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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Regarding the server distributions

I am confused as to what defines a "server" distribution against a normal, desktop distribution. What I mean is that if you wanted a corporate server, you might be able to pick just about any linux ...
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How to check the operating system of a server remotely?

Is there a tool that takes an IP address and outputs the operating system of that machine?
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vsftpd: Passwordless authentication to different directory

I am configuring a vsftpd server and the requirements are: I need a user resourcesadmin with home directory /var/www/resources with password authentication and FTP with write access (already done) I ...
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Using Creative Sound Blaster on Ubuntu Server

I just got a Creative Sound Blaster for playing audio wirelessly. I connected it to a virtual version of Ubuntu desktop and just had to go into the sound settings and switch it to the USB and the ...
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Which Linux distribution should I use for a Web server? [closed]

I'm going to set up a webserver at home, but I'm not sure what dist I should use. I have used Linux before but I'm not a proffesional. I've been reading about the differences between some of the ...
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How do I shut down ports remotely without shutting myself out?

I have an Ubuntu 11.04 server in a remote location on another continent, so I have no physical access to it. I only interact with it by ssh (and scp), and intend to only ever interact with it that ...
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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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FreeNAS versus a regular (CentOS/Ubuntu) linux server?

I'm looking to build a medium sized (6TB, mini ITX board) server for personal use. Most importantly, it will serve as a seedbox and will store a whole lot of data. I will be accessing the data over my ...
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SIP Server Installation in Linux

CLick Here for Kamailio Sip proxy server installation page I am not able to get Prerequisites , where to download these files ? even if i get how to install the kamailio server where i getting some ...
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What commands should be run when retiring a remotely hosted server?

I have a dedicated server from a friendly host located a substantial distance away from me, so the only access to the machine is SSH. It's a month to month deal, so I don't own the hardware. I'm ...
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How should I set up additional EBS storage on an Amazon EC2 instance?

One of my clients has three EC2 servers on the Amazon cloud, with several attached EBS devices: server 1 and server 2 are ubuntu micro instances, and server 3, the main production box, is a ubuntu ...
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Suggestions for IRC Server

I am planning to setup an IRC server for our internal communication needs. Which of the IRC servers do you guys suggest? Things I am looking for: Should not be very complex to setup Should allow ...
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How can I start the python SimpleHTTPServer on port 80?

I am using this command on Ubuntu but it is starting on port 8080 and I don't have another server running so I'd like it to start on port 80. I saw ways that you could set up a bash script to do ...
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How do I set different directories for different domains on CentOS 5.5 server?

I'm running a CentOs 5.5 server and wanted to know what commands I needed to run to be able to do the following; I have 3 domains on the server - example1.com, example2.com, example3.com I wanted ...
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How do I deploy Firefox Bookmarks for all Users in Network?

I have a bash-script for installing Firefox which is downloaded and executed from every client workstation in the network. The script is on the server and all workstations are running Ubuntu. Now I ...
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Managing disk space on servers

Are there any open source tools to view (and possibly restrict) disk usage per user? I need to track disk usage on a server by user.
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Recommended Resources To Get Started With Terminal-Only Linux Server?

I want to try to setting up a headless (terminal-only) Ubuntu Linux server, and am trying to find resources to get started. I've been a GUI Linux/Windows user for a while now, and have run through a ...
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Multiple dom0's on a single Xen host?

I've recently been researching Xen, and this has come up as a quistion for me. Is it possible to have more than 1 dom0 running on a single Xen host? The reason I ask is that this is very similar ...
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In my Dell R310 server, i would like to install CentOS, but for RAID1 what special care i need?

I have my Dell R310 server to install CentOS latest version, it has 2 hot plug disk drive, about 250GB of each. - But i need to install RAID1 on it. My question is for RAID1 installation with ...
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How to properly prepare a server for power outages?

I have a personal Debian server set up, that I'm able to access in person and remotely, but normally I'm away from it and it's remote. It's on a battery-backup surge protector, but sometimes that ...
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Which is better for product level web server: RHEL/Ubuntu Server/Debian/CentOS

We are planning to setup a linux based web hosting solution, which should include an HTTP server, SMTP server, mongoDB and Java. We want to understand which distribution is better for this purpose. ...
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What could cause network latency on a fresh Ubuntu Server 10.10 install?

I have recently purchased a machine to run an online game server. I put the machine together and have installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Server 10.10. I have noticed that the game server produces a ...
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Setting a Multi-Terminal Linux Server

So Im a complete newb when it comes to enterprise level linux distros, and linux servers in general. I know my way around Most Linux Desktops, but Im going to be setting up a small Linux Server that ...
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Permissions issues for shared directory on a server

The setup is we have a VPS running Debian Squeeze, and I've set up a shared directory for us to share files. So far I've followed this guide: ...
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Does SELinux provide enough extra security to be worth the hassle of learning/setting it up?

I recently installed Fedora 14 on my home pc and have been working on setting up different server related features such as apache, mysql, ftp, vpn, ssh, etc. I ran extremely quickly in to a barrier ...
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A small challenge to familiarize myself with Linux

I would like to learn more about Linux. I briefly went through a few books and quite a few articles online, but the only way to learn something is to actually start using it. I would like to jump in ...
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How do I choose between Unix / Linux and Windows in a Server environment?

I need a server, and I'm used to windows at home and in the office, but it seems that Unix / Linux is an option, but I don't really know what it is. I don't know which one to get, how do I choose? ...
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Good Introductory resources for linux

Are there any good tutorials or resources I can read so that I am not confused by basic things like 'how to search all files in a directory and below for a given string', or 'how to find out how much ...
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Debian server on a Intel Core i3 and Intel Q57 Chipset - will it work?

I want to build a Debian server (running samba, postfix, apache - without X11) on a Intel Core i3 / Intel Q57 Chipset system. I'm relativly new to the Linux-World but had driver issues already within ...