CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendor's redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to ...
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Restricting server.log file size (minecraft) in CentOS
I'm currently running a bukkit (minecraft) server which generates a server.log file with all the console messages / errors.
Every now and then I have a plugin (which i need) that crashes and can ...
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Removing older version of package on RedHat
I am working on a CentOS server with two versions of Python (2.4 and 2.7). I want to remove the 2.4 version.
How can I know if a package was installed from source or by yum? How to remove the package ...
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Connect to virtualized Oracle 10g XE with sqlplus
I have two (actually one and it's clone but each have unique MAC and IP) virtualized CentOS guest in VirtualBox on Ubuntu Host. Both guest have a Host-only Adapter. I've installed Oracle 10g before I ...
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How to restrict root login with restriction
in openssh, you can restrict root login (PermitRootLogin no) but can it have an exception?
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How do I mount a Union filesystem under Centos
I did some work on a Centos LiveUSB system. I created some files etc.
I later moved to a complete linux install and want to read the previous LiveUSB filesytem straight from the usb key.
From my ...
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Bitnami Stack copying via SSH
Hello Wonder if anybody can help. I'm new to SSH & linux, and going through setting up a server.
I'm picking up bits and bobs of bash ok, and remembered someone suggested using bitnami stack for ...
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Mono won't run with script or sudo
Whenever I try run a program like this "sudo mono Program.exe" or from a bash script.
I get the error: mono: command not found.
I am running a VPS on CentOS 6 x64 bit.
Any ideas?
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How to tell if I am on a XEN or KVM Server?
Is there a way to tell if I am on a XEN or KVM linux server? Reason I asked is nothing is on top yet I am seeing load averages high well after I do tasks and I am getting hangs/spikes when I do simple ...
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using tun0 on centos6
I'm connected to a VPN known to work from server-side (I can connect to it on Windows). I cannot use the VPN on Centos6.
ping -I tun0 www.google.com
Warning: cannot bind to specified iface, falling ...
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why won't my flash drives mount to /media?
I am having a problem with a machine running CentOS 5.6 64-bit not correctly mounting flash drives. I insert a flash drive, and it simple does not appear in /media. I have attempted to search for it ...
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sudo access to view/edit a crontab
I wish to be able to edit, or at least view, a crontab that is on a server.
Should I not be able to run this to do so:
sudo crontab -u root
When I do, I get this error:
Sorry, user crmpicco is ...
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linux permissions: group files edited by different users
I cant seem to figure out how to achieve my goal to make a solution so all users within a grou work with the same set of files freely.
I got a group "developers", and they are developing a project. ...
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Are we under hacker control? [migrated]
We have a Web Server that mount Centos. Onto that WS there is an Apache (version 2.2.3) and some sites.
You can log on only if you have a certificate (for root user) or via ftp (a restricted ...
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Linux stuck one hour ahead (CentOS)
I use CentOS, and for some reason, one of the servers I bought (amongst a network of other servers I do not own) is off by one hour. The time is one hour ahead no matter what time zone I set it to.
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CentOS installation with Kickstart stalling at login
I'm using Kickstart to install CentOS without GNOME (CLI only) but %post never runs due to it stalling at the login screen. How do I get it to automatically login as root and/or get the post ...
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How to resolve 403 Forbidden on file placed at /var/www/html when attempting to download?
Ok so I am trying to get a file off of my server onto my desktop. I placed it at /var/www/html (where the web pages are) and when I try to download it I get 403 Forbidden. I even tried chmod 777 on ...
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emacs won't start due to “No fonts match `Inconsolata-12'”
Several weeks ago, I tried to customize my default font face Emacs 21.4.1 running on CentOS 5.5, and now emacs won't start.
emacs will start with the -fn flag. However, I can't find where ...
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httpd on CentOS resolving only the first VirtualHost
I just got a new cloud server and while setting it up, I can access the web root by pointing my browser to the IP address of my server, but the domain names are still propagating so when I go to them, ...
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vsftp on RedHat (CentOS) - Is there a way to disable uploading files by mime/type or extension?
E.g. disable "*.file, .html" uploads? Or enable only ".avi" and "*.mov" etc.
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vsftp on RedHat (CentOS) - Is there a way to set up file-size and number of files quotes for anonymous uploads?
We have vsftpd service on our server but I didn't find a way to put limits on file size and total space available for anonymous file uploading (doing it via an account will make it harder - as our ...
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How do I force CentOS to do a graphical install without meeting the memory requirements?
The CentOS 6.2 installer drops to text mode if the system has less than 650 (or so) MB of RAM. I have 512MB and no way to change this as the RAM used is obsolete. I need to use the graphical installer ...
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CentOS Filesystem EXT3-fs read-only randomly
I have 2x1.5tb drives on a 3ware RAID controller in RAID1. Last week our server started having issues noticed by our customers being unable to access their websites, the file system unmounts then ...
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“radeon disabling gpu acceleration” hang on boot of clean CentOS 6.2 Minimal install
I have a clean install of CentOS 6.2 minimal on a server. On boot, just after the GRUB boot loader screen, I get a message that's about 3 lines long and very blurry. The same message appears on the ...
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I installed java 7 on CentOS but it says I have version 1.4.2 installed?
What's the deal? I ran the RPM for java 7 64-bit and watched the folders populate at /usr/java but I can't run craftbukkit and when I do java -version it says 1.4.2?
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Should I have any issues hosting Minecraft on a dedicated server running an Intel Atom D525? [closed]
Anyone have experience with these chips?
So far I've had up to 6 on at once during testing periods and everyone said it performed fine with no lag.
The specs are CentOS, Intel Atom Dual-Core 1.8 Ghz ...
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If I am in gnome and I click logout from the menu during a VNC session, how do I get back in?
I am running a CentOS server. I made an SSH tunnel and used VNC to connect to my server. Then after I was done doing some 'things' I clicked logout from the gnome menu. Well I didn't actually leave, ...
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On my centos linux box the ip address and default gateway are reset each night?
Hi I've tried quite a few things to do with config files like from here
How to make my default gateway permanent in CentOS? So that after a reboot it does not get lost
and here
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Added httpd to group but webserver still cannot access files - CentOS
I want to allow web access to files without allowing other system users access to the files for the website.
I have owner:group as
bob:bob
Then I did:
usermod -a -G bob httpd
To add http to the ...
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RAID5 + Samba Woes
I'm in the process of setting up a brand-new CentOS 6.2 server. The boot, swap and root partitions live on a 320GB SSD, and my archive files are on a 9,000 GB RAID array.
Problem is that if I setup ...
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ZIP support not found: SugarCRM needs ZIP support in order to process compressed files
Ok, trying to install SugarCRM and I seem to be failing horribly.
Everything is uploaded.
Folders have write privlages (777 currently for the moment)
PHP Memory limit is at 256M
extension:php_zip.dll ...
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Connect to internet with virtual machine
I'm using Windows 7. Using a CentOS virtual machine, I want to connect to the internet with a Bridged connection.
Now if I write ifconfig, I get the IP address 192.168.1.99, which I manually set. My ...
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et_start.sh for centOS
When i start the server with the command "sudo et ./et_start.sh" it opens the console with errors.
----- R_Init -----
...loading libGL.so.1: Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 4: 800 600
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Access files from Windows installation in CentOS
I have installed CentOS on my Windows computer.
How can I access my Windows files from CentOS?
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Root Can't Delete Folder It Owns
Platform: CentOS 6.2 Shell: tcsh
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Brian Swift has pointed out a workable solution. ...
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How to make BusyBox running where my backend operating system can be xyz?
I am trying to setup BusyBox on top of ArchLinux, Fedora or Ubuntu. So that when i telnet i can get something like this following:
But how do i get started? Simply install Busybox on top of my ...
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How do I install the latest gcc 4.7.0 on centos 6.2?
[root@localhost dyliu]# yum list gcc
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.mirrors.tds.net
* extras: ...
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how to update my bios
after some googling about why my thinkpad t500 (running CentOS 6) is overheating and completely shutting off, I think i might need to update my BIOS.
I have no clue how to do this or even where to ...
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looking for the binary redistribution license for open jdk on cent OS
We're looking for a binary redistribution license for openJDK. We've been burnt by Oracle's redistribution license for the "free" version of java and want to make sure there aren't any issues with ...
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Usage problems centos 6.2 vmware image on VMware Player 4.02 on Windows xp sp3
I have downloaded CentOS 6.2, server install and also installed VMWare Player 4.02.
After I loaded CentOS into VMWare player I immediately found some problems:
I am not able to maximize the screen. ...
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IPv6 source address selection and routing in Linux
I'm in the process of setting an ipv6 on my test network.
I work with a /56 network and CentOS 6.2.
I have an interface with 2 IPv6 addresses on 2 different networks :
2b0 1:abcd:4001:c00::30/56 ...
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How to configure network profiles in Centos?
I'm trying to setup two network profiles in Centos. One for at home, one for at work.
The home profile has a fixed IP address, fixed gateway and DNS server addresses. The work profile depends on DHCP.
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Setting up CentOS for 3 or more network connections
I am setting up a cluster for my company, and I want to find out whether is it possible to have three or more network connections active on a machine running CentOS 6.
I have eth0 for the internal ...
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pygtk2 on centos 5x with python 2.7?
I'm trying to install pygtk2 on centos 5.8 for use with python 2.7
installing yum install pygtk* works only for the default python 2.4. I tried compiling pygtk2 from source but it does not configure ...
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Fixing sendmail for CentOS
After unfortunately chmod'ing the entire /var directory to 0777 on a development machine running CentOS, I've slowly been able to restore its functionality, including getting mysql, php, and sessions ...
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Installing CentOS on VMware vCenter VM from remote console
I have a VM on my school's VMware vSphere server and I need to install CentOS on it, the disc is already in it but I can't install it 'cause the console doesn't work without VMware Tools (I can't ...
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Wrong RPMforge Installed
I am running CentOS 6.2 and I installed RPMforge EL5 by mistake and I need to uninstall it and install RPMforge for EL6. How can I do that?
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How to make a CentOS linux server for Active Directory
I have a linux server at my home with CentOS and I would like to make it a Domain Controller for Active Directory.
Is there a way to make it?
I don't wanna use Windows Server 2008 R2 'cause it's ...
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Gvim --remote to open file and focus on the newly opened file
I got a fairly old gvim (6.3) on CentOS 4.5. There's no --remote-tab-silent option yet. Instead, I use --remote to open file in same gvim instance. However, there's a problem that all files are ...
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Automate *.run file install?
Using: CentOS 6.2
BASH Script
I regularly install CUDA (a GPU programming API) on machines in my work cluster, and have to reupgrade three *.run installers whenever I do an upgrade version-wise.
The ...
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Using rvm within a bash script on CentOS 6.2
I'm trying to write a script that does goes through all the steps for installing and setting up a graylog2 server and web interface on CentOS 6.2. Here is the section that I'm having trouble with:
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