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Daniel Pittman
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Why does my hostname appear with the address 127.0.1.1 rather than 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts?

52 votes
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To improve SQL performance, why not just put lots of RAM rather than having faster hard disks?

24 votes
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In what condition, should I create a system user instead of a normal user?

22 votes
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Why use chef-solo on a single instance?

21 votes
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Listing the routing table takes long time to complete

16 votes

How do you apply development practices like version control, testing and continuous integration/deployment to system administration?

14 votes
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Why is it 3-way-handshake and not more?

13 votes

How to capture the queries run on MySQL server?

13 votes

How do other companies handle approved browsers and versions for internal corporate web development hardware?

12 votes

Is cURL standard part of all Unix-like operating systems?

11 votes

Technologies that allow YouTube scale distribution?

11 votes
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Automatic management of SSL certificate on multiple servers…good or bad

10 votes
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Is there a way to ls -l with like a -f option (like tail -f)?

9 votes

Does traceroute use UDP or ICMP or both?

8 votes

Puppet file transfer slow

7 votes
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debian tcp - optimize for clients with packet loss

7 votes
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How to depend on a Puppet class before mounting?

6 votes
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Inherit or set permissions for all new files under a specific path

6 votes
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Understanding "forward" in linux

6 votes
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database for storing network traffic

6 votes
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How to implement Nat loopback/reflection?

5 votes

How to install MySQL Server so it doesn't "go away" after reboot?

5 votes
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Why does Apple supply their own version of Java?

5 votes

Mirroring an entire machine

5 votes
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domain name pointing to ip address with specific port

5 votes
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What happens if two machines respond to an ARP "who is" request?

5 votes

What happens if you run out of RAM and swap?

4 votes
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Migrating to ssh key authentication; implications of adding sbin's to users $PATH

4 votes
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On Unix on could I get a listing of all mp3 files inside a directory containing other directories with their full path?

4 votes
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Forwarding traffic to a specific port on to different IP