How to get on the right path?
Hi,I have recently started exploring this great OS and purchased the book "The Linux command line by William E Shots".I am devoting around 3 hours of my day-time for this book and I think I am gonna...
View Articleneed help with RSYNC
I run a few rsync commands to run backups. However I find myself having to remote into my server to remove the old directories once it gets full. Can RSYNC remove the files after it copies them? I use...
View ArticleIs this setup of SSH insecure? Centos 7 fully updated.
Hello folks.So I went to create SSH password less access by having on the remote host the contents of id_rsa.pub copied on a remote host under $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys. Also made the appropriate...
View ArticleIs anyone else annoyed by the new ethernet interface naming scheme?
I work for a hosting company. We're 95% managed boxes running debian wheezy or debian squeeze, and a few customers have unmanaged boxes running whatever distribution they want. We have several thousand...
View ArticleO’Reilly launches Learning Path Video Training for Linux Sysadmin Basics
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View ArticleApache shutdown logs not appearing when using syslog?
Hello, I currently have Apache sending logs to rsyslog, which then sends the logs both to a local file and to a central syslog server. I've noticed that when using ErrorLog "|/usr/bin/logger -t httpd...
View ArticleWill I be able to learn system administration on this machine ?
As the title suggests I want to educate myself and start learning about linux system administration. I got myself an old machine and I want to put CentOS on it. The specs are next:Fujitsu Siemens...
View ArticleEncryption installed, reboots hang saying device is busy...
Recently, my company started working on encrypting the databases on our database servers. Ever since, the servers that used to take less than 5 minutes for a full reboot now take upwards of an hour. It...
View ArticleWhat's everyone working on today?
I don't have any specific problems to ask about, so let's just discuss what we're doing!I'm working on a storage migration that we're finally implementing tomorrow (moving from a netapp n6210 appliance...
View ArticleRHEL Bonded Interface Flapping
I have a RHEL6 machine with two interfaces in an active-bakup bond. I've used this setup before and never had an issue. Both interfaces on different switches but the same vlan. The interface configs...
View ArticleNew to Samba, need to set up a file server, encountering strange problems....
I'm new to Samba, and I have Samba 4 on Centos 7. I'm attempting to set up a file server. My Smb.conf file looks like this:[public] comment = Public Stuff Test valid user = thetestuser path =...
View Articlecluster problems - failed service
Recently one of services in RHCS (centos 5) without failover domain wont start (It can only run on one node). Clusvcadm cannot start it. It goes directly to failed state. I cannot enable it, so stays...
View ArticleRecommendation for distributed file system
Hi all,I’m a sysadmin in a Theoretical Physics Institute with ~70 workstations. They’re all running Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04 and we have a queuing system for numerical calculations. Currently we export...
View ArticleProfessor Messer's Linux Training Videos (also on the site: CompTIA A+,...
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View Articleshutting down another system remotely
so I know I can use a shutdown command to turn off my own workstation / server very simplysudo shutdown -h 1 kneel before Zod! I don't see any manner in the man page to dictate a remote workstation and...
View ArticleStill New to Samba 4 - Need to set up File Server - LDAP authentication
Thanks everyone who offered advise yesterday.I'm running Samba 4 on Centos 7. The long term plan is to turn this into a file server. It will need to authenticate via LDAP. Specially, a MAC ldap.I've...
View ArticleCatch users tampering with your files red-handed with a few lines of Bash...
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View ArticleAny Xymon admins here?
Just as the title says, want to see if there are any xymon admins around? submitted by inversend [link][18 comments]
View ArticleStill New to Samba 4 - Need to set up File Server - LDAP authentication
Thanks everyone who offered advise yesterday.I'm running Samba 4 on Centos 7. The long term plan is to turn this into a file server. It will need to authenticate via LDAP. Specially, a MAC ldap.I've...
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