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Is there a self-contained, easy-to-use and secure WLAN hotspot solution?
I'm looking for something that accomplishes (as much as possible of) the following:
provides a WLAN access point for public use (for example, in a bar)
serves as a transparent proxy forcing users to ...
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How to control multiple OpenVPN instances on the same server?
We have Centos servers running multiple daemons, up to 3 on each server. I have looked at the the rc.d init scripts and see no way to control the daemons independently. We would really like to be able ...
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Is Capistrano or Puppet capable of this?
I find myself spending a lot of time setting up new servers. I always have the same exact software stack:
nginx
mysql
php + php-fpm + xcache
memcached
munin
I pull all the configuration and init.d ...
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email server delivers one message, but not another. no errors
i have sent two messages, one from the local server, one from the production environment. the message from the local server goes through, but the production message does not. both messages are ...
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how to synchronise Linux/Debian machine
Hi I am using the Linux machine. I am configuring it for the session repication of the tomcat. My requirement is that both the machine must be synchronise with some standard time. May be with some ...
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Disable SSH for non root users
How do i disable remote access for non-root users over ssh? i would like to do this on demand if possible.
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OCS Audio problem between users on separate LANs
On our OCS 2007 R2 setup users connect to OCS externally. Users can initiate video sessions successfully and can see each other. About the audio, something strange is going on. If they call each other ...
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Do I have to have LUN on a iSCSI Target?
I am using Linux, and was wondering, if I could put LVM directly on a iSCSI target without a LUN?
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Unable to remote desktop into a Amazon EC2 instance
I have a website running on a Windows 2008 Server EC2 instance. The website is working fine, but I'm unable to remote-desktop into it.
I have an Elastic IP associated with the instance:
# telnet 999....
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 shrinking log file Consequences?
At the moment SQL Server 2005 is running a database that is 8,9GB in size.
the log file is 20.1GB in size and the HDD is filling up fast.
Now i know i can shrink the log file. but i can't find any ...
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Is it possible to add tcp autotuning to windows xp?
I have a network application that needs to send messages at 60 times a second. The messages are usually 300-400 bytes, but can be as large as 1500. The default setting for SO_SNDBUF is too small and ...
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Equivalent of SQL 2005's SQLAgentOperatorRole (msdb ) in SQL 2000?
Can anyone tell me what is the Equivalent of SQL 2005's SQLAgentOperatorRole (msdb ) in SQL 2000?
I want to grant a login ability to disable a job in SQL 2000.
Thanks in advance....
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My nameserver doesn't seem to be responding to queries
I setup a domain the other day and configured it to use my nameserver ns1.mydomain.net. Days later, my queries all respond with non-existent domain.
Here's my Bind9 config files
[user@host bind]$ ...
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How to start setting up a VPN server for smart phone clients?
I have a Ubuntu Lucid Lynx VM which I've been tinkering with. I want to set up a VPN and I am happy to learn how to do it on my own but the vastness of options makes my head spin, so I'm just looking ...
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running Samba Active Directory Server on Windows desktop (for developing)
Huh, I completely confused by others editing my post... breaking all system of referencing and linking into a mess...
Bifurcating the question (1)
Can anybody share experience and/or links on ...
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Clients not updating with approved updates from WSUS
I've been a bit behind in my windows XP updates recently, and I have about 18 or so I need to roll out to all our users, according to WSUS. I'm trying it on a couple of test PCs, and so far i've had ...
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Repairing Linux system files
A recent upgraded my header files (I believe) through Ubuntu's Update Manager and then restarted. On reboot, I get a kernel panic, below is the error right before it:
/sbin/init: error while loading ...
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SAP PI 7.0 to 7.1 upgrade: 'Enter at least the mount point for the DVD title "Add-On CD"'
I am upgrading from SAP PI 7.0 to PI 7.1 and it is asking me to:
Enter at least the mount point for the DVD title "Add-On CD"
Please can you tell me where I can find this CD? I have tried pointing ...
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JMeter Stress testing
MAMP server hosting a Joomla instance.
I'd like to hear the community's thoughts on the best way to stress test the server and find it's breaking point on concurrent users etc. Currently I have setup ...
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How to configure VNC in Ubuntu 10.04 server edition
I have found next instruction on how to do that
Install packages. Code: sudo apt-get install x11vnc vnc-java
Set up a password for clients. Code: x11vnc -storepasswd
Open up ports 5800 and 5900 on ...
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Exchange Environment Not Working
I have just been given a client whose exchange server was not set up correctly. The server is running Windows Server 2003 and Exchange 2003 as well.
When I try to mount the store it is coming up with ...
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Virtual Box LAMP with Vhost / Wildcard subdomains?
I have setup a lamp server in buntu 9.10 inside virtual box.. but does anybody know a way how to get wildcard subdomains working with this setup?
Is it possible to only setup a DNS for the virtualbox ...
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How do I figure out what is changing the userWorkstations attribute in Active Directory?
I just took over the IT for a medium sized business with a three domain controllers (2003/2008 Standard) and whenever I create a new user, after some time the user account cannot log into most ...
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Security Dangers of Loose Permissions
To an extent, I understand the purpose of limiting permissions to just what is needed, but I don't have a complete grasp of the possible dangers of having them open. I'm most concerned with web ...
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How to Release Mouse Capture in Windows 2008 Server Hyper-V Virtual Machine?
I created a virtual machine under Hyper-V while connected via remote desktop - and discovered that the Hyper-V VM will not capture the mouse over terminal services.
Ok, the servers are across the ...
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Dynamically hosting new domains on Apache
I'd like to dynamically be able to host client's domains, with just having to provide them instructions like this: http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/custom_domains
I'm running a pretty typical LAMP stack;...
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Intel Pro 1000 Adapters iSCSI, boot device and LACP
I'm currently testing iSCSI with Intel Pro 1000 PT DualPort adapter. The performance is pretty well but is it possible to combine both ethernet ports to have a true 2Gbit link for the boot device? ...
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Subversion Apache Ubuntu - Remote Access?
Okay, a couple days ago I built a bare bones kit into a machine. I've been running through tutorials to get it to work and right now I've gotten as far as making it available in my lan, hooray!
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CherryPy, Load Balancing, and Remote Failover
Our company's current customer-facing site & intranet site is currently built on Classic ASP running on IIS 6. The current site only contains about 10 customer-facing pages, and an internal site ...
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Apache MultiViews Alternative
Is their away to achieve the same effect as MultiViews does (ie 'example.com/page' points to 'example.com/page.php') using another setting in the .htaccess file? Either through mod_rewrite or another ...
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Dell OpenManage Causing Periodic Slowness
Today we diagnosed the cause of a Periodic slowness issue: see here.
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator seems to have been causing hourly slowness. It would occasionally peg one of the CPUs for ...
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Do Cisco ASA 5505 and openvpn work together?
We are planning to use a Cisco ASA 5505 as a router in our company. So far we used opnvpn to connect our mobile clients to the company network.
Our question is if Cisco ASA 5505 and openvpn work ...
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Deleted all the files from /usr/lib/apache2/modules directory!
I am on ubuntu 10.04, somehow I deleted all the files in /usr/lib/apache2/modules, is there a way I can get them back or set it to default installation?
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Automatically kill the IIS 7 process which is hanging
I have an intermittently occurring problem with my application. It is always under relatively high load (10-50 req/second). Most of the time it runs fantastic, with CPU < 10%. Occasionally (...
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Installing IIS and Microsoft Sql Server with minimal impact on the system
I got a new PC and a fresh Windows installation and like others I like to keep the installation as clean as possible.
I mainly develop Asp.net and the web server that comes with VS2010 (Cassini?) is ...
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How can I tell what version and updates of SQL Server 2005 my mdf and ldf files were on?
I'm helping a friend try and restore a SQL Server database. The hard drive crashed that had his Server 2003, SQL Server 2005 and databases on it. So far he has reinstalled Server 2003 Enterprise ...
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Google Apps MX records
In my DNS settings I have the following settings
Priority Host Goes To TTL
10 mydomain.net ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 3600
20 ...
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Is there a timeout for Windows Remote Desktop clipboard transfers and can it be modified?
When I'm copying a large file over a slow remote desktop connection, every once in a while the transfer will fail silently.
Is this because there is some specified timeout for the transfer? If so, ...
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Windows Server 2008: Third-party softwares for Managing backup's
Need third party software solutions
to configure, automated backup from
one server to another and also to
manage and catalog backups to DVD's
and/or other removable media.
To configure regular ...
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How to install latest stable nginx on Mac OS X
Can anyone provide some insight on how to install a later nginx than the 0.6.32 in macports? On Linux I use 0.7.55 so would like to have the same on the Mac.
Follow-up : I realised that I could also ...
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Does DDoS attacks affect victim position in search engine?
I've found most website attacked by mass DDoS has spike increase in alexa rank.
But how about the position in search engine?
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Samba Domain Controller - is DNS required?
I am looking into setting up a Samba domain controller using Ubuntu Server, for some Windows XP/7 clients, and I have one important question: Given the importance of DNS in a Microsoft Active ...
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phpMyAdmin relation twice in list?
Why is it that when I've a relation in MySQL/phpMyAdmin (PMA), PMA gives me the relation twice but in opposite order (ID - Name and Name - ID), what's the difference?
For better explanation, here's ...
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Accessing VirtualBox from host/remote machine
I am going to be running a webapp [1] on a VirtualBox virtual machine, and I want to be able to access it (via a browser) from the host, and from another machine on the same network. (That is, on the ...
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I'm setting up Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, where exactly should all my installs go?
I'm a bit of a noob on setting up web servers, but I want to do it right. I'm using Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS on a VPS and it's currently a fresh install, with a root user setup and SSH enabled. Aside ...
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how to check for sniffers in Ubuntu?
Somebody is accusing me that my linux ubuntu machine could be the source for a server attack.
Their technique was replacing the
original ssh by this patched ssh and,
as such eliminated all sshd ...
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0x8004010F when downloading Exchange offline address book
Situation:
Single domain consisting of 3 DCs (2 x Windows 2008 R2 std, 1 x Windows 2003 R2 std) - each DC is a GC
Single exchange server (Exchange 2003 Std)
Clients, mainly Win XP, but some Win 7, ...
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high load web server setup
I'm preparing a server setup for a dating website who need to be able to process around 5'000 - 10'000 req/sec to the main site.
My idea was to do it this way:
Server for static content (css, js, ...
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Ubuntu server eth0 renamed to eth1
I am running an Ubuntu server(9.04) virtual machine(virtualbox) on my computer at work and one night Win 7 rebooted after some security updates.
After bringing the VM back up again the network didn't ...
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htaccess .html rewrite exception
Ok guys I need to add an exception! How can I do this?
I currently use RewriteRule ([^.]+).html $1 [R=301,L]
to rewrite all .html urls
I do need the exception for the google.html verification file. ...