Questions tagged [linux-server]
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Error when enabling Cockpit Project on Debian 12 Bookworm
I installed cockpit and saw the status not active and not enabled. First I started the service. It was successful. I was able to access the web-console. But when I try to enable for startup on boot. I ...
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I want to add a feature on my server [duplicate]
I want to modify the server configuration so that it saves wrong passwords that I tried to login to via SSH
Note that the server is Linux
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Connecting My homelab servers to my main network
I am working on my homelab setup to get a better understanding of networking, and routing in general.
Condensed Overview of my Network:
Router IP 10.0.0.1/16 Netgear Nighthawk
My PC 10.0.0.2/16
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Issues with storage upgrading RHEL 7 to RHEL8
I am attempting to upgrade RHEL7 to RHEL8 using LEAPP. I have corrected all errors the preupgrade scan flagged. The last error I am receiving is that there is not enough space
Disk Requirements: At ...
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How to view or record user's active time in Linux server
I'm a server admin for a university, and we have 4 CentOS servers that students can use for their projects in various classes. The CS professors have asked me to come up with a way to track a user's ...
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Minecraft server RAM allocation not working as expected
I am hosting via Strato V server a modded Minecraft server 1.12.2. I allocated about 8 to 10 GB to JVM but when I check with htop it says that only about 4.2 GB RAM are used for the whole system.
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SSHd of Linux Server keeps on getting failed and recovered every few hours
I am using Digital Ocean's Droplet Linux server, with Cpanel. It was all ok but now we are receiving continuous mails every 2 hours from Cpanel with title, "[Hostname] FAILED ⛔: sshd (Server IP ...
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How to scroll much further back in Linux Server running Bash
I am running Bash on the default terminal of a Debian Server (no GUI). I use Shift + Fn + Up key combination to scroll back but cannot view past a certain point. How do I achieve extended (or ...
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How to set fan profiles in a Gigabyte G291 server?
I have a server (Gigabyte G291-281), and I'd like to change the fan profile to make the fans work in a constant speed instead of throttling back and forth between low and high speeds.
When I access ...
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How can I fix this cPanel Issue?
Anytime I visit my website, I see: "Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '/var/lib/sec/prepend.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php73/pear') in Unknown on line 0"
I use a dedicated server. ...
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Should i go for a Server or Desktop for file sharing
So i live in Tanzania where internet is very expensive at low speeds.
i.e. My current plan is 5Mbps for $60 per month.
I have 4 heavy users who mostly download torrents and large files.
My ...
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How to configure openVPN server and client same host (Ubuntu 19.04)?
I am trying to configure an openvpn client and server to run simultaneously on the same host.
My issue is that once the host is connected to the paid VPN service the external ip of the host changes ...
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How to start auto Kibana after system boot (Linux)
So we are hosting our development environment on our internal LAN network. However, we keep facing an issue of restarting kibana every few minutes. Also if there is a way that I can schedule it to ...
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Building a personal linux server for small enterprise purpose [closed]
I'd like to open my own agency and offer map (GIS) services to potential customers. I am thinking about the best way to host and serve such data/services.
Right now, what I can think of is:
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SMTP-EXIM Help- Only sending single mail at a time
I would like to understand what could be the problem as to why I am unable to send mail to more that one recipient at a time. My mail server uses exim and I have the following configuration
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Linux Server with DynDNS - Can only access in same network, not via web
I want to make my Linux server accessible via Internet. I can access the Server from network via FTP (WinSCP), can connect the running MySQL Database on Port 3306 and can access the running REST-...
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Install Ubuntu Server 17 on Ryzen
I got a Asus Prime B350 Plus motherboard an Ryzen 5 1400 processor, 16 Gb RAM (2400). I can start the installation and go all the way to the partitioner and when it starts to install the installation ...
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Virtual Server with no Snappoint function: How do I make a full-backup of the running system?
So I'm currently experimenting with a couple of uni servers. All of them have no option of creating snappoints in the vSphere Client. So I'm left to search for a backup solution in case the ...
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How to run multi core using jupyter in ubuntu server?
I have a ubuntu server. it is have a dual xeon E5-2620V4(32 core). The problem is that when running code in "Jupyter notebook", only one of the 32 cores works. So the execution time is very long.
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root last chance to save server (sudoers file broken)
I know it's quite dumb to edit the /etc/sudoers file with nano and not visudo, but I did it and got an Syntax error :( .
I have the root password and tried to login, but the root user is set to bin/...
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How to use VMware Workstation 12 Player as virtual host
I was trying to set up a virtual linux server (ubuntu) on a windows host using VMWare Workstation 12 Player. The point is to be able to access the server from my browser on windows. The tutorial I am ...
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sendmail dead but subsys locked
An Oracle 6.8 server cannot send mail. The service status is like this:
[root@myserver]# service sendmail status
sendmail dead but subsys locked
sm-client (pid 349376) is running...
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Failed to stop mysql-server.service: Unit mysql-server.service not loaded
I'm getting a weird error when trying to stop mysql-server with the service command:
$ sudo service mysql-server stop
Failed to stop mysql-server.service: Unit mysql-server.service not loaded.
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Linux alternative to windows domain, Linux server & Linux workstation
I'm looking for a way to manage Linux workstations in the same way that a windows domain manages windows clients,
Just to be clear, I'm not looking for a windows domain server replacement,
I'm want a ...
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How to prevent Continuous ACK packets to my server
I found my server got continuous ACK packets from different sites, never stop, like below(I used tcpdump to capture)
the remote sites use https.
contains akamai, amazon..etc, which should be legit.
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Understanding everything about SSH keys
consider me as noob, but I've 0 idea about ssh keys, I know ssh is very secure, one thing I know, that you don't need to remember password when you like to access your remote server, now i've 3 remote ...
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Next step up from raspberry pi? [closed]
I'm looking for a home server in a mini-desktop form factor. I was looking at raspberry pi but it's too slow. I've been eyeing the mac-mini but it's too expensive. As far as linux based OSs any other ...
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Astonia Linux game server is unreasonably slow
I just set up an old MMO from 2002 or so (Astonia) on a 32-bit clean install of Ubuntu, as it was just brought to my attention that the game in open source and I figured, why not? When the server is ...
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Making copy of one server to another
I have three identical hardware machine. I want to install and configure the centos server on all machines. I need to have exactly the same configuration.
Do I need a hypervisor to create a replica ...
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How can I easily find a line of text which is on my website on the code in my server?
There is a line of text on my website which I would like to edit. Is there an easy way for me find/locate the folder and or sub folder where that line of text is located in the code on my server so I ...
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Change directory permission from 000 to 0755
I’ve set 000 permission to my server’s directory. Now I’m not able to perform any operation on this directory.
I tried to change permission to 0755 using filezilla but I’m getting Access Denied error....
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Mapping ports to resources
I have a Linux virtual server hosted on DigitalOcean, on which I run Glassfish with some web services located at my_ip:5757/services/. The admin console is at my_ip:4848/. I also run a database client ...
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Linux Network UPS Tools Setup
Power failures have been wrecking my server, so I recently plugged it into a USB UPS.
The problem is that the power failures last longer than the UPS battery can handle so I need the server to ...
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Authenticate User's Unix Credentials via Web Browser
Can anyone give me tips on how to authenticate a user's Unix credentials through the browser?
I am basically giving access to some file viewing and I want to make sure the users are authenticated but ...
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If I work on my own web server,nobody can track me,right? [closed]
I would like to make my own home web server with a Linux-based server operating system,I'm not sure what operating system I should choose,but I will see... After I make it,I will be able to do ...
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Backup a server using Ansible?
Ansible seems to be a pretty efficient automation tool to deploy and to update applications on servers.
Is it possible to use it to backup a (Linux) server as well? Is it a good practice to do so?
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ubuntu server static IP and network connection problems
I have a Motorola SURFboard SBG901 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway (SBG901), (note this product is a router and modem). I have a cable line coming from Time Warner plugged into this product. I then ...
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OpenSuse 11.4 hard free space decreases to zero without any running program
I have a one-user linux OpenSuse 11.4 on my HP proliant server and I always connect to it with TightVCN. The server settings are:
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (...
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Is it possible to run SVN Edge, LAMP and Samba on one server machine?
I'm looking into building a simple home server for myself. I don't really know a lot about servers but what I'm looking to do is:
Have a SVN Edge server to store my development projects (I know I can ...
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uploading music automatically with Google Music on a Linux server [duplicate]
So I've seen questions like this one looking for help uploading music with Google Music on Linux, but none really seem to confront the notion of solely using the command line. I've downloaded the ...
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How to upgrade RAM in live running ubuntu server?
I want to know how can I upgrade RAM of my live running physical server.
I had ubuntu operating system on my physical server, now I wanted to upgrade it to 8GB.
How can It possible ?
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Bridging a Modem with a Static IP from an ISP
I have setup a headless linux server running: 22, 80, 1194 (udp) and it's also running a DHCP server and does all of the ip assigning.
Starting off, I was simply trying to port forward all incoming ...
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File is taking up a lot of space on server
I have this file on my Ubuntu server, and it is 12GB in file size. I don't know what that file is, and would like to know, would be safe to to delete or truncate the file?
Here is the file
/var/log/...
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NFS only gives user read access
I had NFS set up such that my RasberryPi had its Documents/ folder stored on my main Ubuntu system and it worked fine. I then made it such that the entire /home/raspi1 folder (note, not /home/ itself) ...
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Will two different hdd spin rates cause problems in a linux server?
I have a 1U Linux fileserver that can support two SATA hdds and I am planning on buying a 4TB 5900 RPM hdd. I also have a spare 2 TB 7200 RPM hdd. I don't plan on doing any raids.
Will there be ...
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Kernel panic trying to install Debian Linux on Dell computer
When I try to install Debian Linux (newest stable as of 6.2.2013, x64) on a Dell OptiPlex 740 I keep getting this error message right after I choose "Install" from the main menu (the hdd is empty):
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Autostart for ubuntu server
Here is the first part of my question. Splitted it because of rule "One topic - one question". My third and main question is about configuring autostart for webserver and database. init.d scripts ...
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User management for linux server
Here is the first part of my question.
Should I set up two user accounts; one for the database and another for the web server? Or is it better to have one root user for all purposes?
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Where should I install binaries that don't come as .deb?
I'm going to run EC2 instance for dev purposes on AWS. Most likely Ubuntu (once had it on my laptop). I am Java developer, so I need JDK, Tomcat, Maven, Git and MongoDB on the server. But software in ...
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What DNS is my Powerdns recursor using?
I just setup a powerdns recursor under a clean Ubuntu 12.04 server. I didn't notice any difference in query times (using dig) so I looked at my /etc/resolv.conf file. I left nameserver=127.0.0.1 but ...
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