Debian is a popular and influential GNU/Linux distribution. Questions here should generally be about Debian Server.
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Does anyone know where I can get a linux python SDK for azure? [closed]
I've been looking high and low. The microsoft website even has this link - https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/python/common-tasks/install-python/ but when I follow the instruction to execute ...
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Start script.py after reboot as user xy in Debian Squeeze
How can i start a python script.py after a reboot as user xy in Debian Squeeze automatically?
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How to enable sysstat from shell script in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
In Ubuntu, I can install sysstat using apt, e.g.
apt-get install sysstat
And then enable it via interactive prompt
dpkg-reconfigure sysstat
But I want automate the process using fully automated ...
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arp who-has requests view vlan isolated different addresses (single NIC)
I have debian hosts which are connected through trunk port on 5 different vlans. But this host respond to arp "who-has" requests of all of their differents ip. I wish understand why ...
Here the ...
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apache2 - can't connect via internet [closed]
I am running apache2 on a home server. Everything works fine on my LAN, but I can't connect to it over internet. Chrome hangs at "Sending request...".
My IP is xxx.xx.xxx.162.
Ports are forwarded. TCP ...
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Apache other_vhosts_access.log and access.log log files
Got a weird issue with the apache access logs.
I am getting an entry for the site written to
/var/log/apache2/access.log
AND
/var/log/apache2/other_vhosts/access.log
I am using Debian 6, with ...
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Dom0 not forwarding to DomU
The situation:
DomU: Debian SID
/etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address x.x.x.55
gateway x.x.x.49
netmask 255.255.255.255
pointopoint x.x.x.49
Ping DomU -> x.x.x.49 ...
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debian 6 - php 5.4.1 - xdebug phpize php-config --version incorrect
I'm quite new with Linux server management and I have a linux server with the following configuration:
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 (squeeze)
Release: 6.0.6
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Why does my server boot the old debian kernel?
I got a vServer with Debian installed (important because I have no idea of how Debian was installed and/or built). Output of ~# uname -r: 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64.
After execution of (first some other ...
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Installing pear package debian squees
I try to install the php pear package on my debian server but I got the follow error ouput.
:~# sudo apt-get install php-pear
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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KVM guest can't find gateway
I try to setup a KVM server with bridged networking. I followed the docs, but still can't get it working. The guest system can ping the host system and the host the guest system, so the connection ...
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SSL causing same content on multiple domains [duplicate]
I have setup a Debian LAMP server where I host multiple websites. As far as I know I can only use SSL on one of them, if I'd like to use SSL on two or more sites I'd have to add another IP - so far so ...
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Setting up VPS with MySQL - Can't find user and phpMyAdmin stopped responding [closed]
I'm helping out on a PHP project that was moved from a regular PHP hosting server to a VPS server due to load increase. The original site is somewhat simple. It only uses PHP 5.3, MySQL and Apache. ...
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nfs daemon doesn't listen 2049 port
I have some problem with nfs. Looks like its doesn't listen 2049 port on client.
Both client and server has Debian linux.
serv$ rpcinfo -p
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 ...
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How to configure Jenkins deployment path on Ubuntu?
With default Ubuntu/Debian installation of Jenkins, is there an easy way to change the deployment path? I'd like Jenkins to be available somewhere like http://localhost:8090/foobar
I'm looking for a ...
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Debian // synchronize packages/version between multiple servers
I'm currently managing a dozen servers. apt-cacher-ng is installed on the development server to maintain the packages.
The idea is to have exactly the same version and number of packages on the ...
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how to pass parameters to puppet modules?
What is the best practice for configuration of puppet modules? I have puppet 2.7.11. I find this way quite messy, it looks like using global variables.
node default {
$always_apt_update = true
...
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Network Script broken with recent XEN update in Debian Squeeze
Today I applied the most recent xen update for Debian Squeeze from [Security]. The package version is now 4.0.1-5.8.
After that, xend began to behave weird (aka. wrong):
root@root:~# sudo service ...
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Ideal Debian server partitions size under LVM [closed]
First of all, I know about this answer, but it is not essentially about LVM and I feel many folks will find the following overall summarization useful:
I have small 2-core server where I want to ...
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Routing on Debian [closed]
I have an Android phone that connects to my local area network via wifi. The LAN consists of a switch and a Debian box that acts as a router, with two interfaces: One external and one internal. For ...
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Debian removed /var/lib/dpkg/info/, is there a way to save the system?
Removed accidentally /var/lib/dpkg/info/, now I am having problems with installing/removing packages, it prompts errors, cause can not find the info about installed packages.
Is there any way to ...
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keepalived detects when service falls but does not switch to backup service then
I have successfully set up keepalived on my servers, and the backup becomes the master when the master's interface falls. I want to go further and be able to switch from a master's service to a ...
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Best way to set up permissions with nginx + php-fpm on shared hosting?
I'm running a shared hosting server with nginx and php-fpm on Debian.
Everything works fine, php-fpm has separate pools for each users running as separate users and they each have their own socks.
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Sendmail Exception reached when thousands emails sent in bulk mail script. Has sendmail a email-sent limit for a given process?
I am a little desperate with a problem in our web server. Our web is a community with a lot of users and activity. We send to users personalized mails of the activity of their interest. We have a ...
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apt-get authentication error in OpenVZ Debian container
Whenever I receive upgraded packages from security.debian.org, I get the following error:
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2.2-common ...
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Going back to debian stable from unstable
Is there any, preferably easy and safe, way to go back to a stable version of debian when currently on unstable?
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Restrict access or hide sub directory on ftp
I have a Debian Linux 6.0 server with webmin/usermin running Apache & ProFtp
I need my default domain ftp user to access all the files under public_html directory except CMS folder.
I want to ...
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I manually deleted my /etc/php5/ config files and now they don't reinstall
I wanted a clean reinstall of php5-cli, php5-common, php5-fpm. So what I did was:
rm -rf /etc/php5
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/php5
rm -rf /usr/local/php5
rm -rf /usr/lib/php
apt-get autoremove php5*
...
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Port forward http requests to server connected to a VPN?
I have a (Ubuntu) server on the LAN connecting to an OpenVPN server so that apps running on both machines can talk to each other over the Internet. Works great. All traffic to the WAN routes out ...
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apt upgrade error on My Book Live [closed]
I have a WD My Book Live network drive (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=280) on my LAN.
I can SSH on the network drive which seems to run Debian:
>> cat /etc/issue
Debian ...
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Multiple VLANs - how Linux / Debian process packets
I can't find answer about how linux processes incoming packets from different VLANs, that do not belong to a subnet assigned to a VLAN.
Imagine this situation. On Linux machine with the following ...
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How to find out who used all RAM (UPDATED)?
Sometimes I find that 100% of my small Debian machine's RAM is used, but I can't figure out how to find this leak: top show that all memory is used, but I can't find any process that consumed this ...
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Add second IP block to one debian box (one nic) from different subnet than the first block
I have zero networking knowledge, so bare with me please.
I got the following:
xxx.xxx.199.208/29
xxx.xxx.221.64/27
The /29 IP block is available directly from the network drop
The /27 IP block is ...
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Debian, Search and replace iframe injection [duplicate]
We're running a Debian server and we have a malware or something doing code injection.
I know how to search and replace this string :
<iframe src="http://ingvar2000.no-ip.org/jc/rss.php" ...
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Unattended upgrades doesn't upgrade (or does nothing at all)
I've been trying to make the package unattended-upgrades running under Debian GNU/Linux (7.0) with no success so far.
The steps I have followed:
Install unattended-upgrades
Enable it
sudo ...
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Dependency isssue on Skype Installation in Debian 6
I tried Below 2 packages,but both were faled. I even tryed to install missing dependencies, but that also again asking some another dependencies. Is there any other approch to install skype on Debian ...
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Tarball backup causes massive server lag
I am running three minecraft servers, 40-60 online users in average spread over the daemons, on a debian 6.0 squeeze root server.
I'm trying to configure a cronjob backup and wrote a small shell ...
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How to build a personal cluster?
I have a debian server running some services (mail, web, git, mysql...). But it is alone, meaning that if it breaks, I have to repair it to access my services.
I'd like to put a second server so that ...
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puppet environment variable $PATH is not set
I'm trying to install a module with puppet 2.7 on Debian 6.0 and I keep getting this error:
returns: change from notrun to 0 failed: Could not find command 'tar'
this is the relevant code:
file ...
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I can connect and send emails, but I cant get it.. still no error, any idea?
I configured my postfix with virtual users, they get authenticated by DB, the problem is that I could send and receive mails, but I have some problem with some ISP at sending with the port 25, so , I ...
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How do I create a Debian netinst installer that has a 3rd party network driver?
I want to install Debian on a machine, but the kernel and modules in the squeeze netinst module do not support the network driver. I can build a kernel module that works, but:
How do I get the same ...
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fsck on shutdown instead of startup
Usually, fsck it is executed automatically at startup after n reboots. Sometimes it can be really slow and delays the computer startup in more than 30 minutes.
Is there any way to run fsck at ...
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How can I manage kernel modules built from source in Debian?
I am installing Debian squeeze on a brand-new Mac Mini, and the Broadcom NIC in it only works with the latest tg3 module from Broadcom. I can build this module easily enough, but performing a manual ...
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Rkhunter triggered last night warning for a possible infection. What next?
Last night rkhunter triggered with the following warnings:
[04:10:23] Warning: Network TCP port 32982 is being used by /usr/lib/apache2/mpm-prefork/apache2. Possible rootkit: Solaris Wanuk
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Can I setup a Samba master password?
I want to be able to connect to a Samba share as a specific user but I don't know his password, and I don't want to change it.
I did this on Dovecot by setting up a master password, can I do something ...
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How to maintain file/folder ownserhip and permissions over time?
We have folders on a number of our (debian) servers that require various users (both real and system) to be able to read and/or write. We've come up with a particular file permissioning and ownership ...
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bind9 zone transfer problem - not authoritive
I've been beating myself up trying to figure this out. ns1 seems to work as normal. ns2 however isn't receiving the zone transfers. Maybe I just need another eyeball on the issue!
ns1 ...
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Debian: Can't bring eth0 down or up with ifdown or ifup
I can't bring eth0 down or up with ifdown or ifup
ifdown: interface eth0 not configured
but ifconfig shows me
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:3e:4d:09:5f
inet ...
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Unable to set up 301 redirection on Nginx web server
I am trying to set up 301 redirection for all the domains hosted on my Nginx server, and every attempt to get it to work has failed this far. My Nginx configuration is below.
File: ...
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install package from debian backports pool
I want to upgrade my dovecote installation to version 2. I discovered the package here. I also already added deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main to my sources.list. ...
