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Download 64-bit rpm package on 32-bit machine
I want to download some rpm packages from a rpmforge repo. My base machine is running CentOS 32 bit and I want to download some 64-bit packages.
Is there any way in which we can configure YUM on a ...
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Setting up a Linux client for OpenLDAP over SSL
I'm trying to set up SSL with a server running OpenLDAP (and using OpenSSL, not GnuTLS).
The server seems to be working fine: I can authenticate using ldap:// and can also use ldaps:// from Apache ...
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Find MAC addresses in /proc or somewhere despite bonding device?
Is there a way to get the original MAC addresses for eth0 and eth1?
A large array of servers have bonding interfaces managing backup switch connections and one is misbehaving. With bond0 active both ...
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KVM VMs and virtual network, how to assign external IP addresses?
So, my question is: there is a remote server on Red-Hat with an external IP-address, eth0: inet addr: 87.112.140.53 Bcast: 87.112.140.255 Mask: 255.255.252.0, and is a virtual interface, which raises ...
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installing mysql innodb engine on redhat box
I'm using SL6.1 on an X86-64 server box.
For whatever reasons, it looks like the stock RHEL-anything is not going to be including the mysql innodb engine anytime in the foreseeable future:
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Why is my RHEL6 x86_64 server trying to install libselinux.i686?
Just did a fresh install using the RHEL 6 DVD on a test VirtualBox server:
[root@bt-rhel6-1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
I am certain it's an ...
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How to enable mysqli extension on redhat?
My php.ini says:
Additional .ini files parsed
/etc/php53/php.d/curl.ini,
/etc/php53/php.d/fileinfo.ini, /etc/php53/php.d/json.ini, /etc/php53/php.d/mysqli.ini,
/etc/php53/php.d/mysql.ini, ...
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Why do i have to stop/restart cups in redhat linux in order to use a custom filter? [migrated]
A colleague wrote a filter utility for me in ruby that allows me to print barcodes from a textfile. (The filter replaces @{blah} with the proper PCL and a barcode checksum character so that "blah" ...
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Cannot find command after reboot even though chmod +x was successful?
Dealing with a weird problem on CentOS trying to add the Play! framework to my path. Just earlier I successfully did a chmod +x play on Play! and I could run commands.
Then I rebooted and it ...
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How to keep filesystem layout identical in every RedHat Installation?
I want to keep the following layout same in every installation on the identical servers:
dm-0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
dm-1 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01
dm-2 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
dm-3 ...
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reduce fsck time through lvm design considerations
I need to create two 9 TB file systems and i am struggling to design it. how does fsck work under the cover?
I have two options:
1. I create two 9TB LUNs at storage and create VG on them and then ...
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passwd for ldap users
I'm trying to enable linux hosts to authenticate against an active directory server using port 389 and tls. I seem to have that much working, but the users cannot change their passwords via passwd.
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RHEL 6 boot errors
On boot my RHEL 6 machine shows a few errors just after kernel selection but before decrypting the disk:
pnp 00:0c: can't evaluate _CRS: 8
[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: failed to load fuc409c
I'm not ...
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Red Hat Network Registration [closed]
I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2.
Account information (id/password) that is used for registration at
System -> Administration -> RHN Registration
was expired. Does anyone know that I have to ...
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Can I set up Fedora or Centos repos in RHEL6?
I have a RHEL6 box with no subscription to Red Hat Network. I want to install gcc using yum to resolve all the complex dependencies. Can I connect to Fedora or Centos repositories to install software? ...
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Procedure to renew ssl certificate
I recently got a mail from my hosting server that the SSL certificate for one of my Wordpress website is about to expire in 5 days.
It says the certificate needs to be renewed; this can be done using ...
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What is the need of 2 dvd images in centos 6.2? [closed]
I have downloaded centos 6.2 via torrent.Then i got 2 dvd images.Then what is the use os second image.
How to use it?
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Fedora Directory Server Installation
I'm new to Fedora Directory Server and tried to install fedora-ds-1.0.4-1.FC6.i386.opt.rpm on my RedHat Linux machine.
During the setup, I selected 'Typical' install mode and encountered the ...
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How do I enable the SFTP Subsystem in Redhat 5.2 Enterprise Linux?
SSHD works fine but how do I enable the SFTP Subsystem in Redhat 5.2 Enterprise Linux? It seems to have a older version of SSHD that doesn't support some of the usual directives like Match or ...
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how to change screen resolution in rhel/centos 6?
I have cent os 6 dvd installed on my computer.my monitor resolution is 1920 X 1080.
i cannot increase screen resolution to 1920 X 1080.
system->preference->Display can give maximum resolution as 1280 ...
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iptables configuration not working
I have a VPS for Apples push notification service I am trying to open a port 2195. I am currently doing this
vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
then I go to insert mode of vi and enter these two lines
-A ...
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Why does “sudo su - X” require password, but “sudo -u X bash” doesn't?
I know "why" questions are dangerous :) I have sudo access on RHEL, and noticed this:
su -u fred su -
Password:
(I don't know fred's password).
sudo -u fred bash
[fred] $
Is there a way to not ...
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Generate 10 Gbps traffic across nodes
I want perform a network performance benchmarking test so need to generate a 10 Gbps traffic in the network. The nodes are running RHEL 5.x. Can anyone please point me out to suitable binaries etc.
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disabling screensaver on Linux
I all, i have need to disable screensaver for Gnome and KDE graphic environment on more server with RHEL4 and RHEL5.
Is there a way to do it at boot time or any other solution?
thank you very much.
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how to run mysql v5.5 on redhat linux
I am new to both linux and also mysql but somehow by obtaining help from net I have installed mysql v5.5 on redhat. It starts fine, I have confirmed this by running command: "/etc/init.d/mysqld ...
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Is the httpd port open or something
I just setup a new amazon ec2 instance and installed apache and setup the configs and everything but when i visit the url there is nothing....do i have the proper ports open and asscociated to ...
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What does a Ubuntu Server admin need to know about CentOS
I've been on Ubuntu Server for the past several (5-ish) years, but I am seeing a lot of jobs that are looking for RHEL or CentOS experience. What differences, aside from package managers ...
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Run as different user
On a RedHat system, i'm trying to launch a program with a different user who dont have any shell. In /etc/passwd, shell is /sbin/nologin.
I have tried:
su myuser -c /home/myuser/script.sh
Result: ...
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Cannot install ruby version on redhat
I have the following problem and whatever I try, nothing helps. I hope someone could help me with this.
I have a redhat server and I'm trying to install redmine on it. Redmine needs Ruby >= 1.8.7 to ...
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NTPD issue - syncs then slowly loses ground
RHEL 5 workstation. Has been running smoothly for years. I did a 'pup' recently and followed with a nice, cleansing reboot. Afterwards the system had some startup issues: namely MySQL refused to ...
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Terminal hanging while executing a command
I have not much experience with server administration, but i tried to execute unzip command in one particular directory on server and it hanged , it was not responding for long time. So I logged into ...
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CentOS 6.2 - I can't access console using Alt+Ctrl+F2 (F1 to F6)
I can't switch to tty console (text mode) using Alt+Ctrl + F1 to F6
What I found on the net is that Alt+Ctrl+F1 is now the X server (which was on F7 before). However Alt+Ctrl+F2 to F6 also doesn't ...
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hostname -i command gives error Hostname lookup failure for IPv6 address on rhel6
hostname -i command gives error Hostname lookup failure for IPv6 address on rhel6
here is how the /etc/hosts looks like
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 ...
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Can we list all possible reason for a cron job crashed or killed?
We have some cron jobs which cannot be dead otherise the consequence would be davastating. So we need to have an eye on the process and know exactly what cause the death of a job. So I would like to ...
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connect mysql from php without yum command manually
I am trying to connect to mysql from php, it says i have not configured mysql-php, call to undefined function:mysql_connect();. My server is not registered with RHN, hence i cannot yum install ...
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Documentation for RHEL Directory Server [closed]
Can any provide me links of documentation for Redhat Directory server
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Linux kernel: outgoing network packets stalled?
ESX VM: 2 vCPUs. RedHat Ent 5.6.
Apache 2.2.3/ python cgi and a J2EE app.
We have a monitor script pulling a page from this Apache, which calls a simple python cgi script, every minute, using curl, ...
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savscand on RHEL5 causing very high CPU load during on-access scan of file being uploaded
So we have a java-tomcat setup running.
During an upload onto the platform of a large file (eg, 31mb pdf) the
Sophos savscand server process (both of them - there are always 2 running, this is ...
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How to debug ~/dotfiles causing gdm login to gnome 3 to fail
I recently had a problem with my Fedora Core 15 linux machine where something in my dotfiles got corrupted and caused a freeze on login from gdm such that the box would never get to the desktop. I've ...
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CentOS / RHEL equivalent to packages.debian.org [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the equivalent of packages.debian.org for CentOS?
When I want to search for packages for my Debian box I use
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
It has a ...
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Install Xvfb via yum - yum repository for Xvfb?
I am trying to install Xvfb on a RHEL 6.2 system using yum. However, all of the help that I've found says to type:
yum install Xvfb
or...
yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
Which I'm sure ...
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How do you pronounce RHEL? [closed]
Is there a commonly accepted pronunciation for this acronym? Such as GUI being "Gooey"? Or do you just refer to it in speech as "Red Hat" (knowing you're referring to RHEL and not the much older Red ...
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How to set individual root folder for every ftp user other than home folder
Installed vsftpd server in Redhat Linux 5. Where, i want to give the ftp access for my developer other than home directory that is for example /var/www/ directory contains project data.
Here, how ...
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Error in Virtual box with RHEL 6
While using Virtual Box in RHEL 6 at the time of starting virtual OS getting following error. Help me to resolve this.
Virtual Box version VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.8_75467_rhel6-1.i686
Operating System ...
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How to create a RHEL/CentOS boot media that automatically loads kickstart from the network?
I've build a local network where using DHCP, kickstart templating and local mirrors I can automate the installation of any RedHat-type operating system. It still requires me to go to the machine (or ...
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Subversion Checkout Yields Could Not Open the Requested Subversion System
I've installed subversion on our RHEL server and also installed dav_svn_module. My location tag in httpd.conf is as follows:
<Location /subversion>
DAV svn
SVNPath /subversion
AuthType Basic
...
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TortoiseSVN Error: Unable to Connect to a repository at URL
I'm using TortoiseSVN to connect to a newly-created repository on my RHEL server. I did svnadmin create reponame as root to create the repository. I simply want to checkout the repository using ...
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SVNAdmin Load Returns Checksum Mismatch
I'm trying to load a svn dumpfile onto my RHEL server. The dumpfile was loaded from our old Ubuntu server and I used svnadmin create reponame and then svnadmin load --quiet reponame < ...
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How To Remove/Uninstall PHP in RHEL4
i wanna ask how to remove/uninstall php5 from my RHEL4
i've install it, using
# ./configure
# make
# make install
i've tried
#make uninstall
but there's following error, i've tried it in ...
