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Canadian alternatives to Linode?

Hello everyone,Just wondering if anyone had a decent (and recent) experience with Canadian VPS providers? We're looking for non-managed, $10-20/month for a minimal footprint.I found this discussion,...

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Minor Version Updates for Linux Servers (x-post /r/sysadmin)

Hello everyone. I've got an interesting question. EDIT: New notes at the bottom.We basically run two monolithic servers (VPS's running cPanel/WHM), and each one of those is divided into sub-accounts...

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bs size when using DD

Hey,I need to do a lot of imaging of Server to external HD's so I can do audits on the files and log files.Since I don't want to install new software {some system are off the network} I can't use...

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The Scooter Computer

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Prep material for LFCS & LFCE ?

I am comfortable in installing and using Linux Systems via the GUI (mostly Ubuntu) but am still very much a beginner in using the command line to do anything. Hence any material to help me prepare for...

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A follow-up thread on the deficiencies of selinux- Why are we still being...

So I recently posted a submission here How widely is selinux actually used? which attracted far more comment and participation than I had expected. That thread and my edited post is now very long. I...

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What User do you choose to install a new application / service / server?

Can you / do you install, configure and run the service / application / server as root or do you create an extra user for it?im wondering because until now i always added a new user for a new server.....

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How could i learn more about linux

i've been using linux for about a year now, I'm 15 yrs old (and I'm serious about wanting to get a job working With linux) and i have an interest into a career in Linux administration or network...

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Group Policy like app for Linux - Fleet Commander 0.7 released

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Question about partitioning

Is it still considered best practice to make separate partitions for different types of data? For instance one for a DB, one for logs etc... submitted by /u/ganic [link] [comments]

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Simple and maybe even stupid question - apache and FTP user chmods

Hi, sorry if it's not good subreddit for that, but it is for "expanding knowledge", so I hope it is fine for newbie to post here too.I am trying to launch my first LAMP server. I got Centos 7, MariaDB,...

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RHEL 6.5 - How to limit users actions after ssh login?

I'm attempting to patch up holes in an inherited system as well as reign in users who think because they can ssh in they can do whatever they want. I'm doing what I can by overhauling permissions, but...

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Is there something similar to 'The design and implementation of the FreeBSD...

Asking for good book recomendations on the linux architecture. submitted by /u/madplayshd [link] [comments]

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Measure resources a single command used?

Another guy in the company refused to run a chmod on a file every time a automated file got saved (~1000 times withing 24 hours). His argument was that it took too many resources to spawn the extra...

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Apache/Nginix Module for single use download links?

I'd like to host some downloads and have the links to the downloads be single use. I've seen examples with writing a home grown script and a database. That seems a bit much. Does anyone have any...

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Need OS upgrade to ssd. Can current glusterfs survive the upgrade?

I got three system arrays in distributed mode using glusterfs. The arrays are separate of OS. The OS drives are being upgraded to SSDs and the OS will be installed from scratch. I'm worried after the...

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ELI5: LCFS vs LPIC vs RHCSA?

Which one is the best to get started with? Is doing LPIC (1 & 2) and then RHCSA and RHCE worth it? Or just doing RHCSA and RHCE is enough? submitted by /u/m4c51n3 [link] [comments]

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What are you using for a hypervisor?

The debate seems endless, but I'm curious what most people here are running. submitted by /u/Dasweb [link] [comments]

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DNS Management - Any UI worth knowing about?

I'm having a really hard time to find something that can manage my Bind servers. At the moment, I'm using probind2 to push configs out to the DNS-servers, but it has no support for dnssec and...

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[bay area] Looking for paid help from a linux sysadmin

Hi,I just built a new workstation to use with Cuda, but am having major problems getting nVidia proprietary drivers to work correctly (Pretty much the whole UI locks up and becomes unresponsive as soon...

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