Questions tagged [scientific-linux]
Scientific Linux ("SL") is an Enterprise Linux distro based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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How to find a server connected on network?
earlier this week we physically installed a machine in our server rack and connected it to our network switch. It has Scientific linux installed but we don't have a user account set up to log into. We ...
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Production servers can suddenly not access the internet anymore
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All Production Servers were suddenly not able to access the internet anymore, while four other Servers connected to the same VLAN and same eth0 settings can.
Figure 1: System 1 represents ...
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Script in user terminal works, permission failure in users crontab in Scientific Linux 7.1
I have a script that works to check if my VPN connection is up, and if not, it restarts it. This works correctly in a terminal, but the command
nmcli con up uuid 7c514892-6a6a-4d33-946b-84aeb37615bb
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Scientific Linux 7.2 stops displaying X locally
I'm having the weirdest issue. We use SL7.2 and have a network home directory and AD + SSSD for auth. This means I can go to different computers and get a consistent home dir as well as UID/GID etc. I ...
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IP not showing in /var/log/secure under rhost
I'm trying to get Fail2Ban to block failed sudo -i commands, but the IP is not showing up in the logs. For example when I log into the server with:
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa [email protected]
I then use:
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Cannot perform smartctl self-test after migrating servers from SLES to Scientific Linux
I maintain several Linux servers, that we are in the process of migrating from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (version 10.4) to Scientific Linux (version 5.9). The six SAS hard drives on each machine ...
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Scientific Linux 6.5: update ONLY kernel security fixes
We have machines running Scientific Linux (SL) 6.5 release (2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64) and would like to update just the kernel for security fixes. I have checked another post related to this, but ...
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How do I automate suppling the network location of the kickstart config file when booting a Redhat variant 7 install iso
When booting a Scientific Linux 7 install iso for example, one could immediately hit tab and add some text to specify the location of the ks.cfg file they would like to use.
I would like to automate ...