Debian is a popular and influential GNU/Linux distribution. Questions here should generally be about Debian Server.
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Cannot Restart MongoDB 2.4.3 on Debian 6.0.7 (32-bit)
I installed MongoDB on a Debian VM using apt-get from the 10gen repository. Some time after the install, I wanted to enable authentication in the configuration file, but when I ran service mongodb ...
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Stable Dropbox alternative on Debian-Server [closed]
I'm comparing at the moment the different dropbox alternatives, but they all have disadvantages:
AeroFS (not open source)
Bittorrent Sync/AppSync (not open source)
Tahoe-LAFS (complicated to setup, ...
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Xen: synchronizing time with Dom0
I have Xen virtual machines running on Debian 6 (both Dom0 and DomU).
I would like to synchronize clock on DomU with Dom0.
On http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_FAQ_DomU I have read that I need to set ...
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Creating a fallback error page for nginx when root directory does not exist
I have set up an any-domain config on my nginx server - to reduce the amount of work needed when I open a new site/domain. This config allows me to simply create a folder in /usr/share/nginx/sites/ ...
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dpkg: error processing linux-image-amd64
After running
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install -f
dpkg --configure -a
I get the following Error:
dpkg --configure -a
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.112) ...
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Exim to send through SMTP Gmail with “Unrouteable address” [closed]
I would like that my home server send me error notifications (I don't own any domain name and I have got a permanent IP address) and so would like Exim to send through my Gmail account.
I am with an ...
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Proxy server on Debian [closed]
I'd like to create a simple HTTP(S) proxy allowing only certain IPs XXX.XXX.XXX.* and requiring authentication. Also it won't be forwarding IP of the guest. What solution should I choose? If you have ...
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Proxmox Network Configuration
i installed ProxMox on debian squeeze 64 bit , i follow the instruction and here we got at interface
Code:
# cat /etc/network/interfaces
# network interface settings
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
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Backup (Debian) server to local disk (some special conditions) [closed]
It is the 100,000th backup question, so it seems useless but I think the question is justified anyway.
Scenario:
Debian (Wheezy) server (samba, courier, apache, mysql) for a small business.
ext3 ...
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Failed mysql upgrade to 5.5 on debian wheezy
When upgrading debian squeeze to wheezy, the upgrade of mysql to mysql-server-5.5 fails:
# apt-get dist-upgrade -u
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Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.31+dfsg-0+wheezy1) ...
[ ok ] Stopping MySQL ...
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mod_fcgid error after upgrading from PHP5.3 to 5.4
I just made an upgrade from PHP 5.3 to 5.4 via dotdeb.org sources.
After that, I get errors on vhosts with active FastCGI-Application.
[Mon May 20 21:05:15 2013] [warn] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] ...
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squidGuard not working in browser
I'm currently involved in a project to make a child friendly browser for android We're testing different setups at the moment but a proxy server seems to make the most sense and I was instantly drawn ...
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Error after trying to install php5-mcrypt on Debian Squeeze
I want to install php5-mcrypt, but I get this error after entering a
apt-get install php5-mcrypt
Error:
php5-mcrypt : Hängt ab von: php5-common (= 5.3.3-7+squeeze15) aber 5.3.9-1~dotdeb.2 soll ...
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Changing timezone on Debian keeps Local Time in UTC [migrated]
I'm trying to get programs to log in local time for my own sanity.
I have updated my timezone with:
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
But the result of that command is:
Current default time zone: ...
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Forwarded packets don't include their original IP address [closed]
I have a dedicated machine which has 2 VMs running.
Host A (Router):
eth0 192.0.2.8
eth1 10.0.0.1
and I have
Host B(Application Server)
eth0 10.0.0.2
My IPTables config is:
modprobe iptable_nat
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Can't get Memcached to use more than 300 MB for cache
I installed Memcached on a Debian 7 server with 32 GB of ram. In my /etc/memcached.conf file I
have it set up to use up to 4 GB of ram:
-m 4000
Yet, whenever I run 'top' I always see memcached using ...
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PHP Not running on specific directories [closed]
Ok. This is a pretty weird error:
I made a folder named 'hello' at /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ with hello.php. Then i created an Alias that told /hello would go to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/hello.
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Daemons do not start at reboot on Debian [closed]
some daemons doesn't launch when I reboot my server (Debian Squeeze 64bits), including apache, ssh, vsftpd, mysql .. Fortunately my script for initialising the tightvnc vitual desktops still does, so ...
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RAID 1 hard disks errors, file system is not mounting
I have a Server with 2 HDDs in soft RAID 1, the OS is Debian Wheezy. After some database testing, the file system has gone to read-only mode, after which I have rebooted the machine. The server is not ...
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POST data not being sent to iframe in 0,2% of cases on a apache2 / PHP setup
I have an admin page with a form that uses tinymce. The POST data is sent to an iframe that both offers a preview of the changes and saves the data. Sometimes when a users press the submit button to ...
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Updating SVN to 1.7 on Debian Squeeze
I tried to update my Subversion Client und Squeeze with 1.7. Therefore I extended the "/etc/apt/sources.list" with
deb http://opensource.wandisco.com/debian/ squeeze svn17
Downloaded their key ...
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how is possible to become root without having the password and only a ssh login?
I am having a problem, I have one server, I have my root account, but some other co worker has an ssh login, still... I have no so much experience and I dont know what I could do to block him to ...
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xfs_growfs error: maximum is 18350080?
I have a 70 GB filesystem mounted from a loopback file that needed more space. I increased the size of the file from 75161928000 to 75200000000 (starting conservative) via
sudo truncate -s ...
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Recommended Partitioning Debian7 Web Server [duplicate]
I am web developper and now I am running a VPS. I always work on my own machine, I have handled various Linux distributions but never a production server.
I have created a VPS with 1Gb RAM and 100Gb ...
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Can't get Squid to work with Intercept
I have a Sqiud Proxy server I am trying to add Transparency to using the Intercept feature. Currently the Proxy server accepts and functions fine as a standalone proxy for users. However when I add ...
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How to block outgoing traffic of the mac address of one of the server's own NIC with ip tables?
i have a server with 5 nics connected to a switch, and running GNS3 (cisco router emulator).
I need to block, in the server, the packets originated by the nics at layer 2 level (the nics are not ...
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Routing 4 Networks
I've been trying for almost a week to make it work but without success. I start to be hopeless.
I have 4 ethernet adapters :
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
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How to open a directory contains “-”? [closed]
How can I open a directory via PUTTY that contains -?
For example the name of dir is:
some-thing-dir
cd /some-thing-dir not working.
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Web Interface for managing FTP-server use LDAP database
I want:
Web interface for FTP for managing access to folders: "set home dir", "set groups, which can access to this folder".
Users and groups have to be taken from LDAP database (not MySQL).
I ...
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Debian wheezy upgrade issue
I'm in the process of upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy but I've hit a dependency problem I'm not sure how to reolve...
So far I've done:
dpkg --audit
dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
aptitude
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Unable to ping gateway from network
I got the following route table :
#!/bin/bash
IP=/sbin/ip
# SST
echo "SST: Setting up SST network ..."
$IP route flush table 10
$IP route add table 10 to 10.45.13.0/26 dev eth0
$IP route add table ...
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Disable ptrace on Debian
Is there a way to disable ptrace on debian.
I would like to see if there is something similar to what is done here for ubuntu: http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/topic/375990
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writing on NTFS drives (on debian wheezy) [migrated]
I am currently setting up a personal server on debian wheezy. My machine is an arm based architecture (cubox).
The problem appear when I want to mount and use my NTFS external hard drives.
The mount ...
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Samba WINS server with two networks
How can you confirm if SAMBA is really setup as a WINS server ?
How can you tell SAMBA to have two differents WINS server. My debian server has two networks (eth1 (10.45.13.0), eth2 (10.45.15.0)). I ...
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Broken packages when installing nginx [closed]
I broke my nginx and can't install again, getting this:
:~# apt-get install nginx-full
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages ...
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How to hot mirror laptop disk onto external usb drive using kernel raid capabilities? [closed]
Please help me materialize my dreamed backup solution.
On my Debian (testing) laptop I'd like to be able to plug in my external USB drive (of identical size as my internal drive) and the system to ...
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Can't install Nginx on Wheezy
I'm trying to install nginx on wheezy using this code in my deployment script:
echo "deb http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ wheezy nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src ...
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why cant I set the correct partition size in fdisk
I am currently attempting to setup a raid array. At this point in time I am setting up partitions of the same size on each hard drive that I would like to use in the array, although when I used fdisk ...
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Postfix does not work over remote connections
I am attempting to set up an email server on a VPS running Debian Squeeze. I've setup Postfix according to the instructions at here.
Everything seems to work fine if I connect to the server from ...
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Can I run a 64bit Debian Linux without VT-x on VMWare or Oracle VBox? [duplicate]
I am running a Debian 64bit version with its default GRUB loader and kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64.
By pressing e I can get into a mini-emacs to edit the GRUB loader script.
The CPU I would like to run the ...
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Why is my synchronized I/O so bad compared to direct?
I have two 3TB disks in a software RAID 1 setup and the host OS is 64bit Debian wheezy.
Issuing:
dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=3k oflag=direct && rm test
Yields:
201326592 bytes ...
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Nginx installed from apt-get - Do I need to create my own user?
I was building Nginx from source but now I am installing using apt-get. I was wondering if it is still necessary to create my own user to run the process manually or if it does that as part of the ...
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After upgrade to wheezy apache fails to start
I have upgraded from lenny to wheezy and now apache fails to start:
# /etc/init.d/apache2 start ...
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Installed Apache2.2 on Debian (squeeze), replacing lighttpd, now all .php files return an error 324
.html files are fine, but .php is a no-go. My Wordpress and MediaWiki are not functioning, I made a page with phpinfo() that isn't working, and I am stumped. My error log shows nothing except for ...
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Debian Routing 4 Networks (2 ISP, 2 Local)
I got my two ISPs:
10.100.36.0/29
10.200.36.0/29
I got my two networks:
10.45.13.0/27
10.45.15.0/27
I am able to route 1 ISP to my network using my debian server. However, we now have 2 LANs ...
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Server blocks facebook debugger? [closed]
my problem is that facebook is probably getting blocked on one of my domains, because it had like 2k shares within few minutes.
However those two sites are on the same server and same folder..
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Debian routing with multiple connections
In the past I had my router at home (debian server) who was acting as a DHCP server, DNS server and NAT between Internet and my network. Now, I need to replicate this at the office where I work. ...
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How do I manage Ruby installations on production machines with sparse resources?
I have a virtual Debian host with about 256MB RAM running a little Rails application that won't need more. As Ruby 2.0 is coming along, it should be upgraded in the near future. The last time I ...
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ext3 converted to ext4 still being mounted as ext3
I have a somewhat bizzare problem at the moment with my Debian-system (mainly testing).
I used to have a root-partition on lvm that was formatted as ext3.
I now booted a live-system and converted ...
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grub2: how to bypass “press any key”? [migrated]
I recently updated my motherboard and moved my grub2 onto EFI partition. I have same grub menu, but after I select a menu entry and press Enter, a message "Press any key" comes and the loading stops ...
