User john - Server Fault

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How do I deal with a compromised server?

jan 8 at 15:00 RobM 19.9k

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How do you search for backdoors from the previous IT person?

security

nov 11 at 3:19 sysadmin1138♦ 70.5k

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100% uptime for a web application

windows-server-2008 failover

sep 9 at 21:18 gWaldo 7,847

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The Joel Test for system administrator jobs

career job-market

dec 3 '11 at 16:23 joshperry 180

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What's the best way of handling permissions for apache2's user www-data in /var/www?

linux apache2 debian file-permissions www-data

aug 28 at 18:30 befreeandgood 1,528

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What are your favorite open source tools?

opensource

jul 29 '11 at 10:39 sam 7,610

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What a beginner should know/learn for sysadmin job?

career

aug 29 at 14:56 Chris S♦ 52k

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Why should I firewall servers?

security firewall philosophy

oct 22 '11 at 11:52 Jayesh Badwaik 101

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Apache 2 startup warning: NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts

linux apache2

nov 15 '11 at 13:56 Vineet 3

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How to extinguish a small fire in a server rack to minimize damage to surrounding equipment?

hardware datacenter rack server-room

jan 13 at 1:13 codeslinger 51

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Is UPS worthwhile for non-production equipment?

hardware ups power

oct 12 at 21:45 Antony Scott 101

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How can I see which flags Nginx was compiled with?

nginx modules

feb 20 at 20:41 al-x 51

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Which to install: Apache Worker or Prefork? What are the (dis-)advantages of each?

apache2 mpm-worker mpm-prefork

nov 16 at 15:30 sarath 63

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memcache vs memcached?

linux php memcached

sep 5 at 19:24 Spechal 171

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What's your checklist for when everything blows up?

checklist

aug 7 '10 at 5:48 Jeff Atwood♦ 5,603

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What's your favorite ticketing system?

remote-support ticket-system

sep 12 '11 at 19:57 Beau 200

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UPS and power strip interactions?

ups power electricity

feb 8 '11 at 3:05 sysadmin1138♦ 70.5k

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InnoDB: Error: log file ./ib_logfile0 is of different size

mysql log-files innodb

apr 30 '12 at 22:44 clarsen 3

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Which PHP (opcode) cache one should use and why?

php performance wordpress cache memcached

aug 20 '09 at 0:38 Jeff Atwood♦ 5,603

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Why is Nginx more popular than lighttpd?

nginx lighttpd django

mar 15 at 10:41 j0k 415

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Free service for checking for DNS errors on your domain?

dns

jan 19 '12 at 19:31 Nils 4,638

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Optimize apache/php/mysql running on VPS for heavy load

mysql apache2 vps optimization load

jun 28 '11 at 21:23 iainlbc 2,146

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Etiquette of Troubleshooting Problems In The Workspaces Of Others

troubleshooting

apr 27 '11 at 22:01 Boogabooga 21

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Linux: how to restore config file using apt-get/aptitude?

linux configuration apt restore dependencies

feb 24 '12 at 14:14 Jean Montané 31

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How can I prevent a DDOS attack on Amazon EC2?

linux amazon-ec2 firewall configuration ddos

may 31 '12 at 11:00 CloudWeavers 1,385

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Varnish versus other reverse proxies

squid reverse-proxy varnish

may 4 '09 at 9:29 mikl 517

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limit linux background flush (dirty pages)

linux disk performance

apr 11 '10 at 13:03 korkman 906

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How to check if chosen Varnish cache size is ideal?

varnish

oct 24 at 12:42 perbu 121

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Testing a UPS by unplugging it from the wall

ups

apr 19 '11 at 8:08 Bart De Vos 10.9k

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Anyone used MySQL Forks in Production

mysql mariadb

dec 30 '10 at 20:56 Aleksandr Levchuk 1,520

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