Best tool for logging all user shell activity and storing logs on a...
Audit trails are starting to become a major concern for my company. Is there a tool to centrally log all user shell activity across multiple servers? This was something FreeIPA should have covered, but...
View Articlemigrate upstart to systemd?
Is there a quick guide to migrating an upstart .conf file to systemd? I just upgraded a server from ubuntu 14.10 to 15, and now my upstart scripts aren't running. submitted by renaissancenow [link][1...
View ArticleHow do you do access control over systemd journal?
I was talking to some other admins about systemd. They are still skeptical and asked a really good question, "How do you do access control over systemd journal?"I couldn't find any answers on the arch...
View ArticleRewrite rule for subdirectories
I tried this on /r/apache but it's a ghost town over there. Figure I'd try here:I have a tomcat application with apache in front of it with proxypass. The application lives at...
View ArticleA brand new approach for network security, based on self-signed clients SSL...
EMCSSL: Blockchain application for network securityThis security system is high scalable, and provides complete 3-in-1 functionality:1 - verify server identity2 - verify client identity3 - establish...
View ArticleFew questions regarding puppet.
Hey folks. I am learning puppet on my own and so far it has been great. But I am having some issues due to lack of experience with puppet.The following questions may seem specific but they are part of...
View ArticleGetting website that uses .asp to run on apache
I am migrating a Windows 2000 server machine that hosts a website which happens to include some .asp files to Debian 8 Jessie. I have Debian 8 in a VM and a copy of the site for testing. I have...
View ArticleWhat do you think is the best filesystem format for LXC disk images?
Right now I am torn on what format to deploy my LXC disk images. Right now I think both ext4 and btrfs are good options. ext4 is more tested, but btrfs sparse images are smaller then ext4 sparse images...
View ArticleFirewalld or iptables for CentOS 7?
What is preferred for a sever, firewalld or iptables? Should I just go and use firewalld as thats what seems to becoming the standard and iptables may get dropped? submitted by altiris28048 [link][17...
View Articlewireless keyboards and mice?
I'd like to hear which wireless keyboards those of you who run linux on the desktop use?I don't want something that gets cranky if it expects some sort of windows driver submitted by crankysysadmin...
View Articlersnapshot is not creating hard links
Hey guys, running rsnapshot on CentOS 6 (I believe from the EPEL repo). Anyway, rsnapshot is working fine and doing backups as it should...however I just noticed that I do not see any hardlinks for...
View Articletmux-cluster - a clusterssh-like tmux wrapper that supports clusterssh configs
Hey folks,I wrote a tmux wrapper called tmux-cluster that aims to be fully compatible with clusterssh config files.https://github.com/davidscholberg/tmux-clusterFor those not familiar with clusterssh,...
View ArticleWhat should I use for proxying multiple domain names through the same IP?
I've done this before with Apache and VirtualHosts but I'm leaning towards trying something new. Right now I'm just testing this on my home network, but I'll likely be involved in implementing one at...
View ArticleWhat can I do with two servers 2 become an Admin.
I have 2 servers I am coloing for free from work. I am looking for answers like this http://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin/comments/2s924h/how_did_you_get_your_start/cnnw1ma .Thanks in advance. submitted...
View ArticleElasticSearch snapshot / curl issue
Hey everyone,I'm currently having an issue getting backups for ElasticSearch working correctly via their snapshotting system. Per their instructions, a snapshot repository has to be configured first,...
View ArticleFew questions about Puppet, Part II
Hello folks.Few days ago, you guys helped me out with some questions regarding Puppet. I came up with few more questions regarding how you implement it.Is puppet used to install from source? It appears...
View ArticleNFS not mounting files within the exported directory
Hey guys, I've been a lurker here for awhile. I'm hoping you can help me out with an issue I'm having with NFS directory.I have a cluster that I'm working with that requires multiple external drives to...
View ArticleAutomatic authentication over SSH stopped working. Not sure where to look.
Somehow, our linux machines were set up to where logging in through puTTy, for instance, was automatic. The Linux machines use NIS. And they, again, somehow must have been authenticating against our...
View ArticleConverting application server from OVF to a manual installation script
I am trying to take an existing OVF provided by a vendor and manually migrate it into a VM in Digital Ocean. Digital Ocean does not support creating a droplet (VM) from an OVF, and the software vendor...
View ArticleQuestion... single sign on (SSO)
What's The Best Way to integrate the Linux-RHEL 5/6/7 authentication with Microsoft Active Directory? submitted by kbecois [link][3 comments]
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