fail2ban apache filters/jails
I use fail2ban and have multiple filters for apache, some of them custom ones. Now I have problem. There is filter that blocks clients that do more than 500 http requests in 60 seconds. And I am aware...
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I posted this on /r/apache but no responseI recently took over managing our AWS account and we have a Beanstalk app. I've ran some security scans on our instance and there's a couple modifications to...
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When I add a new user I want to have them have not only the main directories they get by default but also a directory labelled "tickets" I'm looking in the /etc/skel and looked at both .bashrc and...
View ArticleShould I keep learning bash scripting or stop and study python instead ?
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View ArticleWhat resources are best for learning scripting?
Hey, everyone, I have an interview coming up which is for Desktop Support with a newer company. I'm told that their ideal candidate would be one that they could have become their Linux Admin in the...
View ArticleSamba share write but not read permissions
Hello,Does anyone know if it is possible with samba to have the user write a file to the share but can't write,read or modify the same file after submitting? The forced group should have write...
View ArticleEmail on Google Compute
Wordpress email works fine with Sendgrid or Mailgun plugin API.But what about system-wide email capability? Like admin email alerts etc. Interested in outbound only, not a full mail server. submitted...
View ArticleIntermittent Connection Error, need additional advice on where to look for...
Where can I find logs to figure out why a service couldn't connect to my server? I run Forms Processor Pro on a CentOS 5 server, and it keeps kicking up the following error randomly and intermittently...
View ArticleOpenLDAP course recommendations?
Does anyone have any recommendations on any online or in person openldap course? submitted by lipton_tea [link][1 comment]
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I have a script that checks a list of webpages for the http status. If a website has a status of 200 then that url is saved to another file. The script starts off great but then it stops for a minute...
View ArticlePrivileged Access Policies for sudo for linux environments
(First post, so I apologize in advance)Interested in examples of privileged access policies for linux hosts. Specifically sudo policies and processes for multiple linux environments with multiple user...
View Article[Academic Survey] Short survey on IT use in organisations for my final year...
Hi, I would be extremely grateful if some of you could fill out my survey on IT use in organisations for my final year uni project. It is open to all and takes less than 10 minutes. It has particular...
View ArticleWhat would you advice for provisioning VMWare and AWS
I am looking for a provisioning tool that can be used on a VMWare platform and also AWS. Preferred it should be able to manage DNS updates (like nsupdate) and DHCP (via omapi if possible, since this...
View Articlefreeipa ssh sso kerberos issue
Hellowe have freeipa server and few servers hosts (ipa clients). For some single sign on works for some not.example:i am on server1 loged as user@server1i want to switch to server2 so i just type ssh...
View ArticleI've created a 10 question survey on Configuration Management! Help me get...
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View ArticleLinux servers - options for encrypting data at rest
We have some customer requirements coming upon us that involve encrypting 'data at rest'. I'm beginning a datacenter update project to migrate servers up to Centos7 so now would be a good time to...
View ArticleHow do you make a custom bootable iso image?
I want to save configuration and deployment time of an environment I want to set for other people's machines that are not under my supervision. submitted by Oflameo [link][11 comments]
View ArticleLIbreNMS & Alerting
Posting here in the hope that someone can help.I've just installed LIbreNMS on a new Ubuntu host and am trying to get email alerting working.Documentation for alerting in LibreNMS is fairly scarce but...
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