
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Giving some users only SSH and shell access with limited resource usage

I'm trying to make a user that can access my server through SSH and allow it to have a shell, limited to using only, say screen and irssi. And it shouldn't it be able to see other directories except ...
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change sftp to ftp

I recently installed a CentOS machine for a couple of game servers. I followed some tutorials on the web for that, because I'm a linux noob. But. I want to sftp to store data on the server but it is ...
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CentOS 5.5 SSH with Key for non ROOT user

I tried pretty much everything I could to make this work. I spent literally 6 hours on research and nothing helps to remove "Server refused our key" error. My username I tried to make is "Testuser" ...
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User logged in by sftp does not show up in `w`

My server is Centos 5. I have a chroot environment set up with the following in my sshd_config Match group sftponly ForceCommand internal-sftp ChrootDirectory %h AllowTcpForwarding no ...
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How to install java on CentOS VPS through ssh

I wrote a little Java servlet and, in order to run it, acquired a VPS which runs Centos 5. Now, in order to run it, I guess the first thing to do is to install the latest JRE. I have ssh access and ...
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How can I make a process I start during an SSH session run after the session has ended? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Keep SSH Sessions running after disconnection. I have a process which is basically a web-server, I start it during an SSH session. However, when I leave the session (by ...
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Why do I need to hit enter to get my shell prompt after my init.d script completes?

I had to write my own CentOS init.d script for celery because it only ships with one for Debian. You can see the script I wrote when I answered my own stack overflow question 3989656. But there's a ...