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Vsftpd access to /var/www

I'm trying to get ftp running locally to update a drupal install. I just need the FTP user to have full access to a directory and all subdirectories. I have done /usr/sbin/setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1 ...
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Updating Upstart on Centos 6.3

I have a Centos 6.3 server -- alone among all my Ubuntu servers for historical reasons -- with Upstart 0.6.5. I need to update that upstart to at least 1.4, and I'd prefer to do it through yum instead ...
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Allow non-root process to listen on port 80 without doing anything drastic

For reasons beyond my comprehension, GlassFish refuses to play ball with iptables. That is, with all the correct redirection rules in place, it won't receive any redirected traffic. So I'm at plan B ...
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Relationship between /etc/hosts and iptables?

I'm running a DigitalOcean Centos 6 VPS. Here's the script I used to set up iptables on Centos 6.4 64-bit: #!/bin/sh service iptables stop iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL NONE -j DROP ...
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FTP “550 Failed to change directory” on Centos 6.3

I am running a VPS which runs Centos 6.3. I have installed vsFTP which is working fine. I have been able to connect to the FTP and also login with the necessary credentials. However, I am unable to ...
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How is it determined which name server will be used for a particular interface?

According to the documentation for interface configuration files in RHEL 6, an interface can specify which name server it would like to use by including the directive DNS{1,2}=address . The ...
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How to Install Proftpd mod_lang? [closed]

Using Centos6 I have been trying to install mod_lang and enable nls on proftpd without any luck? How to do this step by step, i have consulted proftpd documentation but couldnt understand how to ...
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Is subscription-manager available for CentOS?

I'm trying to fix my updater to point to a specific release. Is the subscription-manager for RedHat only? I don't see it in my CentOS 6.3 (yum) repository.
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chkconfig equivalent for upstart jobs on CentOS6

On RHEL6/CentOS6 what is the upstart way to: chkconfig add my-svc chkconfig my-svc on Explanation: I have written an /etc/init/xvc0.conf job. I can do start xvc0 on the CLI, but after reboot ...
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1024 connection limit on a single port

I'm running a shoutcast v1 streaming server on a CentOS box. When I start the server as root, I can stream to 1200-1300 clients without a problem. However, when I run the server as a different user ...
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yum and rpm nothing happens

I am experiencing an odd problem in CentOS 6. when I try to use yum or rpm nothing happens. For example if I type yum update it simply returns to the command prompt. I have checked that yum and ...
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Good pratices to update servers? [closed]

I have many servers running CentOS 5.* and CentOS 6.*, I would like to update them, but there's some applications running and I might crash these applications, which led me to write this post with ...
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Upgrade mysql to 5.6 on Centos 6.4 and Plesk 11 [duplicate]

Any idea on how to upgrade to mysql 5.6 on CentOS 6.4 without breaking Plesk 11? I have upgraded to mysql 5.5 using epel & remi repo: http://kb.parallels.com/en/115875 but can't find mysql 5.6 ...
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Multiple PHP versions on Centos 6 - PHP 5.2.4?

We're running a Centos 6 server with Virtualmin. Recently, Virtualmin added support in the admin panel for multiple PHP versions. This got us thinking we could finally take the time to migrate some of ...
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OpenLDAP Referrals URIs containing DN

I am having a problem with enabling referrals on my OpenLDAP server, named ldap2.example.com. I'm trying to make it refer queries to ldap1.example.com in case ldap2 does not have the data. I am ...
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Centos kdump hangs up

Trying kdump on CentOS 6.3. On VMWare everything is fine and on oops crash kernel is loaded and vmcore created. On phisical machine I see oops message, but crash kernel is not started. I used ...
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yum update entire release but limit to a prior version

We need to update yum update but we want to stay one release back. For example, we have CentOS 6.2 and want to move to 6.3. By default, it looks like yum update will install 6.4. On RedHat, this ...
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Setup default page for Apache Virtual Hosts

We are running Apache on a server with multiple VirtualHost entries. Whenever someone access the server by it's IP address (http://198.147.xx.xx), one of the websites that is a VirtualHost comes up. ...
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Where is $HOME set in Centos 6.3

WHere is the $HOME environment variable set in Centos 6.3? I've looked in: /etc/profile /etc/profile.d/* /etc/bashrc ~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc Also, the second to last column in /etc/passwd has ...
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CentOS 6 tftp server default boot menu

Edit: I figured it out. I just had to set permissions on my files properly which was causing problems (did not see how I missed that). Thanks everybody for the suggesstions. I am trying to install a ...
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Mono 3.0 not intercepting requests on Apache2/CentOS

I have Mono 3.0.6 up and running on a CentOS 6/Apache 2 setup. I have published an ASP.NET 4.5/MVC4 website on the server. However, when I try to reach the website I get a status code 503 (Service ...
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Apache2 doesn't load module mod_mono - CentOS 6

I have compiled and installed Mono 3.0.6, XSP and mod_mono on CentOS, following mostly these instructions. My VHOST is configured as such: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin ...
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cannot use any yum command: no space left on device

if i use any yum command, i get Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module> yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) ...
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Unable to get forwarding to work

I am unable to get forwarding to work. Here's my postconf output: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix ...
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CentOS 6 Binding IP Addresses

I can't seem to get IP binding to work properly. I have two files: ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth0:1 (tried 0:0, 0:2 and still not working). eth0 is supposed to be for IP 192.168.1.3 and eth0:1 is for ...
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iptables config works in one Centos 6 server but not another one

This iptables script: #!/bin/sh service iptables stop iptables -F iptables -P INPUT DROP iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT iptables -P FORWARD DROP iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp ...
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How do I save the iptables

I am new to Linux. In CentOS 6.3 I added this rule: iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 9494 -j ACCEPT Now I am trying to save it: /sbin/service iptables save It gives me: [FAILED] I tried to do: ...
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Running mono-based application on Centos Start

I am very new to Linux and I am currently switching my server from Windows to Centos 6.3. I have written a small UDP server. UDP server was written in C# and now I adopted it to work with Linux using ...
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Explain CentOS 5 vs. CentOS 6 - why are releases not sequential?

I was confused about why my new server had CentOS 5.9 installed on it, when CentOS 6.3 is available. But CentOS 5.9, it turns out, is actually the latest release. Why are 5.x versions being released ...
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Installing CentOS 6.3 via USB, cannot partition hard disk drives

I'm currently attempting to install CentOS 6.3 on an IBM System x3650 M3 server using a 8GB USB boot drive that has been created using iso2usb for CentOS/RedHat [link]. During the installation ...
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Centos - server iso [closed]

I have downloaded the centos (6) minimal version and am trying to install on a virtual box. When i fire up the installation, it starts a gui insaller. I am trying to have a server only iso and this ...
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SSH does not use PublicKey on CentOS 6.3

I have a CentOS 6.3 server and with a user named ako. I am running Kubuntu 12.10 as my client and I have copied my public key to the server using the ssh-copy-id command. I have updated the ...
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updates-testing repo for CentOS 6?

What is the equivalent CentOS 6 repo for the updates-testing repo of RHEL/Fedora? I am trying to follow the node.js installation instructions here and am having trouble figuring out what repo to add ...
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nohup - no such file or directory

I'm trying to execute the following command on my CentOS 6.3 x64 server: nohup "/usr/local/bin/php -v" The result is: nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out' nohup: failed to run ...
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CentOS Dovecot Permission Denied

I have a dovecot mail server setup with Virtualmin, and for some reason, out of the blue, yesterday, the mail server stopped working. I found that in the /var/log/maillog file, I have the following ...
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Centos 6.3 - Error during filesystem check (/opt)

When I rebooted my server I got the following error: What can I do to get the server back up? I tried running lvremove /dev/vg1/snaps but get the message: File based locking initialization failed I ...
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iRedMail — can I use a separate MySql server?

Is there a way to set a remote MySQL server (mysql.domain.com) for the original installation of iRedMail? If not, is there any documentation explaining how to redirect the tables used in each ...
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How can I fix this Samba setup on CentOS?

I'm trying to set a Samba share in /home/share on CentOS. I do not have great experience with setting up that kind of service. I've been following guides and recommendations here and there, but ...
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Delete contents of a folder within a bunch of folders?

I have a bunch of folders say /test/ and /test1/ and these both contain folders /x/ and /x/ contains some random files which I don't want. I want to recursively go through all folders and go into /x/ ...
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Using postfix in CentOS 6 to relay mails to First.Last@gmail.com

I'm using: # cat /etc/*release CentOS release 6.3 (Final) # rpm -qa | grep post postfix-2.6.6-2.2.el6_1.x86_64 on 2 servers: preferans.de and (yes, funny name) ...
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Centos 6.3 on Hyper-v - startx xorg-X11 no /dev/fb0

I am running Centos 64-bit 6.3 on Hyper-V 2012. Logged in to the local console via the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection, I type startx but get the following failure and message: I do not have a ...
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Changing the default gateway address in Centos

I have a a Centos PC with 2 IP addresses. One of them is because of a back to back connection with another PC, so both run on different subnets. The eth0 has the 192.xx.xx.xxx address and eth2 has ...
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apache won't start httpd service start centos 6.3

I've installed CentOS 6.3 and i run the command yum install httpd after successfully installed I've typed in the terminal service httpd start nothing happend i did opened the browser and typed ...
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Running program that you just installed with rpm

I've just downloaded pgadmin from : http://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages.php#pg92 and I've installed it : rpm -ivh pgdg-centos92-9.2-6.noarch.rpm How do I open it? where can I find it or do I ...
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sendmail.mc to fwd all mails for a domain -> First.Last@gmail.com (MX record already set up)

I'm currently using Google Apps to forward mails addressed to recipients at my domain balkan-preferans.de (176.9.40.169) to my address First.Last@gmail.com - this is done by the following DNS-zone ...
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Can't get to Dell OMSA webpage on my server

I'm running CentOS 6.3 x64 on a Dell PowerEdge R520. I have run the following two commands as per This Wiki sudo wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash ...
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CentoOS SSH Access

I'm executed this commands with root user i'm on a CentOS 6.3 server: #useradd newuser #passwd newuser #visudo then I added this line at end of file: AllowUsers newuser #service sshd restart ...
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How do I upgrade to PHP 5.4 in CentOS 6.3 with yum?

I found some blog posts about this, but it's rather lack of descriptions on possible side effects. I could really use some detailed on these steps: How to add a repo that provides PHP 5.4 into yum ...
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.bash_profile not being read

So I am using CentOS 6.3 a fresh install and I was trying to add things to my path for OpenMPI so I edited my .bash_profile file to read: FOO='test' export FOO # Add support for MPI ...
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trouble with oidentd on CentOS 6.3

I'm having a weird problem with the oident daemon on my VPS. When I try running it, I keep getting this error: [root@ldvps ~]# oidentd [line 4] This construct is valid only for user ...

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