Debian-Lenny is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0.
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Can't find ISCSI drives after NAS firmware update
This is what it's all about: I've got a Linux network with an actual hardware server running two separate virtual machines and a QNAP NAS T-459 Pro+ as a fileserver. Since updating the QNAP firmware ...
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Proc files visible to all in Lenny, but not in Squeeze
I noticed that in my lenny distributions of debian that the proc files are read all in that any user can see if a process is running. In squeeze I noticed that the proc files are readable just to ...
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What is the right order of upgrade of system components?
I want to upgrade multiple components of a system including:
Linux distribution (debian lenny -> squeeze)
Mysql (5.0->5.1->5.5->5.6)
Apache tomcat 6 to 7
Java runtime version
What (and why) would ...
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How to install Php 5.3 and nginx 1.0.9 on Debian Lenny
Can't seem to find the right repositories.
I currently have:
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
But there's an error during the instal:
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What to check after a linux server crashes?
My linux server (debian 5) stalled and had to be rebooted.
Please advise what to check in order to find out what happened. Usual suspects like /var/log/messages, syslog, and kern.log. Could you give ...
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apt-get upgrade Not found IP. Sources.list issue? (lenny) [duplicate]
I get a lot of this errors when runnong apt-get update command
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib ...
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mysql error 1062 'duplicate entry' when restoring backup
Sorry, I seen similar threads but I still couldn't find it addressing my issue plus, I needed some more info on this.
Requirement: To create an exact replica 'db4' of an existing DB 'db3'.
Procedure ...
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How to install packages on debian lenny 5.0
I'm working with Debian Lenny 5.0 and I'm trying to replicate an environment. The problem is that when I try to update aptitude.. it looks like the servers aren't online anymore.
Is there any way for ...
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SSL certificate: unable to get local issuer certificate [closed]
I'm running Debian (Lenny).
When I run this:
curl --ssl https://www.google.com
I get this error:
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
More details here: ...
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messed up my server during upgrade lenny -> squeeze. Any hope?
The server is hosted by vpslink and running inside a xen-environment. During the upgrade somehow, besides other things, /dev/urandom got messed up, so I can't login via ssh because opensshd can't ...
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Converting Debian fstab to use UUIDs via linux-base?
We have a few Debian 5 systems that are still using /dev/hda in the fstab. We'd like to covert them to using UUIDs. This is supposed to be done automatically via the "linux-base" package (postinst), ...
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Trouble with Debian Lenny and Sphinx
I've very basic understanding of linux systems, but I've a server which was setup a while ago to host some web apps. Recently I decided to test out and implement Sphinx but unfortunately I cant get ...
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Zimbra server status showing red in control panel
I have been having a weird problem with Zimbra(7.1.4_GA_2555.DEBIAN5) lately:
On the (web)control panel the status keep changing to red every few days. When this is happens the output of zmcontrol ...
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Package pinning in Debian lenny
I need your advice as I don't know if I hit a bug, or I am misunderstanding something.
On a Debian Lenny, I am trying to prevent the installation of two particular packages, when they are requested ...
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IPv6 routes expire on Debian (lenny) vm
I have a xen domU that keeps forgetting the routes learned after interface startup; for a while everything is ok but eventually the two default routes (a couple link-local addresses of the upstream ...
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kernel + libc6 issue upgrading to squeeze
I used to run Debian testing, and I haven't upgraded or dist-upgraded for about 2 years. Yesterday I made the mistake of trying that... it didn't work (I don't remember the exact error messages), so I ...
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Upgrading Lenny to Squeeze over ssh
I am running an ISPConfig3 server with Lenny which I want to upgrade the Squeeze, however... I am not at the terminal and the server is in my server-hall.
Can I upgrade Lenny to Squeeze over SSH? I ...
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BIND9 - Noob issue on how to connect to the main domain
I'm pretty sure I'm doing something stupid, but let's ask anyway.
I'm trying to create "hostnames" on my LAN machines (eg. when you ping "chris", Chris' machine - IP 12.34.56.78 - respond to that).
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Forward access to Apache on a virtual machine (vmware)
I have setup a server in a virtual machine using VMWare.
The server is Apache running on Debian (the virtual machine). The host machine is Windows 7.
Now, I would like everyone on the LAN to be able ...
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apt-get update getting 404 on debian lenny
Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list
###### Debian Main Repos
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
###### Debian Update Repos
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates ...
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Debian 5.0 (lenny) apt sources fail?
For the past few days, I couldn't update our apt-sources on Debian 5.0 (lenny). I get the following errors.
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 ...
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ntop crashes at random times, how can I trace the cause?
I've recently installed ntop v3.3 on a Debian/Lenny server, which runs as a daemon with the web interface enabled.
However, it randomly crashes and logs don't report anything... I've tried the ...
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Debian 5 Lenny how to upgrade Python to 2.7 version to run Django app?
I'm configuring Debian 5 to run my Django app. The required application is required incompatible with Python 2.5 packages. I installed Python 2.7 and created the symlink python -> ...
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How can I prevent cron from filling up my root partition?
I'm using cron tasks every 3 mins, the result is logged in my cron.log. Also after executing (wget) certain php file, it's name (with 0 bytes filesize) is copied to root, spaming it - see the figure
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how do I install node.js on linode debian lenny?
I want to use nodejs on a linode machine that has debian lenny installed.
I want to have the latest version of nodejs and npm as well.
apt-get does not seem to know nodejs or possibly I don't know ...
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Install meteor server in debian (lenny)
I wonder how can I install this in a lenny machine. Well, this site has instructions on how to do this, but in step 3 I can't do cd /usr/local/meteor because this folder doesn't exist! How I can ...
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ERROR: Can't find the archive-keyring
I'm trying to upgrade my Debian Lenny to Squeeze. I've replaced the word lenny to squeeze in sources.list and ran
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
But after a while, I get this ...
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bind9 upgrade on Linux lenny distribution
I have to update my bind9 package in my Debian lenny server. Please suggest me what is the best way to do this. This server does not have internet connection. And this operation should not affect the ...
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64 bit HVM guest freezes while booting on Debian Lenny 64 bit Xen hypervisor
I'm trying to create an x86 64 bit guest machine on an old Debian Lenny x86 64 bit hypervisor using HVM. The physical CPU is a first generation Intel i7 with VT-x support. Xen recognizes the VT-x ...
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Where is my space on /var being used?
I'm a novice linux admin and now responsible for the OS of a 3 node Tomcat cluster.
(Tomcat is handled by the DEVs luckily.)
I got alarmed by our monitoring solution that /var on server01 has only ...
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Using daemontools under Debian
I need to monitor my postfix, dovecot and sasl process and start them if something go wrong.
I read about daemontools and I want it to monitor mail services.
Can I find somewhere step by step guide ...
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the server's certificate did not match its hostname multiple domains on same server
I have 3 websites host on a single server, and only one of those website is using SSL. I bought, configured and installed a GoDaddy certificate and it is working fine on all browsers (Chrome, FF, ...
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Debian Installer not working
I get:
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64
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Nginx running on Debian lenny, how to add SSL?
Some time ago I installed Nginx and Passenger on Debian lenny with...
sudo apt-get install nginx
sudo gem install passenger
sudo passenger-install-nginx-module
This is what I get when I do nginx -V
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What is the most efficient way to serve PHP via Nginx on Debian Lenny? [closed]
I'm using Debian Lenny. I'm trying to switch over to from apache to nginx--and so far I like the transition. But everything I'm reading suggests to use php-fpm, but since Lenny comes with 5.2.6, FPM ...
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forward port 3306 from firewalled machine to desktop using SSH?
Here's the network setup:
Machine A (my PC) SSH 22 => Machine B (Linode with root access) SSH 21343 => Machine C (MySQL server).
I want to forward port 3306 from C through B to A, so I can use SQL ...
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How to enable Chinese on Debian lenny? [closed]
I have already
installed Chinese fonts
$ sudo apt-cache search chinese
$ sudo apt-get install ttf-arphic-bkai00mp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ...
added locales
$ ...
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Warnings about partition tables on /dev/md? during preseed installation. (Debian Lenny)
I'm setting up an environment to install many Lenny machines at once and I need to avoid any dialog with the process, corner cases aside. One thing that consistently troubles me is that after my ...
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Apache dies, and never listens or repsonds again even after a reboot?
This is very strange! Running debian Lenny 32bit. Have Apache/MySql 5.5.15/Mongo and Memcached running on a dev machine. This is the second time this happened after running a complex query in Mysql. ...
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Some Apache requests are slow, most complete instantly
I have two Dell R410 web servers (2x quad core Xeon E5520 w/ 8gb ram) running Debian 5 stable. Their patching had been neglected for a while, so recently we did a patching run to bring everything up ...
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Debian Lenny, Python 2.7 and mod_wsgi
I am running a Debian Lenny box, which comes with Python 2.5.2. I would like to run Python 2.7 for my WSGI apps only, keeping 2.5 as default for the system, but I cannot get it to work.
First, I ...
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Why isn't fail2ban blocking failures?
This below is the output of fail2ban log. Nothing more shows up, but in auth.log I see like hundreds of failures for root user login (someone is bad ass brute forcing).
2011-07-06 01:48:16,249 ...
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Why do I get GPG error when running apt-update for lenny-backports?
Alright, so I'm trying to upgrade (if you could call it so) to lenny-backports as seen here, but I ran into this error when running apt-get update:
W: GPG error: http://backports.debian.org ...
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Is debian lenny-backports safe to use on lenny?
I want to upgrade my packages to newer versions but my server is still on lenny. I've read a bit that lenny-backports may come in help here. Could you please tell me what to do to upgrade to ...
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error installing php-pear on Debian Lenny
[ps]$ sudo apt-get install php-pear
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
php-pear
0 upgraded, 1 ...
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is it possible to deploy squeeze domU under Lenny dom0?
is it possible to deploy squeeze domU under Lenny dom0 ?
using xen-tools and debootrap for example
any big problems if possible??
regards
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Postfix qmgr process causes heavy overload on mailservers
We are using Postfix as MTA for our e-mailmarketing software and once in a while we see that the load on one of the mailservers rises above 5.
The load is caused by the qmgr-process which is the ...
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Server Alias With wildcard subdomain
So i am using WordPress network sub-domain setup. I had to put a *.mydomain.com as a server alias but now i also have a site subdomain.mydomain.com that leads to another directory. Is there a way of ...
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How do I install a new schema for OpenLDAP on Debian 5 with dynamic config=cn backend?
I'm importing an openldap database from another server and while importing, I got some errors with some users, the problem is that the mozillaAbPersonAlpha is not a valid objectClass.
#!ERROR [LDAP ...
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Setup sendmail to relay to another smtp?
My host provides an smtp server for sending mail. I want to setup sendmail to relay all emails to the hosts smtp server. How do you do that?
