Questions tagged [ubuntu-server]
An edition of Ubuntu which provides server applications and a text-mode environment in place of a GUI. You may want to consider asking on http://askubuntu.com/.
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Script to Auto delete files older than a few minutes in ubuntu
is there a shell script out there that deletes all files in a folder that are older than x minutes?
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Ubuntu ping/search not working
I'm new to Ubuntu Server 14.04, and I'm trying to ping Google to see if I can reach the outside world. I have searched, but I can't figure out the problem. I'm connecting via my wireless router, not a ...
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How to use apt-cache server in ubuntu 12.04?
I have tried this Apt-cache server on ubuntu 10.10, and it worked.
But, now i'm using ubuntu 12.04 and all tutorial inside that page not working for me :
Ign http://136.198.117.4 precise/main ...
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With Windows 7 Ultimate installed first on a single partition, what's the safest and best way to now dual boot Ubuntu 10.04 Server?
Title says it all. I've got Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit) installed on my machine, with one hard drive and nothing but the default partition. What is the safest way to now install Ubuntu Server 10.04 so ...
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Virtualising Ubuntu Server Edition
I want to run Ubuntu Server Edition just at home, however to avoid having to reinstall it in the future when i upgrade hardware, I was thinking of virtualizing it first.
Are there any minimalistic ...
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Reallocate space using parted (no gui )
I'm running a Ubuntu server 14.04.3 LTS.
The partitioning has been created automatically and now I have a problem with root directory space. There is a raid /dev/md3 with almost 2 TB free and a /dev/...
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How can I connect a computer to a network through a windows 7 computer?
I have a linux/ubuntu server that is rather loud is inconvenient to place near enough to my home network router to connect it via ethernet. It sadly has no wireless features. I also have a windows 7 ...
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Permission Denied errors as root in Koding VM (ubuntu 13.04)
I'm trying to debug why certain things aren't working in my koding VM, and first I'm trying to debug why I'm getting permission denied errors.
I'm fairly experienced with ubuntu, having it installed ...
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I think my ISP is blocking acsess to my server outside my network [closed]
My friend gave me a nice desktop computer. I decided to install Ubuntu server and use it as a server. I have a ssh server, web server,minecraft server, and sometimes a team speak server running on it. ...
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Installing Ubuntu Server on a laptop
I want to use Ubuntu Server for learning purposes. Of course I won't buy a server for that so I wonder if I can install it on a laptop and then connect to it through local network or ssh. Is that ...
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Extending or Merging root partition remotely
I am currently working remotely on a Ubuntu Server, 14.04 LTS.
This is the result of df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/md2 20G 20G 0 100% /
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Ubuntu server does not connect to the internet anymore
I switched off my Ubuntu Server, but, when I started it, it didn't connect to the Internet. It is connected to the router via Ethernet. What can I do?
The result of ipaddr is:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,...
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Accidentally deleted all kernel files from /boot
I have a virtual machine (VM) running Ubuntu Server 14.04. I access the VM remotely using putty. Recently I came into a problem when /boot was 100% full.
I came across numerous articles which ...
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Virtual Box Bridged network w/ Static IP Win7 host Ubuntu Guest
Last year, I had no trouble with doing the following:
Create virtual machine
Set network adapter to bridged adapter
Set static IP
Guest connects to Internet, host connects to guest @ 192.168.1.xxx
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Customizing Ubuntu Server Startup Message
I have an Ubuntu server (15.04) that I am using for testing in a group. Is there a way I can customize the startup message (probably not the correct terminology) to include the IP address.
So rather ...
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Snort Failing to start on Ubuntu 9.04
EDIT: Hey! To anyone stumbling across this question who followed this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SnortIDS
It's too old and WILL NOT work! Find a different one!
I'm trying to get Snort ...
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SSH Tunnel doesn't work
I use following command to make a ssh tunnel to my ubuntu server:
ssh -fNg -L 8888:127.0.0.1:22 -p 1000 username@server-address -v
Then I set OSX http and https proxy to 127.0.0.1:8888
And I got ...
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Exporting list of users and passwords securely in ubuntu server?
I have a project in which I'm creating users with random passwords for a class of students, and I want to give this list to the teacher so he can distribute the user:pass to each student. What is the ...
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How can my home server accept and reply to connections from the Internet when OpenVPN client is running?
I have a headless home server running Ubuntu Server 12.04. A 3rd party website (to which I'm subscribed) periodically sends commands to a daemon on my home server which in turn responds to the 3rd ...
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cannot ping domain name, ping IP's work
but if I ping IP of domain name it's works
this my /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 8.8.8.8
ping google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
ping 8.8.8.8
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=30.6 ...
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Is it a good idea to remove Firefox, when it also removes "gnome-core"?
I thought I should remove Firefox since I don't use it, but if I run apt-get purge firefox it says that it will remove gnome-core which seems like it could be needed by other apps on my VNC server.
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What kind of server can be accessed at \\SERVERNAME in Windows
I want to have Ubuntu running a server that I can access from my Windows machine using \SERVERNAME\LOCATION. What kind of server do I need?
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Formatted PC wont boot from CD
I cleaned the HDD of an old PC with Hiren Boot CD to make a DIY server and it worked fine. I now have very clean hard drive. The problem is when I tried to put an iso of ubuntu server onto the machine ...
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Web browsers removing slash in URL
I have a URL (http://www.example.com/). Whenever me, a user, or a bot(search indexers) enter (http://www.example.com/Folder) the domain automatically redirects to (http://www.example.comFolder). All ...
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Unicode Characters in Ubuntu Server
I recently migrated from Ubuntu Desktop 13.04 to Ubuntu Server 13.10 and now my filesystem doesn't seem to support unicode characters. I use rsync to backup/sync files and it shows the proper ...
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how to boot into ubuntu/server that's in the same disk as windows 8
so I got windows 8.1 installed and then I installed ubuntu 14.04.1, rebooted and it still boots into windows 8.1.
how to boot into ubuntu not windows and how to make it happen by default
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How many VM's I can create and share CPU cores on 24 core CPU?
I have a server that has 2 (CPU) - 24 cores. Is there a limit how many VM's I can create and assign CPU's?
Ex: Is there a limit that, I can only create 6 VM's that have 4 CPUs each? or 12 VM's with 2 ...
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Is it possible to install Ubuntu Server 10.04 *from* a USB drive?
I've tried the Universal USB Installer from PenDrive, and put 10.04 Ubuntu Server on it. But when I boot up and try to install, it looks for a Ubuntu CD ROM, which I do not have.
I thought the whole ...
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How to make folder always writeable by apache?
I want to make a folder always writeable by PHP.
I changed the folder permission temprorarly to 777, but the content of the folder is uploaded by a ftp user, so every time I rerun the script I get ...
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connect to Windows share from Ubuntu Server using reverse ssh tunnel
I'm missing a piece of this puzzle so I hope someone can help me.
The SETUP: My computer with Windows O/S is behind a NAT/Firewall at work and I can not open any ports to forward. At home I have a ...
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How to make a new disk usable on Ubuntu Linux?
I've set up a remote ubuntu server back in the day on a 5GB drive from the 100GB that my host provided just to test. Time flew by and turns out that I'm still using the test environment and now I need ...
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Transfer files from Ubuntu Server to Windows
I have a webpage in a Ubuntu Server, and I use ssh to connect to it. Now I'm looking for a solution to transfer files (indeed, to transfer the backups generated there automatically) to my Windows ...
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How to recover admin password web2py
I have a web2py instance that is deployed, but I can't figure out what the admin password was. Is there a way to recover the admin password in web2py?
I tried to remove parameters.py file, but now it ...
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Ubuntu server - Access denied UNTIL login with root user
I have a machine running Ubuntu Server 12.04.2.
I have a folder /home/shared_folder
This folder is shared in samba.
When i try to access the folder in windows, it does not show the folder's content, ...
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How do I know whether to reboot after upgrading packages in Ubuntu?
I have a PC running Ubuntu server.
Sometimes when I ssh into it, I get a message that some packages need upgrading.
I upgrade the software by running (as root)
aptitude update && aptitude ...
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Copying folder from one Unix server to another, updating owners IDs
I'm using the method described here to copy a directory from one Unix server to another (both Ubuntu 14.04):
rsync -aruv localfolder/ user@server:destination/
I need to keep the same owners and ...
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How do I copy data from a Ubuntu server using terminal by telnet?
I have one folder to copy that consists of PHP and similar files for creating a web site.
How do I copy one folder from the server (Linux Ubuntu) to the client PC (Linux Ubuntu) using terminal? Could ...
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Set up Ubuntu server as router
I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server on a old desktop PC with a dual port network card I would like to use as router for my home network. How do I have to set up the interfaces so that the ...
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Debian 7 vs Ubuntu Server 14.04 for 32-bit VM "network nodes"
I plan to make a number of small VM's (virtualbox) that will serve as networking nodes for various VPS servers, local appliances, private domain servers (AD), and various other web services provided ...
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Disable Frequency Scaling “ondemand” daemon on Ubuntu 10.04
I noticed today that a process "ondemand" was running on my Ubuntu Server that I recently upgraded (following the recommended process) from 9.10 to 10.04. Why on earth would they install this by ...
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How to create a local server to compile and run programs in C, Java,..etc [closed]
How can I create a local server on my Ubuntu laptop which is able to compile and run C, Java,
Ruby, Python, etc code?
And I want to use that service from my tablet through WiFi.
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How to fake having a CMOS battery for RTC
I have an embedded computer running Ubuntu Server 14.04 that has no CMOS battery (temporary, I hope) so it always boots to December 31, 2008 ... Currently I'm developing an application that depends on ...
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Ubuntu server - How to make a domain point to it
I have a domain registered on Namecheap that I've used long ago, but my question is, how do I make that domain point to my ubuntu server, running on an old laptop at my house?
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Having difficulties getting my vhosts to work properly
I have my URL (example.com:8010) pointing to my server, which works and goes to the /var/www directory properly. I created another vhost file to go to the test directory but when I type the URL for ...
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Something's up with my PPTP+SMB setup
Yesterday I could connect to my PPTP VPN and access a SMB server on it perfectly well. Today it is throwing up a bucketload of problems. The VPN is now stopping internet traffic, even though it's set ...
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Samba permission denied
Once again samba has completely confused me. I need a share which is accessible (r/w) to only authenticated users. Everyone needs to be able to modify others' files, so I'd prefer to use groups for ...
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Configuring a samba share
Ubuntu server 14.04
My head is full of networking stuff right now and I just can't get my head around samba. I need a share that allows read and write access to authenticated users only, with no home ...
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how to get zabbix item values in two different time for trigger?
In zabbix for monitoring my some database parameters, I need to create a trigger for checking an item value in every 15 minute and run if the last retrieve value is increase or decrease from now ...
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Add multiple @groups to valid users
In smb.conf I have the line
valid users = @Staff @Directors
Is this a valid syntax to add two groups to the valid users line? It does not seem to work right on our xp pro clients.
If not which of ...
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openvpn with ubuntu server 12.04
ERROR: Linux route delete command failed: could not execute external program
When command: sudo openvpn server.conf
Would anyone have a solution to this problem?
My server.conf folder:
serveur TCP/...
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