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ssh can't connect using hostname
I'm setting up some server but I stubbled into an issue with one server.
I setup a local dns server, and when I try to connect to this server with ssh alpha@alpha.stvns.com I will get : Permission ...
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iptables error: “No chain/target/match by that name.”
Trying to block a certain http/https URL request from hitting the server by adding this rule to iptables:
iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp -m multiport --destination-ports 80,443 -m string --string ...
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Why won't my Web site work over the internet? [closed]
I have setup an Ubuntu 10.04(LTS) server at home that is used as a web server. Primarily to give me access to my private cloud where I have 2TB of storage available to me. I am using OwnCloud for this ...
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Nginx 1.0.15 doesn't start at boot on Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit server
I installed the latest version of nginx (1.0.15) using apt-get from the source listed here: http://nginx.org/en/download.html.
For some reason, nginx isn't starting up automatically when I reboot ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 bind9 local zone include files and apparmor
Rather than putting all my zones in one named.conf.local file, I'd like to have them in groups that I can manage as separate files. So, I've tried putting the following into named.conf.local:
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SNMP segfaults on Ubuntu 10.04 after some time
Just had snmpd segfault on an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS box. snmpd has been running on this system for some time (weeks). There has been a reasonable amount of load, but nothing too extreme for the system.
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Configuring /etc/host file in Ubuntu Server
I am configuring an Ubuntu server on Amazon EC2. The tutorial I am following says /etc/host to be configured like this.
127.0.0.1 localhost.domain.com localhost
X.X.X.X ...
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Clients not recognizing secondary LDAP groups?
I'm having an issue where users who are members of secondary groups in LDAP are not being recognized as members of that group by the client. In this case, user jdoe is not being recognized as a member ...
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Apache2, Tomcat6, and proxy redirects
So here is my question - go easy and slow. I'm a GIS Consultant and general hack with linux. I inherited this volunteer job essentially because I knew more than the rest of the team - or the rest of ...
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Accessing a windows shared folder from Linux?
I am trying to copy a (.html) file from a Windows XP Professional shared folder onto a server running Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS.
As it's a shared folder the usual 'wget' doesn't seem to work. I suspect ...
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MySQL moving ibdata & ib_logfile
I'm trying to move ibdata & ib_logfile on ssd drive. I tried this way, but it don't work:
service mysql stop
cd /var/lib/
cp -ra mysql mysql_backup
cp -a mysql/ibdata1 mysql/ib_logfile* ...
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rsyslog appears to act on old configuration
I'm using a template to dynamically generate rsyslog filenames. I've made some changes from my original format, but rsyslog still appears to be using both the new template and the old after ...
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ubuntu 10.04 + php + postfix
I have a server I am running:
Ubuntu 10.04
php 5.3.5 (fpm)
Nginx
I have installed postfix, and set it to loopback-only (only need to send)
The problem is it is not sending.
if i issue (at command ...
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`Which php` isn't working on linode servers (Ubuntu 10.04)?
Currently trying to configure a linode server running on ubuntu 10.04. I utilized a stackscript (Default drupal profile) which seemed to run successfully. The log indicate so as well.
Then ssh'd ...
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Sporadic unspecific kernel panic
I'm experiencing seldom (so far about once a month) hard crashes on our ubuntu server 10.04 LTS box. The box itself is quite old (Dell PowerEdge 750 from 2004, Pentium4 2.8 GHz). I set up netconsole ...
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measure amount of content downloaded from internet - SQUID
I have set up a squid proxy and now want to monitor the amount of data transfer that is taking place. It would be nice to get numbers per domain and also about how much of the content is coming from ...
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Configure Exim4 with Multiple Smarthosts
I'm using Exim4 version 4.76 and can't really find what I'm looking for - except if I don't understand how exim4 works exactly.
I have configured exim4 as such that when we send an email from our web ...
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apt-get does not remove initscript?
This day I tried to remove apache2. It's bundled with Ubuntu Lucid, which I don't need. I used apt-get remove apache2 to remove it. But somehow, the initscript was still there, in "/etc/init.d/". I ...
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MySql information_schema error - Lock Tables
I have written a quick shell script to take each backup of MySql database & that works good.
I was using the same scripts for all mysql servers tool, I have installed it on ubuntu 10.04 server.
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Run nginx as a non-root user
I followed this process to installing nginx on my Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Server http://library.linode.com/web-servers/nginx/installation/ubuntu-10.04-lucid
I got lost after the point of creating an init ...
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How to setup postfix for multiple domains
I have multiple domains and I want to install postfix to send emails only. How can I do this on ubuntu?
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Grub 1.98 on Ubuntu 10.04 ignores grub.cfg, goes for menu.lst instead
I've got a VPS that's merrily running Ubuntu 10.04 server (I believe it's on Xen). I was doing some kernel maintenance and updating grub when I noticed that the update-grub tool writes an accurate ...
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Best Practice: RVM w/ Multiple Nginx-Passsenger Standalone Servers Running One App per Server
I'm wondering what would be the best approach to hosting multiple Rails applications where each application has a different gemset and may possibly use a different version of Ruby. I'm thinking of ...
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Redmine suddenly stopped working. How to troubleshoot?
I was a happy user of redmine for like 6 months. My plan was to set it up and never update anything in order not to deal with dependencies and stuff.
I'm using Ubuntu server 10.04 (Apache/Passenger) ...
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cannot load such file — OpenSSL (LoadError)
I'm having an issue with an uncooperative EC2 Ubuntu 10.04 4 LTS instance. I'm trying to install a few prerequisites for a Ruby web app which has the following dependencies:
require 'rubygems'
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Install Nagios plugins
Can somebody please show me how to install this nagios plugin that checks if your servers require winodws updates?
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Getting this Software Error on trying to update the parameters in bugzilla-4.0.4
Getting this Software Error on trying to update the parameters in bugzilla.
Error in tempfile() using data/params.XXXXX: Could not create temp file data/params.BFQJE:
Permission denied at ...
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change default permission of files and folders which create by php
When I create a file by exec() or other php functions, permissions is 600 and for folders is 700.
How can I change it without chmod() or other like functions to 644 and folders to 755.
Server ...
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DNS Bind9 Issue - Server not forwarding requests
I'm new to dns admin so please be gentle. Here is my set-up:
Domain name with a few A records points to my personal IP.
example.com
server1.example.com
server2.example.com
Router forwards all port ...
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ubuntu change default files and folders permission
i have ubuntu 10.04 on my server. when i was create a file by ftp, php and ... files permission is 600 and folders is 700. how can i change default files permission into 644 and folders to 755?
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Multiple domains in apache
having difficulties setting multiple domains
when I sudo a2ensite example2, it doesn't load regardless of whether exampe1 is enabled or disabled...and of course takes down example1 with itself . ...
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How to add SSL for localhost in RAILS
I want to test my application which needs to work both with and without SSL. If it is possible to set up SSL for a local application (http://localhost:3000), please let me know some suggestions, my OS ...
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How can I log user activity on SSH [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I log every command executed by a user?
How can I log SSH activity on 10.04 Ubuntu Server? This includes all commands he issued and output he got.
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Blank screen when setting console resolution on Ubuntu 10.04 Server
I've tried 3 different systems including VMWare with very same Ubuntu 10.04 (Server Edition) basic installation.
Phisical computer
VirtualBox
VMWare
On first two, I am able to easily change ...
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How to allow just a specific ips from connect to my server? [closed]
I own a vps with Ubuntu 10.04 and i want to make it just accessible to me and one friend mine through dyndns hosts. It's possible block all others ips?
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Only serve requests to a specific domain?
I'd like to only server requests that are made to a specific domain and just drop everything else or give it 404. Would prefer to see it done through nginx but would of course like the best solution.
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Ubuntu 10.04 Port 3306
I am trying to open port 3306 in Lucid, but when I do
netstat -tan|grep 3306
it just shows me
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
What I am going for is:
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Network interface on ubuntu with only 0.12MB/ s on a new root server
---- edit: Problem solved. Somehow my provider seems to block tests to the internet. Tests from a remote machine succeeded with 1k r/s ---
I am running a fresh compiled version of Apache 2.2.1 on ...
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wget wont work on ubuntu 10.04
i just get my new web server (Ubuntu 10.04) at Leaseweb and when i try to install Virtualmin i get this error :
wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh
--2012-02-11 ...
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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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Apache proxypass virtual hosting for backend redirection
I have a apache proxy load balancer running. I have a domain wiki.mydomain.com registered to this lb. I am trying to make proxy redirect from wiki.mydomain.com to the backend ...
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Ubuntu Server SSH does not autostart
I use a VPS with Ubuntu 10.04. After I performed "apt-get upgrade", the ssh daemon stopped working and does not automatically start when I restart my server. I have only access to files (edit, create ...
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Vsftpd virtual users hidden quota?
I have a problem with vsftpd on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
I have configured vsftpd enabling virtual users, everything works fine until the size of the specific virtual users home dir reaches 40GB
then I get ...
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Unable to use FQDN when using local network (Ubuntu Server 10.04, dd-wrt)
Networking newb here... I seem to be having an odd networking issue.
When I am using a PC/laptop/Smart phone on my local network I am unable to access web pages (or email) on my network server using ...
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Files disappeared from server, old ones shown instead
Recently I ran into a very strange phenomenon with one of the servers I manage used to serve samba shares over the local network. It was running Ubuntu Server 8.04 and I decided to upgrade the ...
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How do I do IP Failover for my Public IP address with Linux HA
I did a lot of experiment with heartbeat, corosync and pacemaker for IP FailOver which I have to do with Public IP. I did more than one ip failover(VIPs) with two nodes, also with three nodes BUT ...
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setting server hostname
I'm using ubuntu 10.04 on my server and I'm looking to set the hostname.
Looking around it seems I have to set this in the /etc/hostname file, but on my system I do not have one.
Typing hostname ...
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Server not available after abandoned upgrade
I am running a headless install of Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS on a PVS. I was carrying out an OS upgrade earlier on today. I SSH'd into the sever and typed the following commands:
sudo aptitude update
sudo ...
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passenger-memory-stats - root privileges
When I run 'passenger-memory-stats' on my ubuntu server as root I get the following error :
-bash: passenger-memory-stats: command not found
If I run this command as a user ('deploy' in my case) I ...
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Reset Linode root password
I've recently been put in charge of a Ubuntu server in the Linode platform.
This webserver is running a production Rails application with a MySQL database.
I need to ssh into it to download a copy ...
