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Proper way to reset root pw? (embedded systems)

I apologize if this is borderline /r/linux4noobs. I need to reset root pw on 6 embedded devices. They boot a modified SLAX OS from a 256MB (usb) embedded drive (/dev/sda/). I'm trying to edit...

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Setting up my first homelab what should I use for Authentication?

I am setting up my first Homelab it will be mostly Linux clients with a few Windows clients. I want to be able to login to both clients with the same user account. I was thinking about OpenLDAP, but I...

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UPDATE: DM + iSCSI + LVM and Disaster Recovery

Earlier last week I made a post seeking advice on what the proper way was to bring up replicated iSCSI volumes that were mulitpathed and brought into LVM to manage. I was able to find the proper steps...

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2 strange message when booting up centos7

i8042 no controller found mei_me initialization failed # might have some typo because it happen so fast. Nothing is wrong with my box. it boots up correctly unlike other google post stating that error...

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how to change the user permission of files downloaded by deluge-web?

0 down vote favorite I have a headless server running deluge to download some torrent files; everything works fine, the only problem is that the files downloaded by deluge end up in the system as root,...

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SSHD Chicanery

In my config file I had:AllowUsers MyAdminAccountAllowGroups GroupNameForOtherPeopleOther people could only log in once I removed the AllowUsers line.Does AllowUsers override AllowGroups? I thought it...

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Can you please let me know if I am understanding ZFS and GlusterFS correctly?

Can you please correct any miss understanding I may have for ZFS and GlusterFS?Two identical servers with twi drives partitioned with ZFS. We use ZFS because ZFS is a good substitute for LVM, it also...

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mount home dir to fileserver, but doesn't chdir to home dir until the second...

[root@rept home]# pwd /home [root@rept home]# ls <-- as you can see there is no dir call testusr [root@rept home]# df -kh | grep home fileserver:/data/home 22T 1.3T 21T 6% /home [root@rept home]#...

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Bogus bond0 bonded interface on OEL7

Hey guys,Seeing a weird issue with our OEL7 builds, and I'm trying to figure out a root cause. On our OEL7 hardware servers, we set up a bonded network interface, but we name it "public" instead of...

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Advice for CS graduate about career decision

I am currently doubting my decision about starting a career as a linux sys admin . Other graduates tell me that I am wasting my time studying cs because of my career decision since it is a dying career...

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Samba 4.5.0 released

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New zine: Linux debugging tools you'll love

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Routing Traffic of a User Through a Specific IP

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Cannot mount cifs with sfu option

Hello, I am trying to mount smb share from my Windows 2012 R2 server but when I add sfu option to /etc/fstab then I get error when trying to mount.This works -> //FST01.test.com/e/wop /mnt cifs...

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Anyone else having trouble installing MySQL on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

I got two servers on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I tried installing MySQL yesterday I could get it to install but the system databases aren't created. I tried mysql_install_db and mysql_secure_installation. I...

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Automatically mount nfs home/%u to file server via sssd

In my previous post I am having trouble with mounting home dir. Someone suggested me that I shouldn't be mounting the whole home directory to start with. I should be using something like autofs or some...

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Phish Vendors: Server vendors' bad security practices

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Telnet is not dead – at least not on ‘smart’ devices

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Very confused about CPU & Memory usage...

Hey guys,I'm doing some load testing and was butting heads w/ one of the people I'm working with, and in the end it looks like he was right, but I have no idea why.We are running load tests on a 4-core...

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My hostname on DNS has reverted to some generic name. How do I change it back?

Hello, I'm running CentOS 6.8 on this HPZ400 workstation. Recently, I've been having this problem regarding these undeployed workstations my boss wants to get up and ready to run. I have this testing...

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