Questions tagged [debian-wheezy]
Debian is a popular Linux distribution. The codename Wheezy stands for version 7.0 which is now EOL. It was released on 2013-05-04.
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Fail2ban jail.local vs jail.conf
Does jail.local file act as an override to jail.conf or as a replacement to jail.conf?
When I was learning about Fail2Ban from tutorials, most of them usually say either to copy jail.conf to jail....
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Debian: How to run a script on startup without having to write 30 lines of shell script?
I have a Debian server and I just need to run a script at startup.
I read that:
https://www.debian-administration.org/article/28/Making_scripts_run_at_boot_time_with_Debian
I got now: insserv: ...
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Adding a whole IPv6 /64 block to an network interface on debian
I tried adding a whole IPv6 (/64) block to an interface using
ip route add local 2001:41d0:2:ad64::/64 dev lo
like described here on my Debian server, but I seem to be missing something.
If I ping ...
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wheezy-updates on archive.debian.org returns 404 Not Found
I have an old test machine on Debian Wheezy that I can't really update right now.
Debian Wheezy repositories were archived in February. So I want ahead, and updated my /etc/apt/sources.list from
deb ...
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How to upgrade PHP 5.4 to PHP 5.6 on Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)
I've added these lines to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all
But still sudo apt-get update or sudo apt-get ...
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No more logging after upgrade to Debian Wheezy
Syslog, auth.log, kern.log and messages log files are not updated anymore after upgrading to Debian Wheezy (Debian Squeeze was previously running).
How could I fix it?
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What is status_of_proc, and how do I call it?
In the init script of nginx in Debian 7 (Wheezy) I read the following exerpt:
status)
status_of_proc -p /var/run/$NAME.pid "$DAEMON" nginx && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
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Suddenly, shutdown command can't be found anymore
I logged in to my Debian 7 server, did an upgrade using apt and wanted to shutdown+reboot using shutdown -r now as i did a lot of times before. This time, the shutdown command can't be found anymore. ...
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apache2ctl: 87: ulimit: error setting limit (Operation not permitted)
The server is running fine -- or at least it seems to -- but there's always the following error:
apache2/usr/sbin/apache2ctl: 87: ulimit: error setting limit (Operation not permitted)
It happens ...
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Debian Wheezy outdated root certificates
I've ran into a strange problem where a server that's running Debian 7 won't connect to some websites using SSL. After debugging, it turns out that the root certificates for those sites are not known ...
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How to setup Gitlab-omnibus with non-bundled web-server?
Install
I installed the gitlab package through the omnibus package on debian 7 (version7.8.1-omnibus-1_amd64.deb) ;
change the settings as describe in Using a non-bundled web-server
run the ...
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Connection refused HTTPS on Apache
I'm currently trying out HTTPS on one of my sites, and I got a trial certificate from a trusted CA. I've gone through the following checklist:
Copied all the cert files according to the CA's ...
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How can I resolve "(Service check did not exit properly)" and "(null)" results with my services?
I'm using some Perl-based scripts for service checks in Nagios and I get (Service check did not exit properly) and (null) as the result in Nagios, but the script works great on the command line.
I've ...
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After reboot debian box ignore sysctl.conf values
Where is right place for sysctl redefined values?
I have:
> uname -a
Linux note 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 10 05:01:58 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> cat /etc/debian_version
wheezy/sid
> ...
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Debian - "WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed!"
When i try to install or update any packages I get:
Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security.
You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that
this is what you ...
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How do I run a Debian init.d script manually, not at boot?
How do I stop an init.d server from running on boot, but still allow running it manually?
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"500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()" - login failed on Debian
I installed vsFTPd for running an FTP server on Debian 7.3 (Wheezy). I checked the vsFTPd version was 2.3.5, and I configured it like so:
listen=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
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Install Debian Backports kernel automatically
I've got the following pinnings set:
Package: linux-image-amd64
Pin: release a=wheezy-backports
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: *
Pin: release a=wheezy-backports
Pin-Priority: 499
I get the following ...
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How to fix locales on Debian Wheezy after broken update from jessie repository
I tried to install nodejs and npm packages on my VDS with Debian Wheezy.
But not to compile source and by the laziness, I found instruction in the Internet to include jessie sources and install from ...
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Adding CPUs puts MySQL 5.5 (Debian) performance down
I am about to setup a database server (MySQL) in OpenVZ container and I've been wondering how many CPUs I should assign to it. I decided to benchmark it. I compared two OS/MySQL distributions and ...
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Why is ZFS not doing anything with my disk's duff sector?
I was under the impression that if an I/O error occurs during a read
from a ZFS pool, two things will happen:
The failure will be recorded in either the READ or CKSUM statistic of the relevant device,...
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Visudo Gives no Error but asks "What Now?"
I'm trying to add a new sudoers file using sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/abe
. I added the contents:
# Allow automatic update of abe
matt ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: python /home/matt/token-abe/setup.py ...
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rsync termiates after a while unexpectedly
I run a rsync command with nohup in ssh session, but after a while it returns this error:
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(549) [generator=3.0.9]
rsync error: ...
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Just installed LSI 9211; no drives showing up to Linux
I just added a LSI 9211-8i to a system running Debian Wheezy (on the Linux kernel). All software is up to date and the kernel is 3.2.65-1+deb7u2 x86_64 according to uname.
The card came straight out ...
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Can't upgrade libc6 on Debian Wheezy
I tried to upgrade few packages and then it's failed on libc upgrade. And now it's impossible to upgrade anything at all. here's things I've done:
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... ...
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Dovecot starting and running, but not listening on any port
I'm in charge of a Debian GNU/Linux (Wheezy) DomU for the mail services of the company I work for.
Yesterday one hard drive that was used for this particular server died.
After installing Debian ...
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500 OOPS: SSL: cannot load RSA private key vsftpd
I'm configuring vsfptd on debian 7.3, I'm trying to use ssl. I generate the certficates using this command:
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 1925 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/vsftpd/private/vsftpd2....
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rsyslog - configuration help - logrotate and compression
I am a newbie to Linux and rsyslog. I have used the logfiles for many years, but I have never had to set one up.
At this point I have some Proof of Concept devices pointing to my Debain Linux server. ...
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High I/O latency with software RAID, LUKS encrypted and LVM partitioned KVM setup
I found out a performance problems with a Mumble server, which I described in a previous question are caused by an I/O latency problem of unknown origin. As I have no idea what is causing this and how ...
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tomcat8 from wheezy-backports fails with configtest.sh
I have installed tomcat8 package from wheezy-backports. I use the default / unmodified installation with the following expections:
I use Oracle Java 8 JDK
in /etc/default/tomcat8 is added: JAVA_HOME=/...
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Remove local headers on debian wheezy for outgoing mail
I have clean installation of debian wheezy. I need to remove following headers:
Received: from www-data by %SERVERNAME% with local (Exim 4.80)
Related answers did not help, because i just can't find ...
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fusermount: fuse device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first
I am running an instance on gcloud compute engine. I need to mount a Google storage bucket (which belongs to a different project) to my instance. The instance runs on Debian Wheezy. I have installed ...
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dircolors: no SHELL environment variable, and no shell type option given
On interactive login I get:
dircolors: no SHELL environment variable, and no shell type option given
But I do have SHELL variable set:
% set | grep SHELL
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:emacs:...
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How to check syslog.d is running
My syslog is running correctly but out of curiosity how to check that syslog daemon is running. Is there anyway I could check the status like apache
root@server1:/etc# /etc/init.d/apache2 status
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Debian wheezy, update repository
I'm working with a Debian GNU/Linux 7.5 (wheezy)
When I check the file /etc/apt/sources.list The file has this line:
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://...
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Where to put project files with nginx
Looking at the /usr/share/doc/nginx/README.Debian file, we can see this warning:
README for Debian
-----------------
Files under /var/www/ are not supported as per Debian Policy.
Please see: ...
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How to install Arial font or any true type font in Debian Wheezy?
I have a web page deployed in server linux (Wheezy server version) and this web page generate a PDF file using a Arial font. I've looked at:
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/
and there is no Arial font ...
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Up to date ClamAV on Debian Wheezy (ClamAV installation is OUTDATED log message)
I've installed ClamAV on Debian Wheezy from the offical repositories, using apt. System is up to date and I don't get any updates via apt-get upgrade, but still I get this message in the logs:
Your ...
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PostgreSQL failed to start. unable to load private key file << server.key >> : key values mismatch
I am trying to install PostgreSQL on my Linux Debian 7.2 server but it fails.
this is what I did :
user ~ $ sudo apt-get install postgresql
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'...
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Booting a diskless Debian system using bonding, bridging, and iSCSI
I'm trying to build my personal holy grail: booting my Debian Wheezy KVM server diskless from a iSCSI target and the only configuration needed on the diskless server is the iSCSI parameters in the NIC ...
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How to install Oracle Java on Debian Wheezy with make-jpkg and fakeroot without errors?
How to install Oracle Java on Debian Wheezy with make-jpkg and fakeroot?
the manual for installing oracle java on debian wheezy is quite clear and understandable:
http://wiki.debian.org/JavaPackage
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Make PHP-FPM Listen at 'IPAddress:Port' Instead of '/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;'
As I was load testing my site today (using blitz.io); despite lots of RAM (more than 50%) and CPU power (over 70%) available, results showed that my site started timing out at a certain number of ...
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Upgrade issue from Debian Server Squeeze 6 to Wheezy 7 - still on kernel 2.6
I upgraded from Debian Squeeze 6 to Wheezy 7 but it seems i am using the old kernel.
# uname -r
2.6.32-042stab072.10
But i have the newer kernel installed
# dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-...
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why apt is not installing dependencies on Wheezy?
if I run
# apt-get install sendmail
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
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Google Chrome says my SSL uses outdated security settings but other site tests disagree [closed]
I installed StartSSL on my web server which is running Linux Apache on CentOS 6.5. shaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com said
Nice. example.com has a verifiable certificate chain signed with SHA-2.
However Google ...
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debian wheezy, heartbleed, openssl refuses to update
I am having a strange problem, my system is exposed to heartbleed, and I am trying to fix it by using:
apt-get clean,
apt-get update
and
apt-get upgrade openssl
but the response is:
Reading ...
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sometimes, crontab is not reloaded by cron daemon
I'm asking this question, because I couldn't find the answer here :
Why is my crontab not working, and how can I troubleshoot it?
Context
We have several servers running debian/wheezy.
One backup ...
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How to enable IPv6 glue records (AAAA) in PowerDNS
I'm running a PowerDNS 3.1 on a Debian Wheezy Beta 4 system. The zone data is accessed through a PostgreSQL database, the server answers to both IPv4 and IPv6 queries.
If the DNS-Server knows the A ...
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Setting up Debian 7 static IP address range
I have a Debian 7 server and a usable IP address range from xx.xx.xx.90 to 93. While working on setting up the usable addresses via /etc/network/interfaces I have the following:
# This file describes ...
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OpenSSL issues in Debian Wheezy
I don't know what is exactly going on but I noticed that curl couldn't get secure pages without adding extra switches.
~# curl -v https://api.dreamhost.com
* About to connect() to api.dreamhost.com ...