SLES 9 SP4: Has EoLed in August 2010 SLES 10 SP4: Has XEN 3.2 built in (Dom0-Support) SLES 11 SP2: Has XEN 4.1 built in, ha-stack has to be licensed separately, KVM also supported
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Is there any log in SuSe Linux that tells if a machine hangs due to a runaway?
I have a SuSe Linux server that is hanging due to unknown issues, I'm to the point of wondering whether there is a runaway process being run every now and then that is causing it to hang.
The issue ...
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SLES partitionless Installation
Windows VMWare guests can easily be resized live. For linux guests I've used LVM (add disk, partprobe, add disk to vg, lvextend, resize2fs). This works.
I've just stumbled across the sketch of better ...
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suse-multiple nic's same subnets issue
I have a system with two NICs with 4 ip addresses (eth0,1,2,3) on two different subnets (x.x.230.x and x.x.221.x).
Problem when our network Engineer shuts down one switch port, 2 ip's on same subnet ...
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ftp/tcp server failing (looping)
I'm getting frequent errors in /var/log/messages and the ftp service is getting stopped and started over and over.
I haven't got any clue behind this error message and what is happening during these ...
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Upgrade PHP 5.2 to 5.3 on SUSE 11.1
i have a client SUSE 11.1 box that now requires PHP 5.3 where as the original scope of work called for PHP 5.2
yast2 doesn't seem to see anything other than 5.2. i can't figure out how to get ...
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3answers
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Replacing a Hard Disk with a clone fails
I just cloned a disk (A) using dd into the same kind of disk (B):
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
Now, I want to boot the server with new disk (B) instead of old (A). But i getting an error during ...
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1answer
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Manage multiple zLinux SuSE Servers [closed]
My shop virtualizes a few hundred SuSE 11.1 servers through IBM's zVM hypervisor. (If you've never heard of zVM, it runs on a mainframe and virtualizes Linux in the s390x architecture. It's a ...
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Change password hashing algorithm for SuSE users from blowfish to MD5
I have a network of roughly 1000 SuSE machines with 20-200 users on each. The password hashing algorithm used is the default i.e. blowfish. In order to check, whether a user has used a dictionary word ...
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HP Proliant DL 380 G7: Which storage driver to use for Suse Linux 11 [closed]
I was installing the Suse Linux 11 on HP Proliant DL 380 G7. during installation i got the error " NO usable hard disk found " i got stuck for last 4 days ..need help on prioroty,
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mount: unknown filesystem type 'linux_raid_member'
I have Suse Linux 12.1 and
i am trying to mount a single RAID 1 disk, to explore the files in it. However when mounting it:
# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test
mount: unknown filesystem type ...
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boot on single disk SOFT- RAID1 opensuse 12.1
using YaST,
I configured my opensuse machine to a RAID1 array. Everything seems to be running fine as to the back-up, cat /proc/mdstat gives the expected output
Personalities : [raid1] [raid0] ...
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ENOEXEC on CIFS in SUSE
I am trying to execute a program on a CIFS mounted partition in SUSE 11.1. Whenever I try executing it, I get a "could not execute binary file" error. Using strace, I was able to determine that the ...
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OS Users syncing between SLES servers
I need to sync the OS users between 2 linux SLES servers.
Can someone please help me out with that?
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1answer
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Redirect local, not internal, requests using SuSEfirewall2 or an iptables rule
I have a server that is running a web application deployed on Tomcat and is sitting in a test network. We're running SuSE 11 sp1 and have some redirection rules for incoming requests. For example we ...
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dsniff tcpkill hangs
Having a question about tcpkill from dsniff.
My goal is to kill all current connections from the host with ip $ip.
But when I try to:
tcpkill host $ip
it says:
tcpkill: listening on eth0 [host ....
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1answer
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How do I install libpcap-devel on SUSE Enterprise?
I'm new to SUSE and do not understand how to install packages with zypper. Or, rather, I understand you use the "install" subcommand, but it frequently can't find what I'm looking for.
For example, I ...
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1answer
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Suse 11 : Java remote debug can't connect properly
I know this is bit of a Java question, but I feel its more of a network issue.
I have a Suse 11 server that I'd put a simple java program on, I start it up with debug options. Just like I do on any ...
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How to add a user without knowing the encrypted form of the password?
I use the following command to create a user in a linux machine:
useradd -d /home/dummy -g idiots -m -p 12345689 dummy
The user is created and the home directory as well.
The problem is that I ...
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1answer
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SuSE Enterprise Linux 10 reports “write error: disk full?” even though there are 13TB available
So, I recently added some disk to a system and everything seemed to be peachy, the extending of the LVM went fine and so did the filesystem resize. However, when a user logs on to the system and tries ...
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3answers
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VSFTP Config to send users to specific folders
I have approximately 30 users on a box. Those users are in overlapping groups(about 6-10 groups). I need them to be able to land in a specific folder based on their group assignment when they FTP in.
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After upgrade to SLES11 SP1 - LVM on top of software RAID5 not working anymore
On a system where I have been running OpenSuSE11.1 for some time I performed a fresh installation of SLES11 SP1. The system used a software RAID5 system on top of which an LVM was setup with a single ...
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Adding e1000e module to SLES 9sp4 install CD?
Even though SLES 9.0sp4 is ancient (we are finally soon transitioning to the current version of SLES), we still need to be able to install it. Problem is that some new equipment we want to install it ...
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What steps are necessary in creating a vm on a server and allowing that vm to be accessed from outside the network, or even inside the network?
I have a server hosting a number of guest VMs. The server's VMs are controlled via VSphere.
Disregarding all VMs, except for one, brand new, SUSE 10 VM, consider this question:
I want to be able to ...
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apache proxy installation
I am having problem installing the proxy_html for apache on an OpenSuse.
It looks like the module is installed:
a2enmod proxy_html
"proxy_html" already present
and in /etc/sysconfig/apache2 I have ...
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2answers
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Enabled Apache mod_status but server-status was not found on SUSE enterprise 11 SP1
In /etc/apache2/httpd.conf, I have remove the line of Include mod_status and add the following to the last line,
LoadModule status_module /usr/lib/apache2/mod_status.so
ExtendedStatus On
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1answer
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Upgrading from SLES 10 SP2 to SLES 11 SP2
I am running Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 and I need to upgrade to SLES 11 SP2.
Can I just write a script which will install all the RPM's present in SLES 11 SP2 on my SLES 10 SP2 system. ...
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Network storage is not mounted to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
command
mount XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/store/ /mnt/test
Error
mount server reported tcp not available, falling back to udp mount: RPC:
Remote system error - Network is unreachable
The server has ...
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1answer
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su command not responding?
It is bit hard to describe. I will try list them:
BACKGROUND:
SUSE enterprise 10 sp3
I am using SecureCRT to telnet.
There's two user app and oracle.
I am not in the server room, I can't reboot ...
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1answer
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novell certificate file missing after restart
Every time I restart my Novell Groupwise on Suse Open Enterprise server the root certificate goes missing. Thats why ldap is not starting and so the other services are not working. After repairing the ...
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Linux SUSE - How to install PHP 5.3.x on SUSE?
I'm trying to install php 5.3.x on Suse/linux platform, but whenever I install and check it with phpinfo(); it shows php 5.2.
Any idea how to deal with it? please provide the detailed instructions. ...
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LDAP + TLS - different behaviour on two machines
machines:
debian wheezy
suse 11
commands:
ldapsearch -ZZ -h ad.unsw.edu.au -x
perl -we "use Net::LDAP; print Net::LDAP->new ('ad.unsw.edu.au')->start_tls(verify => 'require', capath ...
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1answer
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Can I configure resolv.conf to use a specific nameserver for a domain?
Can I configure resolv.conf to use a specific nameserver for a domain?
e.g.:
nameserver internal.thekelleys.org.uk 192.168.1.1
nameserver 192.168.0.1
I don't want to list *.test.com in /etc/hosts; ...
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How similar is Ubuntu to SUSE Enterprise
I have a question for SysAdmins who know many flavors of Linux. I need to be familiar with SUSE Enterprise for a job, but I currently have no access to the enterprise edition. I also would prefer to ...
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sles 9 not recognising hard disks
Trying to install sles 9 onto one of the hard disks on a Fujitsu PRIMERGY rx200 s6 server. However seem to be encountering a problem in that sles does not seem to recognise that there are hard disks ...
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Where to download the latest 2.4.x Linux kernel while kernel.org is down?
I need to run the pre-paleolithic (10 years old!) SuSE 7.3 under VirtualBox. (Don't ask. I just do, ok?) I managed to successfully install it. It boots. It recognized the virtual NIC (pcnet32 module) ...
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Move Groupwise POA from SLES to Windows
I'm attempting to move a GroupWise POA from a crippled SLES cluster to a 2008R2 server, it appears all the binaries meet the requirements, but where the documentation fails me are for a few questions:
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SLES - examine data 'under' a mountpoint
I've got a SUSE Linux (SLES) system where after a power outage, one of the directories appears to be out of date. It has got some mount points for various logical volumes e.g.
/dir -> lv1
...
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Novell OES 2 User Login / Logout logging/tracking
Currently we're running OES 2.0.1 / SLES 10.2 and I'm trying to figure out how to track when users log in and out of the system. I've been googling around for a couple hours and all I can find is that ...
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Change group of only cache folders, recursive
I have a document root folder and I want to cange the group of only the cache directories. How can I do this recursive?
The cache directories are always below templates/html, and I want to change it ...
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ip tables port fwd duplicates packets
i want to fwd the udp packets that are received on port 162 to another port.ex:8981
i have executed the following cmd
iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 162 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8981
I ...
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1answer
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CPU usage is very large in top command of Linux
I run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 in a virtual machine. The hypervisor is KVM. There is 4 virtual CPU cores for the VM.
Now there is a very strange thing. In theory the maximum CPU usage ...
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How to Enable Remote Shell On SUSE Linux
I wanted to run remote commands on a suse linux machine from another redhat linux machine. How to enable SUSE to listen to this remote shell commands ?
In normal linux i need to start the service ...
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How to install mysql server on SUSE 10.3
Here is problem I have. So I download mysql 5.5.13 on the web site, but when I rpm the packages, it required me to update glibc.
Failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7) is needed by ...
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Linux SUSE - how to check (from root) if a package is already installed?
Simple question on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (simple for someone who's not a total ignorant on the topic like me I am guessing): how do I check from root if a given package is already ...
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How to install VNC server on Linux SUSE EC2 instance?
Assuming I can ssh to my Linux instance (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1) as root and that I can transfer files into it - how do I install a VNC server (let's say RealVNC free version) on the ...
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How to get password for EC2 Linux instance?
I am exploring Amazon EC2.
I created a Linux SUSE instance etc. now I am trying to remote into it from my mac using a VNC client (Chicken of the VNC client): I have the public dns of the instance ...
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Changing the text of the kerberos passwd prompt
We are running kerberos (krb5-1.7) on SLES 11 SP1. Our users seem to have trouble changing their passwords with the password command. They are confused by the initial prompt, and don't understand ...
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SLES 11.1 install dvd accidentally added to yast
I was attempting to install the SLES 11.1 SDK via yast and the dvdrom. I left the SLES SP1 install dvd in the drive accidentally and fired up yast. I also inadvertently added the actual OS install to ...
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Making Apache 2.2 on SuSE Linux Case In-Sensitive. Which is a better approach?
Problem:
http://<server>/home/APPLE.html
http://<server>/hoME/APPLE.html
http://<server>/HOME/aPPLE.html
http://<server>/hoME/aPPLE.html
All the above ...
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Tomcat 5.5 and Tomcat 6 side by side on same server
On Suse Linux server I have Tomcat 5.5. installed (port 8080)
Can I also install Tomcat 6 on the same server (side by side) but on different port (for example 8081).
Are there any pitfalls I should ...
