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How to prevent syslog message popping in a ssh session without affect other sessions?

i have a machine(RHEL 5.2) which receives syslog message from remote machines. And now it keeps popping message from remote machine in a ssh shell, which is annoying when i want to do something on it. ...
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Citadel Mailserver Installation floods every root console with error messages

I have installed Citadel (apt-get install citadel-suite) on my Ubuntu 12.04 Box. I configured it for LDAP authentication. After the installation every root console got flooded with error messages of ...
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Possible to use a console cable from a Cisco ASA and use it interactively with ESXi?

I'm creating procedures to deploy a Cisco ASA and an ESXi machine to remote locations where no local tech contacts are available. I think it may be a wise idea to connect the console cable from the ...
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why cannot I type password in putty? [closed]

When I open a session in putty to connect to the server, the console asks: login as: so I type root or another username then the console ask [email protected]'s password: From here I can't type ...
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how to avoid console network error (host is not communicating) when passwd or update?

I am trying to change the root password and update ssl package but the commands passwd or yum update {package} make the console loops endlessly. I have set the buffer to 600 sec. which I am reaching ...
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Hiding linux kernel messages from console

I have a machine running a custom build of Linux kernel 3.2.12-rt based on Debian Squeeze. I'm getting kernel messages printed to the console. I don't want it to do that. I know why it's doing that:...
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Debugging powershell init

My problem is that I just reinstalled my system and have installed heaps of packages via Chocolatey. However now when I launch powershell, something changes the fonst type and size inside the console ...
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Special Administration Console (SAC) in linux

Windows have Special Administration Console (SAC), same feature is available to linux? Refer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785873(v=ws.10).aspx
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Cannot enter "Umlaute" on php console

I do have a problem with german "umlaute" on the console. Whereas I have no problem entering them on the bash console, it is a problem on the php console PHP is all set to UTF-8 iconv.input_encoding ...
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Why openssl s_client and gnutls-cli deliver different certificates (own server)

on my server i have multiple virtual hosts with apache2. Some with domain *.example-one.org and some whith *.example-two.org. Each domain has it's own wildcard certificate. When I fetch the ...
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How to redirect screen display to rs232 in Linux?

I need to redirect all Linux output to rs232 port in order to connect to it via console cable or via ssh or telnet. How to do that? Is it possible to do that wihtout recompiling the kernel?
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Sideband on HP ILO2 and initial in-OS setup possible?

Is it possible to configure sideband (ILO being physically accessed from one of the main NICs as opposed to the dedicated ILO NIC) for the ILO2? Also is it possible to configure the ILO2 initially ...
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Problems with cscript.exe and Windows Server 2008

I was executing this command without any problem: cscript.exe C:\search.vbs D:/myfolder/ When suddenly, after closing and opening the console again, this error appears in a popup when trying to ...
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Redirect tty out to serial?

Im trying to debug an issue we are having with netbooting a RedHat box. The anaconda installer scribbles useful log data to the second virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2) but I would like to be able to see ...
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Ubuntu 12 : dpkg-reconfigure problems

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server, freshly installed, however it is set to the wrong timezone. I tried to use dpkg-reconfigure tzdata to correct it, but I can't tell what I am selecting. When I move the ...
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Linux: Connect to another a terminal session

I can use screen or tmux to connect to other terminal sessions, or to share them. But this work only when we first know we will use them. As root can access everything, is there a way to do the same ...
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Automatically ssh when starting konsole

I'm interested, is it possible to set up automatic ssh login when I start konsole on kubuntu. To be more precise, when I start konsole I would like that it automatically starts ssh and logins to ...
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persisting esxi /bootbank/boot.cfg across reboots

i have a serial console connected to my esxi 5.5 server. and the configs work fine for the pxe install. however, upon reboot my console no longer works: i believe i need to change the file /bootbank/...
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KVM console with scrollback

I'm running a Linux guest on a Linux host with kvm -display curses. I'm not able to scroll back with Shift-PageUp. Is there an even simpler display than curses which just prints to the host terminal, ...
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Switch console output to RS232

How can I switch temporally Linux ASCII console to RS232 port build-in computer. I mean about Linux system working as server, without running any graphical tools on it (X11, bootsplash etc). But I ...
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Cisco console, USB and RJ45?

I have a new Cisco 3750X switch and I want to connect to it via console. Only.... this switch does not have a DB9 connector on it, its Serial port is RJ45. I have a USB to RJ45 cable, and am on ...
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corrupted lines display in ssh terminal

I have problem with my console drawing lines. The problem is when I connect through ssh to server everything draws ok. But when I use up arrow key to show last used commands it often leaves few ...
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Xen hvc0 console size

Hello I got a Xen running using hvc0 for the guests. Everything works fine except for the size (lines and rows) of the console: It's always 80x25 what makes editing awkward sometimes. If the line one ...
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IPMI console redirect (KVM) via java applet causes multiple keystrokes

I'm using a dell c6100 and can connect to the web based IPMI management tool, and I can get console redirection running via the java applet. But many keystrokes (especially enter) generate 2 or more ...
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How to connect a Mac laptop to a server via the serial port?

I'm a applications guy trying to set up a Dell c6100 server that doesn't boot. We'll have physical access tomorrow. The box has a serial connector for console access. We'll have a MAC laptop. Are ...
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Where/when does a Linux system change the console display mode?

I'm installing Debian Wheezy (7.0rc1) on a box of mine. For reasons I won't go into here, I don't want the framebuffer to be used for the console display during boot (nor afterwards). To avoid this, I ...
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KVM guest setup problems (Ubuntu 12.10)

-The host system that KVM is running on is Ubuntu 12.10. - I am trying to install 12.10 on it as a virtual guest. However, when I issue the virt-install command it replies with this: Starting ...
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W2k Server: delete specific users by console

I want to delete specific user profiles in win2k-Server. I thought I could achieve that with microsofts Delprof. But there I cant specificly declare userXY. So is there an other console way to delete ...
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Restrict RDC console session for administrator only in Windows 2003 Server

I have a server (Windows 2003 ) and different users connect the server via Remote Desktop Connection. All users have admin rights on it. So sometimes it becomes very difficult for me to RDC to the ...
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How to exit xen domu when using linux terminal

I usually use putty to connect on a xen domus. To exit domus after using "xm console", it's ctrl + 5 But how can I exit vm console on linux terminal?
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Console Access -- how does this work?

My dedicated provider did the following: wget S03HvTechAccess > /dev/null 2>&1 mv S03HvTechAccess /etc/rc3.d/ > /dev/null 2>&1 chmod 755 /etc/rc3.d/S03HvTechAccess > /dev/null ...
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How to delete .fuse_hidden* files?

I have small Linux server (Debian Squeeze) which runs a Samba server which is configured to share some folders with some windows machines. While trying to delete one of the directories from windows I ...
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Powervault MD circular console cable

We have two Powervault MD SAS devices, the specific model eludes me as these are remote and not accessible to me and anyone on-site doesn't have the capability to locate a service tag/serial or model ...
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kvm -monitor pty : how to find out the associated /dev/pts/#num

I have a server running multiple kvms. These are two to three vms so I consider libvirt somewhat oversized for management. And I'm completely comfortable with that setup. I actually just need the kvm ...
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How do I connect to and access a Cisco router?

I'm a total newbie to Cisco and I have a cisco router on which I have to do some experiments. How can I access this router? Ports available are Ethernet 0/1, Ethernet 0/0, Console, Aux. I guess if I ...
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Tell NetworkManager to ignore or not probe rfcomm0

I'm trying to remotely connect to a system via Bluetooth but am running into problems. Here's what I'm trying to do... On the remote device I'd like to have the following running: rfcomm -r watch 0 ...
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With the Supermicro Embedded BMC, is it possible to connect to Serial Over Lan via SSH?

I have several dozen Supermicro servers which use the Supermicro Embedded BMC. The documentation on that page suggests that I can access the Serial Over LAN (Serial Console) over SSH: SMASH ...
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Block select on a Linux console?

Is there any Linux console (konsole, gnome-terminal, etc.) that allows selecting text in a block mode, like you can in a Windows cmd.exe window, using Mark and drawing a rectangle?
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Linux Terminal I/O via SPI Device

Is it possible to create a console using the SPI device (/dev/spidev0.0) in a similar way that you would create a serial console, or if not is this possible ?? GRUB_TERMINAL=serial ...
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How can I scroll back the output in FreeBSD's console without Scroll Lock?

I've installed FreeBSD inside a VM on a laptop. As it turns out, the laptop keyboard has no Scroll Lock key, which is used for scrolling the screen back in FreeBSD's console. How can I scroll back the ...
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Stuck shell ESXi 4.0 - how to recover without reboot?

I had done some management by connecting to the ESXi 4.0 Server and using the unsupported shell login remotely using a KVM. I then typed exit Now it is stuck at a blank line: # exit _ That _ is ...
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Dell PowerConnect Console connection via Ethernet

When you buy a Dell PowerConnect (In my case it's a 5548) you are given a console cable that is serial to ethernet. Let's say you don't have a serial port on your laptop and but you still want to run ...
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How to search for text in a PuTTY console window

Is there a easy way for me to: search for a string in the output window of the putty ? or even a Linux command to search and highlight a string in the output ? I have 20,000+ lines in the output and ...
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glassfish 3.1.2 admin console port 4848 blocked by firewall

I've got a remote server. There is glassfish 3.1.2 running behind apache 2.2. The administration port 4848 is blocked by firewall so that I cannot use http://some_server.com:4848 where some_server is ...
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Is there an console based usermanagement-tool for debian?

i'm using Debian Squeeze. I just wondered if there is a simple console (maybe curses) based user-management-tool for Debian? I'm not looking for something bloated like YAST, but for somthing simple ...
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PowerShell Start-Job output

When I run command Start-Job {dir} in PowerShell I get output Id Name State HasMoreData Location Command -- ---- ----- -------...
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ESXi - serial console as default console

I have headless Supermicro server with IPMI as my ESXi 5 but I would like to use serial console as default console for ESXi instead of accessing it via IPMI VGA console redirection. I have some ...
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Supermicro + IPMI + FreeBSD: Kernel prints at 1-bps

I am running FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE. The machine is a Supermicro 5015M with a IPMI 2.0 daughterboard. When I boot this host, the boot process proceeds fine. I see the BIOS, the RAID BIOS, the first and ...
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How can I disable console password-authentication on a Juniper EX4500 switch?

I am building a system that automatically configures Juniper and Cisco switches from the console based on user input from a web UI. I will have a full-time console connection to these devices; ...
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Scheduled job not running to completion; event logged with return code 3762504530

I'm just a lowly developer, but a scheduled (2:00 am) VB.Net console app job I inherited is intermittently not running to completion. About half the time, it just doesn't run to completion, logging ...
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