CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from Redhat Enterprise Linux sources freely provided to the public.
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SELinux Write access for vsftpd and samba
This should be easy enough I think, but I'm new to SELinux.
I have a CentOS 6 file server. I have some LVM file systems at /var/media and I want to use both Samba and FTP to share them with a Windows ...
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install vmware-tools using yum in vmware fusion
I added vmware-tools repo [1] to my virtual CentOS box. What is the exact set of packages I have to install?
The rationale is to be able to update vmware-tools using yum.
Environment:
Host OS: Mac ...
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First key pressed repeates forever
I just installed CentOS 6.4 on an old machine I acquired for a development box, but I am running into keyboard issues I can't get around.
I start the machine and go to type a user name in and ...
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How to remove Oracle Wallet using orapki?
Hi i'm on Centos using oracle 11g
And i've created a wallet using :
$ orapki wallet create -wallet /u01/app/oracle/admin/DB11G/wallet -pwd WalletPasswd123 -auto_login
Now i want to remove it to ...
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gedit preferences grayed out
I'm using gedit 2.28.4, on Centos 6.4.
When I click on Edit > Preferences, I can't modify anything, as everything is grayed out.
Also, I could not re-size the preferences window to locate the ...
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SMB Mount To Windows Server Appears to Lock up. Any Ideas?
We are running CentOS 6.3 with all the latest updates. (Attempt to resolve this issue)
The Server I am trying to connect to is a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. Though this applies to our old SBS'03 Box ...
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rsh runs perfectly in normal user but not in root, very strange, why?
When I run command, rsh localhost pwd as a root
It shows below output.
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 544: Connection refused
Trying krb4 rsh...
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 544: Connection ...
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Atomic repo to just update Ossec and not the rest is that possible for Centos 6.4?
I followed this link http://www.ossec.net/?page_id=19 and enable both epel and atomic repo to install ossec. My problem is I just want a local installation of ossec so I ran this yum install ...
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Limit clamav to one thread
I'm only running on a low memory system so would like to run only one clamd, but i have googled for hours trying to find the answer with no luck. I tried clamscan instead but it takes far too long to ...
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Get list of top 10 memory consuming processes with graph using Cacti in Centos 6.3
I'm using Cacti in Centos 6.3 and I would like to get the list of the top 10 memory consuming processes, with a memory graph, so that if server fails I can easily find the processes behind that.
It ...
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How to change terminal character encoding
Today I uninstalled the GUI packages on my home CentOS installation. Now, when the machine starts, I get the login prompt. It acts finicky. Sometimes pressing enter just once after answering each ...
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Yum Cannot Retrieve Repository CentOS 6
I just installed CentOS 6. I tried running yum update and was having trouble getting that to work, so I tried yum clean all and now my situation seems even worse than before. Based upon what I pasted ...
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How to determine the sequence of ordering certificates by browser?
I did a Mutual Certificate Authentication implementation with OpenSSL and Apache Web Server on CentOS platform. To simple explanation see this diagram:
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Automatically acquire new IP address in new network
I'm running a Centos virtual machine on a laptop using a bridged network connection to avoid double-NAT issues, with the address assigned via DHCP. This works fine until I move the laptop to another ...
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Installing Ossec on an existing centos 6.4 machine
I have an existing machine running centos 6.4. Is it ok to install now the Ossec or it's not worth any more as the machine is already running for few months.
Which is the best mechanism to install ...
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Cent OS 6.4 UEFI Dual boot
i'm really a beginner to Linux trying to study for RHCSA certification here.
I have Windows 8 installed on UEFI BIOS. When i installed Cent OS, installation went smoothly and then after restarting, ...
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Problem compiling a driver : “No rule to make target”
First of all I am running a CentOS 6.4 installation.
My computer is a laptop and I am trying to install the drivers for my ethernet card, because this week end I lost my ability to connect to the ...
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How to install CentOS 6.4 on Mac Mini?
I have bought a new Mac Mini, and would like to use it as a Linux server. Now I'm trying to install CentOS on it. I downloaded CentOS-6.4-x86_64-netinstall.iso and booted the Mac Mini from a ...
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CentOS 6.4 as VirtualBox guest under Windows 8 host, fullscreen mode causes unresponsive cursor
I apologize in advance if this is an inappropriate place to post this question.
I've installed VirtualBox 4.1.26 in Windows 8 6.2 (I don't think I have Pro) and got CentOS 6.4 installed with Guest ...
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enable apache mod rewrites to load clean-urls
In CentOS, a2enmod rewrite results in “command not found” but httpd -M lists rewrite module as listed and shared. I'm trying to enable it so can then have these rewrite rule apply so I can switch back ...
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Red hat enterprise linux how do i install apache with SSL HTTPS? i have CERTIFICATE, KEY, INTERMEDIATE (ROOT CA) from heart internet [closed]
How can i install SSL HTTPS in my apache webserver in Red hat enterprise linux? Only following is installed. And i have tried this website follow up but its not working it fails.
$ uname -a
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gnome-terminal won't launch because it crashes every time
gnome-terminal worked this morning, and I haven't installed any software or changed any OS configurations. Now every time I try to open a terminal window, I get an error dialog: The application ...
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No font in emacs on CentOS
When I open emacs over an SSH connection I get this error
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct
Warning: Cannot convert string ...
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How can I uncompress gz files in random directories and store the decompressed files in those same directories?
CentOS 5.9
I've got a server with a foo.ext.gz file located in a variety of random directories.
Example:
/opt/fooapp/foosubdirectory/foo_randomnumber/blah/blah/foo.ext.gz
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Using real time kernel headers to compile userspace code vs default headers
Per customer requirements, I installed CentOS 5.6 with the default kernel. With this kernel installed, the time.h file includes the #define CLOCK_MONOTONIC.
Now, a real-time kernel was installed ...
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file still read-only after a mount --bind from a rw partition
I use mount --bind to "overlay" a file from one ext4,rw filesystem onto another file in ext4,ro filesystem. For example, /etc/hosts is on a read-only / partition, but I have another partition where ...
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Can't get BIND and NS to work properly [closed]
I just got myself an unmanaged Dedicated VPS from OVH and I don't have a prior experience of setting up servers or DNS servers but I followed a couple of tuts and installed webmin and created NS Zones ...
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centos 6, hostname won't resolve, dns issue, loop detected
I've searched everywhere and tried all the suggestions that I've seen, but I just can't get this to work now (it was working before). This is the first time I've ever installed a test server that I ...
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Cent OS 6.3: How to make places show up folders in tabbed versions (or at least not in a new window)
I moved to CentOS 6.3 recently. The places application shows folders but each folder is shown in a new window. So if I go to 2 different folders and go deep in 3 sub folders, I will have six windows ...
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PPTP ping client to client error
I installed pptp server on a centos 6 64bit server
PPTP Server ip : 55.66.77.10
PPTP Local ip : 10.0.0.1
Client1 IP : 10.0.0.60 centos 5 64bit
Client2 IP : 10.0.0.61 centos5 64bit
PPTP Server ...
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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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Hot partition CentOS 6 and add boot pick?
I have an existing CentOS 6 installation working wonderfully and its owner now wants to add a separate Debian installation onto the same machine. He only accesses this host via the command line and ...
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CentOS GUI problem using Gnome
For some reason lately when I try to set the date using the interface, or simply install a .rpm by double clicking the dialog that should prompt me to input my passowrd just shakes like it has a bug. ...
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centos httpd.conf set different ip for a directory
I have 3 ips in my server, i want use them to increase twitter api limits.
How to set a different ip for a directory in centos 6.1 httpd.conf (apache 2.3.1)
I added these line in the bottom of ...
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Which processes swaps memory
I can see swap's total, used, free etc. sizes from top command.
But I can't figure out which process uses swap, is it possible to find out swap memory by process?
I'm running CentOS 6.3.
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gpg-agent fail: undefined symbol gpg_err_set_errno
We started to get some odd issues yesterday; possible due to a yum install gone bad? One of the issues, PS -ef hanging indefinately (actually an ps command that looks at other user state) was fixed ...
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Finding yum equivalents of apt repositories?
I have code to setup an Ubuntu server that relies on apt-get. It has lots of packages as documented on our project wiki, for example these: development environment and the ruby dependencies.
However, ...
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User gets rejected after system crash on CentOS
The power went out on my PC running CentOS 6.3 while I was logged in as a regular user. Since then, when I try to login from the GUI, my screen flashes to black then returns to the login screen, ...
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How to install CentOS 6 via USB mass storage device?
I want to install CentOS 6.2 on a laptop (Thinkpad R40) which comes without CD/DVD-drive but with USB 2.0 ports.
It seems that CentOS does not provide ready-to-use dd-able USB images for ...
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How can I make the NetworkManager work?
I am running a version of RHCE6 on my laptop, and lately I've been trying various stuff about network configuration through command line. Last night, I tried removing the NetworkManager using "yum ...
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CentOS boot problem
We're using VMware Server which is running on CentOS in our company environment. As you can see,now the only thing holding this up is the CentOS can't boot. Also, I am guessing it sounds like a ...
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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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Setting permissions with FTP
I'm having some issues setting up permissions for FTP. Read another thread on here regarding it, but I wasn't sure if it really matched what I needed.
Essentially, right now I've got the client's FTP ...
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Installing a secondary drive in CentOS 6
I am new to Linux and CentOS so I may not be sure of the exact question to ask. It may be best for me to tell you what I have done. I installed a secondary 500gb HD to use for file share storage. I ...
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ldd tells me my app is “not a dynamic executable”
I have a 32-bit application (called uclsyn) I received from an astronomy professor. I managed to get it running on CentOS a year ago, but now when I am setting up a new CentOS VM, it won't run and I ...
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Unable to install CentOS in VirtualBox
I am trying to install CentOS 5.6 in My VirtualBox but I got this error on boot screen.
Your CPU Does not support long mode : use a 32 bit Distribution
My CPU is 64 bit I checked that using uname -a ...
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CentOS doesn't see USB device
I'm running CentOS 6.3 inside of VirtualBox and am having trouble seeing my USB 2.0 thumb drive.
In VirtualBox I go to Devices, USB drives and can capture my connected thumb drive. I've created a ...
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How to SSH apache user from a remote guest server on VirtualBox with host-only network?
I have two CentOS virtual machines on VirtualBox . one of them let's say CentOS-1 holds my Web application code. Second is CentOS2.
I have two network connections between these two servers : Bridged ...
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When running a terminal, I get the default bash prompt
Whenever I run a terminal in Linux (Centos), my console line starts with:
bash-4.1$
During the Centos installation, I created a user 'mark'. Later on that day, I needed to change the name to 'john' ...
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Commands for determining level of usage of server
I am scripting a new program that will connect to a cluster of machines in a VM park, and hopefully check their level of usage.
The VM clients are a combination of RHEL and CentOS, and runs on ...
