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VPS hitting tcpsndbuf often
On my VPS running I'm recently hitting soft and hardlimits of tcpsndbuf very often, causing the server to become nearly unreachable as load goes up to 45 and higer. I have already tried limiting the ...
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AIX: is it somehow possible to get a ForeignAddress/PID pair like we are able to get in Linux with netstat?
In Linux (RHEL), we are able to get a ForeignAddress/PID pair with "netstat -ntp" command:
[root@rhel ~]# netstat -ntp
Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address ...
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Suphp and mod_fcgid on one server
Hi is it possible? My script not work with mod_fcgid, but work with suphp so I would like run one domain with suphp and other with mod_fcgid+xcache on one server. I don't want run every sites with ...
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How to password protect VirtualHost directive w/o htaccess
I would like to password protect port 2000 of a web server by embedding a directive inside of the directive of the apache config file. However it didn't prompt for a password as expected. This is ...
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Java Tomcat SQL 2005 connection failed
I am in a bit of strange situation when it comes to debugging this issue. I am working with a client who has a 3rd party administrate their servers, and that 3rd party does not allow for any changes ...
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Localized database for customers
The company I work for, has just moved to AWS - and currently they have one very large central database with the instance currently located in America.
However, one of their clients has requested ...
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Windows 2008 R2 (Web server) reset and mail user password
Is there a script or software that would change a user password on a server each day and mail the new password to an email address?
We want to give people limited access to our server but if they are ...
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Under what circumstances (if any) should an MX record point to localhost?
I'm thinking that there's absolutely no reason or justification for this, but before I open my mouth and get some admin in deep kimchi, I thought I should ask.
Is there any circumstance in which an ...
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How efficient is a file move on the same fileshare?
From a windows208r2 client connected to a SMB/CIFS share, I move a file from one directory to another directory on the same network share.
Does windows send a "move" command to the share, or does ...
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Set up Ubuntu for local shared folders on Mac OS X LAN
I have installed Ubuntu on VMware on a Mac Mini and want to access folders on the Ubuntu machine, firstly locally and then from the web but do not have a clue where to begin.
I can log into Ubuntu ...
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How to figure out what is blocking my connection on Windows 7?
I have a program that uses a server's port 1099 but my computer cannot connect (times out). The PC having the trouble is running Windows 7. I have disabled Windows Firewall, the antivirus, and the ...
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Apache serving first domain, despite NameVirtualHosts and ServerName being set
Apache's NameVirtualHost has been configured in httpd.conf as such:
NameVirtualHost *:80
However, the sites are still defaulting to the first virtual host, despite the VH configs looking correct. ...
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Optimal MySQL my.cnf setting for large Magento site on a dedicated server
Our dedicated server is running a large Magento store with a MySQL database approximately 250MB in size.
The server spec is listed as having 5 Xeon 2Ghz processors (4MB cache) and 12GB of memory.
I'd ...
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Nameserver switch and domain name propagation
I previously had a domain hosted on a dedicated server at the local university. We moved the hosting to a dedicated dreamhost server. In Dreamhost, I set up ums.org to be fully hosted by Dreamhost. ...
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Sharing git repo on DreamHost
I have a git repo on DreamHost that I would like to be able to share with other developers. I am only able to create it in my home directory. How do I get it so that other devs can access it via ssh?...
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How to block Nginx access log statements from specific user agents
I am looking to turn off logging in the Nginx access log file from specific requests from http user agents.
Basically from the Amazon ELB Health Check and our external (Pingdom) monitoring. Since ...
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How does BER compare between different 10GbE physical media?
I am under the impression that you should use optical for 10GbE networking because of a BER (bit error rate) several orders of magnitude lower than copper.
I'm pretty sure I previously found ...
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Apache httpd workers retry
I have an Apache httpd web server running mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer. The whole of /somedir is sent to 2 worker machines which service the requests using the round robin scheduler. Each worker ...
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TFS 2010: Email Notification List for Work Items?
Our previous work item tracking system had a feature called "notification list". In addition to the individual who is assigned a work item, any user included in this list would also receive an email ...
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How can I query the Full Name field in Active Directory
In Windows Server 2003 Active Directory there was no UI to access the FullName field - see this blog post for a discussion of this, and how Display Name is not the same as Full Name.
In Windows ...
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Install McAfee ePO Agent via Group Policy
We have recently deployed ePO to our infrastructure, but the Agent will not deploy to all systems. We suspect this is a firewall issue as disabing Windows Firewall generally makes it work.
We have ...
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RAID 10 vs RAID 1 SSDs [closed]
I'm considering moving a large database from mechanical disks to SSDs. My initial instinct was to go for RAID 10, but further research suggests that this configuration can significantly reduce the ...
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How do you restart the Task Scheduler service without rebooting the server?
I am running into an issue with the task scheduler service and I have found that restarting the Task Scheduler service should do the trick in fixing my problem. Unfortunately, I do not have the option ...
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Cannot administer services on remote Windows machine due to security issue
I have a Windows 2008 machine A with Administrator account X. I have another Windows 2008 machine B with Administrator account Y.
Both machines have an account Z, with same username and password on ...
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How to create a persistent port forwarding using ssh?
I am currently using ssh to forward few ports like this:
There are 3 machines:
A-host - machine building the tunnel, one that can access both B and C
B-host - machine that does not have access to A ...
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Postgresql on Windows : postmaster.pid remains and prevents restart if the service has crashed
I have experienced an annoying problem with Postgresql 9.1.1 x64 running as a Windows service on Windows 2008 R2.
The Postgres service crashed for an unknown reason and it left a postmaster.pid file ...
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SQL Server 2012 Mirroring / AlwaysOn - need for SAN?
There appears to be a great deal of conflicting information about whether or not SAN is required for a Sql Server 2012 Mirroring setup.
I currently have an Active-Passive-Witness SQL 2008R2 setup ...
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robot hammering apache2
My apache2 log is bombarded with lines like:
108.5.114.118 - - [03/Aug/2012:15:23:28 +0200] "GET http://xchecker.net/tmp_proxy2012/http/engine.php HTTP/1.0" 404 1690 "http://xchecker.net/...
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How does one publish statsd stats for consumption by graphite?
We're just now getting to grips with statsd+graphite, and we (think we) want to look at graphs sliced differently. For example, say we have a website foo that is multi-tenanted to 3 customers and ...
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Invalid argument when copying files with ? in filename on OS X
I'm trying to copy files from an AFP share to an SMB share.
Several files on the AFP share have a ? in the name. If I try to copy them, I get invalid argument'.
I don't know how the files got the ? ...
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Decode junk code [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My server's been hacked EMERGENCY
I'm seeing the below junk code in one of my wordpress file.
@preg_replace("\x21\50\x2e\53\x29\41\x73\145","\x65\166\x61\154\x28\47\x24\...
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Increase the value of LimitRequestFieldSize in Apache
I have developed an application which uses a jQuery plugin, which in turn uses excessive cookie data. The problem is, after every 15-20 request I am shown this error message by the browser:
Your ...
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ProxyPass and RewriteRule make pages lose style
I'm setting up a apache with a
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) http://www.myhost.com [P]
It already works, but the page that is displayed only contains text. Images, styles etc are all lost. What am I missing ...
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Exchange 2010 hub transport configuration –InternalSMTPServers
I did the following configuration in powershell on my hub transport server for anti-spam settings.
Set-TransportConfig –InternalSMTPServers 10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2
Initially, when i did a
Get-...
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Can you generate a self signed certificate on Windows Server using CLI tools like certreq and certutil?
I need to quickly generate a self signed certificate on a Windows Server.
I'd like to use the standard CLI tools that ship with it.
I know I can use openssl.
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ldapsearch failing to show results from custom field
Why does this ldapsearch command shows nothing:
/usr/bin/ldapsearch -x -LLL -h ldapmaster.corpintra.net -b ou=people,ou=Mars,ou=Eng,dc=corpintra,dc=net '(ifxAccStatus=unlocked)' uid ifxAccStatus
The ...
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Clients Server got hacked [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My server's been hacked EMERGENCY
Our client VPN Server got hacked, we change the password and FTP but it keeping happening every day now :( , Has any on had a hacked ...
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how to make rsync not uncompressing files?
I'm using rsync to copy files between servers, I'm using -z option what compresses data only for the network transfer stage.
But I would like to leave compressed files on remote machine and I have ...
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ESXi plugin check_esx3-0.5 for Nagios shows error on Webfront
Could someone provide me with solution for the following problem:
I have ESXi 4.0 enterprise edition (old one, but that can not be changed).
I want to monitor ESXi from Nagios server. And I use ...
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How can I stop runaway disk usage on my Ubuntu 32 bit Precise Linode VPS?
I have a VPS running 32 bit Ubuntu (Precise Penguin) on a Linode VPS, and something is making runaway disk usage. I've received multiple I/O warnings from Linode (not 'warning' in the sense of "Stop ...
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Grant Kerberos Constrained Delegation to SQL Server 2012 running as Managed Service Account
I can't see how to grant Kerberos Constrained Delegation for a service identified by a Managed Service Account.
I have a Windows 2008 R2 functional level single domain single forest, two 2008 R2 SP1 ...
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Akamai & firewall logs : allow connections on udp port 3478?
In can see in the log of my router/firewall that a lot of connections with source port 3478 and destination port 51164 are blocked.
Those connections are from Akamai and they fill my logs very ...
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SSL Cert for transparent MITM SSL proxy
I would like to set up a transparent SSL corporate proxy with either privoxy or squid.
One of the snags in my plan is understanding what kind of SSL certificate is required. I know I can get a multi-...
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Recommend practice for checking if files where copied using SCP
I'm trying to create simple backup script that copies some files to timestamped directory on the remote machine - this part is working quite OK, because I didn't run into issues like e.g network ...
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.svc web service broken when moving to IIS 7
I'm trying to move an application from IIS 6 to IIS 7. I've managed to get everything working except for the web services (.svc files). These return 404 exceptions.
In the failed request logs I get ...
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Installing Asp.net 3.5 sp1 on windows 2008 web server edition
I am trying to install sql server 2012 on windows 2008 web server edition but failing as asp.net 3.5 sp1 is missing.
I cannot add asp.net 3.5 on this version as there is no 'Application Server' role.
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Get varnishlog to log only 503 errors into file
I tried everything:
service varnishlog start - logs everything
varnishlog -D -c -m TxStatus:503 > /var/log/varnish/varnish.log - doesn't seem to be doing anything
varnishlog -c -m TxStatus:503 &...
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Can varnish cache files without specific extension or residing in specific directory
I have a varnish installation to cache (MANY) images that my service serves. It is about 200 images of around 4k per second and varnish happily serves them according to the following rule:
if (req....
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MS Operations Manager 2012 Web Console access Active Directory Users And Computers
Does anyone know if it is possible to add/manage "Active Directory Users And Computers" to/from the System Center 2012 Operations Manager Web Console?
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Windows authentication and multiple prompts
I currently have two IIS websites with windows authentication turned on. Internally on my network when you connect to them you're authenticated seamlessly and logged on. Externally you are prompted to ...
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