Server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs or a physical computer dedicated to running one or more such services.
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Upgrading Debian Squeeze to Wheezy - Should updatedb.conf be kept or replaced?
A similar question to Upgrading Debian Squeeze To Wheezy - Should conf' files be kept or replaced?, but in my case it concerns a different conf file and I am not on Linode.
I am upgrading a VMWare ...
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how can I find out my server's subnet mask via SSH
Hi I use media tamples dv server... I connected it via SSH with putty.. I need my server's IP address and subnetmask. I know the IP address but I don't know the subnetmask.
How can I find out my ...
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Get files on remote copy but not local
I have a folder.
I have one copy of this folder locally and one on a server. I edited my local folder as I wanted and then rsync it to the server.
Is there any way of comparing those two copies, ...
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Remote backup of local server applying Rsnapshot
I have a server which uses Rsnapshot to take snapshots of folders in miscellaneous computers within a Lan.
I would like to have another server located remotely that is to serve as a backup to this ...
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certificate extensions in generating and signing certificartes using openssl
References :
SSL Configurations for Intermediate certificate
How to add my own created certificate authority to system trusted repositories
Why I can't find a page which tell me what's the kinds ...
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How can I test whether the output from a command is null or empty string? [closed]
I'm trying to get a pre-commit hook script to work on our old SVN box.
It's very old, running Ubuntu Server 8.04.
This script:
@echo off
::
:: Stops commits that have empty log messages.
...
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How can I get Fedora and Opensuse server edition?
I want to get server edition for Fedora and Opensuse. I've visited their respective sites, but there is no specific server edition in the download section. So how can I get the server edition for ...
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Unable to chown recursively
I'm using this command:
chown root:www-data /var/www/example.com -R
but I get an error message that the directory is not listed.
What is wrong?
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Samba and Active Directory limitations
I was wondering if somebody could help me with a question on a networking assignment I have do do with Active Directory and Samba working together (I chose SAMBA). I understand using a Samba domain ...
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uploading from Netbeans to remote CentOS server failed
I have a php web application on Netbeans on my Ubuntu , and server is CentOS on a virtualBox .
Suddenly uploading to server stopped and I'm getting these errors for non-root user :
Failed:
file ...
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Postfix address resolver + loopback to root problem
Ubuntu Linux 12.04.1 With LAMP stack.
The goal is to setup a web server that can send mail via the PHP mail() function, which uses localhost. The mail must then be relayed to an ISP domain ...
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Samba guest access
I have a home server with samba. with windows i can access and make folder(always with permission 777) like guest( no password ) without problem. But with linux, when i mkdir i can not modify this ...
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How to simulate unplugged network cable or down server?
I have simulated network latency with netem and It's great. Now I want to simulate unplugged network cable or when server goes down. I need this to make testing of my application easier and I couldn't ...
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Keep the ssh session
I am using Macbook developing a client application.
I want to access server logs, so I opened a shell terminal and established a ssh connection to the server and access the log file there by ...
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Sharing /boot between two Ubuntu 12.04 Server installations?
This question may seem trivial at first sight, but it has certain implications and I'm wondering what is the recommended path to take here.
Assume the following scenario: a server system. The default ...
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Problem in connecting server to Internet
I just have setup a Linux server. But currently I am having problem in connecting to the outside world. I am not able to do wget,apt-get or ping. Here ar some relevant details:
$ping google.com
...
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Cannot reach outside network or IP after upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on my server but since the upgrade from 10.04 I can no longer reach any outside sources of the server.
I can SSH into the box, but from inside here I can not reach anything. ...
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NFS server optimization for maximum performance
I'm looking for maximum of performance for a NFS mount.
I'm on local network, it could be completly unsecure, the performance is the most important in my case.
What I already found :
In /etc/export ...
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Mount a folder without noexec
Is it possible to mount a single folder without the noexec option. I have a situation in which a web app in the users home folder on the server has to be mounted without noexec to run correctly, ...
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/nagios/cgi-bin/statusmap.cgi was not found on this server
I installed Nagios 3.4.4 on Ubuntu server 12.10. Installation was successful but now I'm not able to view maps and trends.When I try, I get the following error
/nagios/cgi-bin/statusmap.cgi was not ...
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How to create partition in ubuntu server 12.10
I'm trying to create partition during Ubuntu Server installation(12.10).Now I have a 500GB hard disk where I need to create a partition of 200GB for root file system and another 20GB for swap space ...
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How to build a personnal cluster?
I have a debian server running some services (mail, web, git, mysql...). But it is alone, meaning that if it breaks, I have to repair it to access my services.
I'd like to put a second server so that ...
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How to display open file descriptors but not using lsof command
Hi I have read Here that lsof is not an accurate way of getting the number of File Descriptors that are currently open. He recommended to use this command instead
cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr
While ...
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Can Linux PC serve as network router?
I was wondering if it is possible for Linux PC to substitute router in small networks.
I'm not expert in networking so this question may be stupid, but I don't see why one should not use Linux ...
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FTP cannot connect - connection closed by server
I entered the hostname, username/password and port, it seemed to connect but then the connection was lost, what should I check for? See the log below:
Status: Resolving address of ...
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How to set up an SSTP Server
Is there a way to set up a linux based, preferably ubuntu, SSTP server?
I know there is a SSTP client available on sourceforge, but I can't find a server.
To be clear: I do NOT want openVPN, I want ...
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Altered fstab - no longer able to SSH or access http
I might have done something stupid on my person debian server - I altered the fstab file. I changed udev to dev to try to fix a mounting issue in /dev/sda1 but after I restarted the server, I cannot ...
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SUID permissions - Which is correct?
Trying to secure a Linux server and have little experience with SUID. After executing
find / -perm +4000
many programs were discovered. I have seen conflicting advice here and hereon what should ...
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how to require sudo to view files?
I have a ssh server. I allow people to connect to it if they want. I do my programming homework on it. I am in trouble with my teacher because people were cheating off it. I need to know how to ...
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Error 'IO Error: Broken Pipe' when upgrading server from Debian Squeeze to Wheezy
As I am upgrading my virtual machine from Debian 6 (Squeeze) to 7 (Wheezy), I am seeing what appears to be a changelog (screenshot below).
So, I pressed the 'q' key to quit and proceed with the ...
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Upgrading Debian Squeeze To Wheezy - Should conf' files be kept or replaced?
I am currently upgrading my all-new Linode server running Debian 6 (Squeeze) to 7 (Wheezy) this way:
Updating current system:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Replace all ...
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2answers
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Apache server redirects main domain to https
I have this server with multiple domains running CentOS 6.2 and Apache. This server has a SSL certificate installed and working well.
Every time I browse to the main domain, without adding http:// it ...
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NFS sharing is read only
I have problem with NFS sharing. See my exports:
/export 192.168.1.11(rw,fsid=0,insecure,no_subtree_check,sync)
/export/share 192.168.1.12(rw,nohide,insecure,no_subtree_check,sync)
From a client ...
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TigerVNC Viewer resolution
I am using TigerVNC to connect to my development server. I create a view by typing
vncserver
in a putty shell.
My monitor is a widescreen monitor and the vncviewer in fullscreen mode does not ...
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Knowing if a directory is modified
I have a server online and I am wondering if there's a way to know if some file on the server is modified or a new file is added to certain directories.
For example, I have this ...
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How to setup VLAN on same subnet as Ethernet ?
I have a physical NIC with dev name eth0 with ip 192.168.1.2 and gateway 192.168.1.1 and I want to setup a VLAN with ip 192.168.1.x and same gateway as eth0.
Setting up the VLAN runs smoothly and I ...
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What is a remote config server?
I found myself enabling one of my computer on LAN to connect to a server through port 1236. A check on the list of services show:
bvcontrol 1236/tcp rmtcfg # Daniel J. Walsh, Gracilis Packeten remote ...
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Run local scripts on multiple servers using sudo user through a script
I have about 100 remote servers. I want to manage all my servers using one terminal server to update , run commands with sudo privileges.
I need to have one main script that takes another test script ...
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Simplest screen echo server?
What is the simplest way to do the following thing?
Run a program which will open specified port, listen for it, and display whatever it receives. Also if type something -- then send back to ...
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Where to learn about linux servers? [closed]
As you know many hosting providers provide many types of systems for their servers. I'm in a shared hosting and I know how to use the cPanel but now I want to move maybe to VPS or dedicated server and ...
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1answer
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isc-dhcp-server fails to start at boot
I have been running the isc-dhcp-server fine for quite a while. A few days back after an update, it fails to start. I found a few more people reporting similar problems but that was from 2009. I was ...
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Virtual Wireless Access Point
Basically, I want to be able to connect to a wireless network from my laptop. Then, I want my virtual machine to acquire internet access via a bridged connection from ETH0 of the VM to the host’s ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Load balancer
I am looking to create a load balancing server. Essentially here is what I want to do:
I have a public IP address, lets say 1.1.1.1 I have a second public IP address, lets say 2.2.2.2
Here is what I ...
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1answer
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How do I make a registered domain name resolve to a local/private IP address
I have a Debian Linux server running on my local network. I also have port forwarding set up on my router so that computers outside my network can use my domain name and get to my website/FTP/SSH ...
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Bash script to detect when my server is down or offline
Background : I need to receive an alert when my server is down. When the server is down, maybe the Sysload collector will not be able to send any alert. To receive an alert when the server is down, I ...
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Intruder nature detection by opensource tools like tripwire
I want to use different kind of intrusion detection tools like OpenSource Tripwire. Please suggest me some tools which can provide me some additional information to that provided by tripwire?
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Make Apache view hidden files (Solaris)
Is it possible to make an Apache server like this
Apache/1.3.41 Server at user.it.uu.se Port 80
display hidden files (i.e., those who start with a dot) in a specific directory? I have some ...
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Wi-fi management & billing
I want to setup a wifi management & billing using linux server.
But I don't know where to start. Is there any guide on how to do this?
For example... When user connect to my access point, it will ...
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HP-UX Directory Server Question
I have been tasked with installing HP Directory server(HPDS) 8.1,64-bit as a single sign on LDAP solution in my test environment and subsequently other environments.I am new to this product
We are ...
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Can I add content to client file from server using C programming? [closed]
e.g I want to add
127.0.0.1 www.google.com
to the /etc/hosts file from server using C programming language.
