No automated/unattended installer, what are my options?
The vendor has fairly long (6-12mo) release cycles and isn't interested in modifying the installer or explaining the whole process. How can I capture all the moving parts and installed bits (in...
View ArticleAm I setting myself up for failure?
Hey guys,I've been doing more and more linux administration in my current position and have really been enjoying learning about RHEL systems and how they work. My work is willing to pay for some...
View Article[TOMT] Rack Drawing program that allows "drawing via CLI" (I swear it was...
Back at a previous job we had a trial of a product I swear was called "Blueprints". It was essentially a visio type program except it was able to be controlled 100% via commandline (I actually don't...
View ArticleHelp with WOL on EeeBox and CentOS
Hello,I have an Asus EB1033 http://www.asus.com/us/EeeBox_PCs/EeeBox_PC_EB1033/ that I am trying to power up via Lan. Currently when I send the magic packet the pc turns on but it just sits there. No...
View ArticleInstall Minicom within Cygwin
I've put together a quick guide on how to install Minicom within Cygwin. I use this to connect to the serial port of my PC to configure Cisco devices at work.Minicom on Cygwin submitted by cookaymus...
View ArticleCluster Authentication Question
I'm following this guide to setup an Ubuntu MPICH2 Cluster (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MpichCluster). Under section 5 (5. Defining a user for running MPI programs) the guide says "We define a...
View Article[Question] x2go : Ubutnu server Ubuntu client
First, I'm not familiar with networking science and this question might sound stupid.I tried to set up remote desktop via x2go. Somehow I managed to clicked through to get connection in my local...
View ArticleSharepoint alternatives on linux / open-source world?
Hello fellow *Nixers!I work as a Linux Sysadmin (or something kind of a devops) and I got the most interesting assignment to me.They want me to setup a sharepoint cluster... dont ask me why. But since...
View ArticleHow to encrypt files/dirs for use with services?
I'd like to use Salt to distribute SSL certs to web servers. What's a good way to have on disk encryption of those /srv/* files such that the salt-master service can read them [without|with little]...
View ArticleSwap space log?
Hey guys,I've been doing a little google on this one but haven't come up with much of a solution so thought I'd post here to see if any of you know. I do support for an app which sends out an alert...
View ArticleMySQL replication silently failing
We're using standard MySQL as supplied in the RHEL 6 repos. Every so often on an unstable link (the VPN to our office from the DC) i've noticed that although MySQL thinks replication is fine, it's just...
View ArticleMaking Cloud Linux work with Tomcat?
I am trying to install cloud linux and Cagefs on a server already running tomcat. When I attempt to access some of the websites, after the install, I receive just a blank page. Surprisingly I am not...
View ArticleGood intro, migration guide or tutorial on systemd?
So Debian Jessie was released and with it comes systemd. I still haven't upgraded my production systems because I haven't found a good migration guide focused on migrating from sysvinit to...
View ArticleWoe to those that enter into Postfix and Dovecot
So I've been a full-time linux admin for about 3 months now. While I am still fairly new, I would like to think that I have a knack for the work and pick up new concepts easily. I even have my RHCE....
View ArticleChkrootkit results warning
Hi guys, I am kind of new to the Linux realm and I was wondering if you all could help me.I ran a chkrootkit on one of my Ubuntu servers and I got the following for suspicious files.Searching for...
View Articleoptions to sync files
I have two rhel 7 machines, each in a different data center connected by 10G ethernet.I need to keep a folder in sync. Right now we have a cron job that does an rsync hourly. I'd like to do something...
View ArticleWhat's your preferred rescue/maintenance/live distro?
Used to a huge fan of TRK and PartedMagic, but both seem outdated (well, partedmagic is now commercial)SysRescueCD is on my radar. Maybe I can just roll my own basic Arch install on a USB stick, but if...
View ArticleUsing named as caching name server
In our production environment we have the named configuration below mainly for "caching" responses. Is this the right way to be doing things? To me it seems like this configuration would really only...
View ArticleNFSv4 shares not showing as larger after expansion on client (they do show as...
I have an NFS server where I expanded the size of one of the shares. The share shows as larger on the server, but on clients it still shows the old size. I have restarted nfs-kernel-service on the...
View ArticleBenefits of config mgmt over cloned VHDs ?
Hey guys,I've been thinking about this one for a little while and wanted to get your opinion on it. This all goes back to the product I support and some of the devs asking me about whats that I knew of...
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