ssh key only with AD authentication.
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I am RHCE certified, and my RHCE is going to expire within 4 months, I don't want to loose, which Redhat certification should I do, to keep this certification, I don't want to redo RHCE, I want to do...
View ArticlePython Scripting for Linux Admin
Hey guys I'm just starting a new gig as Linux Admin. What is the recommended method for storing python scripts and pulling them down?My objective is to have all my python scripts stored in one central...
View ArticleNew to linuxadmin things, trying to get a mysql and ftp server online
I have a semifresh installation of CentOS 7 (in a VM) and I can't get anything to work reliably. We chose to go this route due to cost of windows server licenses and it might be a bad decision pending...
View ArticleNetwork focused Linux Administrator?
Was wondering if anyone on /r/linuxadmin has had job or career that focused on more the networking(routing (bgp, ospf etc), firewalls, vpn) aspects of linux than typical server (ie LAMP) stuff. What...
View ArticleIPsec VPN - Ubuntu 16.04
Hi, quick question. Has anyone managed to connect to an IPSEC VPN on Ubuntu 16.04, if so how? Any guides or tips would be appreciated. submitted by /u/mac_bbe [link] [comments]
View ArticleSaw this in a Linux Systems Engineer job posting, what does r/linuxadmin think?
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View ArticleFifteen Minutes to Better Linux Security
I just wrote a tutorial for getting started using the open source Assimilation project software - with an emphasis on using it to improve security. Thought I'd share it with you:...
View Articlesystemd and tomcat pidfile
I have a tomcat installation that i've configured with it's service file[Unit] Description=Tomcat for xxx After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=forking...
View ArticleRussian Roulette, anyone?
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Greetings /r/linuxadmin, I'm setting up a virtualized environment on my workstation at home, just to get some experience playing with various technologies. One of the things I'm trying to do is setup a...
View ArticleSSSD allowing "passthrough"?
I have to be missing something simple here. I have a user that is able to SSH into a RHEL7 box without being prompted for a password. They aren't using SSH keys. Only systems with SSSD installed is...
View ArticleBYOD and 2D printing
I run my Maker Space's Network 2D printing services. I have a common inkjet printer connected to a device that is connected to the printer and serving it via CUPS and Samba. I have successfully got...
View ArticleBuilding first linux server
I'm interested in building my first linux server just to test my skills. I'd say I'm "sort " of a power user. I haven't found any good guides or resources that show how to build your first server. Any...
View ArticleWant to move from Windows Administratin to Linux administration
Hi everyone,I'm a well seasoned Windows admin working for a well known company here in Canada, and I want to know how to break into the Linux market as a jumping pad to get into DevOps. I am quite...
View Articleany experience with NFS cache (fscache)?
Looking at implementing this http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/centos-redhat-install-configure-cachefilesd-for-nfs/Because we have a shared internal SFTP server that is hanging with a lot of files in a...
View ArticleUsing Debian's unattended-upgrades package
Has anyone got any experience with this? I've got a package which won't upgrade - it's going to pull in a new dependency but it won't do it, even though the dependency matches an allowed origin. In...
View ArticleRHEL 6.7 + Tomcat6 Clustering
Trying to roll out a webapp that we have clustered. The issue that i'm running into is that I'm seeing both nodes leave the cluster, and never come back.OS: RHEL 6.7 Java: OpenJDK-1.7.0_95 Tomcat:...
View ArticleOdd BASH behavior. Inline command breaks out of quotes.
I encountered very unexpected behavior when I ran a command a few weeks ago and unfortunately rebooted a server unexpectedly, and I've been unable to determine how an inline command broke out of quotes...
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