Software that logs hardware
I am looking for software that logs the hardware of the box it is ran on, any ideas? My Google-fu has failed me on this. I am aware of dmesg and other command line utilities, but I am hoping for...
View ArticlePossible to setup own proxy server that hides IP?
Is it possible to setup a proxy server (squid proxy?) that masks/gives you a random IP instead of your normal one? Well this help from keeping tracking services like advertisements from knowing who you...
View ArticleThe usefulness of knowing the OSI model
I've been reading up on Linux Admin interview questions and also studying for a certification exam. I don't have much practical experience with the OSI model, and the admins that I interact with never...
View Articletrying to write a simple bash_profile function for cp to auto append a...
we basically have a nasty issue with various backup files being created of random stuff and left there.. I want to implement a standardized naming convention, and have a cron task go through some...
View ArticleCentOS 7 server freezing everyday
Hello! So I have this problem: I have a cloudserver running on RunAbove platform (Public cloud; KVM OpenStack). Everything is fine, load is very low, RAM usage is good, CPU usage few percents. But for...
View ArticleNIS or OpenLDAP for small lab?
I have a small lab of about 25 machines that I have been running various flavors of Linux over the years (currently CentOS 6). I have been using NIS/NFS for quite a while, but am considering moving...
View ArticleMozilla Thunderbird addon for Microsoft Exchange Servers - Exquilla - Help...
The company I work for uses a Microsoft Exchange email that utilizes the Microsoft Exchange Server. I run Linux, of course, so I installed the Exquilla addon so that I can access my e-mail from home. I...
View ArticleList all manual started processes
Hello,I've been asked to make an inventory of all running processes which are not automatically started at boot time.Is there a way to easily do this. I can probably script it using ps and chkconfig...
View ArticleNeed help installing linux server for games
So I'm following this guide. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=260569220 And I'm at stage 11, specificially this code cd ~/steamcmd;~/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +login anonymous...
View ArticlePhotogallery for Linux server...
Hi Guys,I have a whole bunch of pictures, I have dumped off my phone, and onto my computer. I have a centos server running and want to dump the pictures onto there.Is there a imagur 'alternative' for...
View ArticleVmware Player Centos Static IP Issues
I am attempting to build a web server from a Centos VM in Vmware Player. The issue I am coming across is that when I create the with NAT, I can get internet with DHCP set up, but the VMnet8 IP...
View ArticleLooking to draw from your at the job experience. Some of the puppet modules...
Hello folks.I am posting this here not because I need to learn something about syntax or how puppet works. This is a question that looks to draw from your experience.I was going through the premade...
View ArticleHow to secure a script that has to contain user name and password for...
I have some python and bash scripts that I have to run against our Satellite server to perform various automated tasks. I don't like the fact that these scripts have to contain a user name and password...
View Articlehow to survive sudden increase of traffic?
Hi, I have a simple web application with a database and I was wondering how can I survive a sudden increase of traffic? Like the slashdot effect, not a DDoS attack. What can I do when it is happening?...
View ArticleScript runs commands in reverse?
Hey guys, I'm working on a small script on Ubuntu but for some reason it is running some commands backwards which I think may be screwing some stuff up.Here is a snippet: TMPDIR="`mktemp -d...
View Articlerc.local blues. Why won't my tiny script run? I feel like that obvious thing...
Permissions on rc.local itself are ok.ls -al /etc/rc.local -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 331 Jun 15 01:50 /etc/rc.localThis is the script, to run vncserver after boot - it obviously works fine when ran by...
View ArticleCOS6 Postfix/Dovecot - Getting authentication not enabled
EDIT: FIXED FORMATTING(I have posted this to the centos forums as well)Ive read postfix and dovecot documentation all over, I have re-read the ones i used as guides to set this up, I have tried as much...
View ArticleExplain your environment
I'm looking to get a better understanding of the Linux environment as far as structure is concerned. Do you have a team? How many? Do you have a couple of Nix guys, a couple of Windows guys, some...
View ArticleIs Aspera FASP BS?
So my boss looked at an ad from IBM for Aspera's FASP protocol in which they claim to enhance large file transfer speeds by magnitudes of 1000x. Sounds like bullshit, honestly, but I guess I want to...
View ArticleSpecify MX record/subdomain in Postfix?
Been troubleshooting some stuff regarding postfix and it occured to me...how does Postfix know to use the MX record/domain for the SMTP server? For example, say my FQDN is server1.domains.com and I...
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