[Help Request] How do I generate/provide DKIM/SPF Records for multiple...
Hello r/linuxadmin I originally posted in sysadmin but thought this might be a more accurate place to request help from gurus. I'm not sure if this should be posted here, r/dns or somewhere else, so...
View ArticleI'm almost positive I've been hacked. I have a few questions.
I'm trying to learn this stuff, so I set up a server and some services. I configured SSH to run on a non-standard port and disabled root login. I have a 20+ character password. I figured this would be...
View ArticleIs a virtual NAS/Webserver setup like this possible?
Here is how I want to setup my home server to use as a NAS and let me bring up/down webservers for developing on. One 300GB disk to use for running servers. A two 3TB disk mirror for file back up and...
View ArticleXen - Internet connectivity with aliased interfaces
Hello everyone, I'm fairly new to Xen, so I'm trying to teach myself as much as I can. Earlier, I was finally able to launch a working Windows7 32bit instance running as a domU! I am able to connect to...
View ArticleFTP server, web based frontend, user management, upload notification
Does anyone know if this exists? Basically, I need to build a FTP server. I would like to give employees in my company access to a web based front end where they can create user accounts, set private...
View ArticleSamba monitoring tool?
Do any of you know of a simple tool/script that will monitor the status of a samba share? I don't really care to know who is connected and what files are being downloaded, etc. I just want something...
View ArticleStop PuppyLinux version from saving at shutdown.
Hi all, I have made a kiosk mode flash drive from a version of PuppyLinux called BrowserLinux 501. This version has only firefox installed, which is the only thing I need for my kiosk mode flash drive....
View ArticleLVM as RAID
Hey. I am looking for a flexible way to store data on a large number of different sized drives. The most logical way to do this seems to be LVM. I would also like to keep the system redundant. Are...
View ArticleHelp using parted - am I about to do this right?
A client failed to contact me once one of their raid(5) drives failed. Last week, another drive failed. They had a tech come out and replace the failed drives. He loaded Ubuntu 8.04 and I gave him...
View ArticleBest software for local office DNS server.
Hello gang, I need to implement DNS for the small but rapidly growing office environment I find myself in. This is to replace the kludgy /etc/hosts system we've been subsisting on. I'm familiar with...
View ArticleSquid - File download fails
Hey r/linuxadmin I have an issue with Squid which I can't resolve for some time now. I have Squid 3.1.19 installed on Ubuntu 12.04 86_64 from packages. I have a transparent proxy without disk cache for...
View Articlesquid3 - other websites thinks I'm outside Europe.
So during the Olympics my national broadcaster has these free HD streaming channels on some webpage. (I'm norwegian - nrk.no) Now, when I route my LAN traffic through squid3, nrk.no thinks Im outside...
View ArticleIf I *don't* use Samba, what options do I have for sharing files with Windows?
(I just haven't had any luck with Samba. Yes, I know it's me and my knowledge limitations.) I need to build a file server to share with everything from XP to Win 7 Pro. What options do I have? I...
View ArticleSquid 2.7 - HTTPS not working
SQUID (default yum install squid on CentOS 5.8) root@host [/etc/squid]# squid -v Squid Cache: Version 2.6.STABLE21 configure options: '--build=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=i686-redhat-linux-gnu'...
View ArticleNew to Linux and NIS. I'm having an issue with connecting clients to the...
So I'm using Cent OS 5.6 as a server and another as a client (all in VMs) and I have been trying to implement NIS for days. My issue is that once I connect to the NIS server with the client, I su to a...
View ArticleWhat's the best way to restrict Dovecot imap users?
Salutations. I was hoping someone here could give me a bit of advice. I have a mail server that lets remote and internal users access mail via IMAP. I am looking for a way to restrict / block specific...
View Articleapt-get question: can someone (well, I) downgrade (successfully) by changing...
After 18 months of not upgrading I am going to rejoin the living with some sort of regular apt-get upgrade cycle. Debian 'testing'. Now, if all-things-X: xorg, xserver*, x11-common* etc turn out to be...
View ArticleWinbind/Samba/AD not getting users
I'm currently in the process of setting up winbind/samba and getting a few issues. I can test connectivity with wbinfo fine: [root@hostname ~]# wbinfo -u hostname username administrator guest krbtgt...
View ArticleAre you "Burnt Out"?
Seems the folks over at /r/sysadmin are feeling down the past few days. As linux admins, we're sysadmins too... but usually the linux monkeys don't deal with the same people as our Windows brethren....
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