Hitting my head against the wall here...
Hey gang, just wanted to ask a quick question about installing OMD Distro (nagios & friends) on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS distro. No matter where I look (even the main page) the instructions seem to lead...
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Hi there. We are setting up a small web server running Nginx and PHP-FPM and have everything working very well at this point (a HUGE improvement over Apache2 for sure). The only stumbling block I'm...
View ArticleThoughts on SuSE Linux Enterprise?
Hello CLI Ninjas,I'm an RHCSA. The enterprise I work for is looking at migrating our Oracle Linux Servers to SuSE Linux. The reason for this is we are looking for a powerful configuration management...
View ArticleOnly allowing emails with address extension for selected accounts with Postfix?
I would like to setup a secondary email account that would be used only for subscribing to external services and further separating the services with address extensions. To avoid spammers from gaining...
View ArticlePuppet - Specific Client Configuration
How do you guys typically deal with specific client configurations that will not apply to other clients. I typically create a specific module with configurations for that particular host. Is this the...
View ArticleI got a very cold reception in r/sysadmin, what does r/linuxadmin think? No...
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View ArticleAlternative to Samba, maybe local cloud computing?
I'm looking for an easy, quick way for people to share files on our local network, ideally enabling multiple people to work on the same document, similar to google docs.I have a dedicated Ubuntu server...
View ArticleQuestions about Linux Sysadmin Job Postings
Hi all! First post in this lovely subreddit. I came across it today and thought I'd pose a question that I've been wondering the answer to for some time. Some background, I've been in the Navy eight...
View ArticleHigh-level approach to pen-testing (European pen-testern, success ratio of...
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View ArticleUnderstanding SCCS and what it is doing (x-post from /r/sysadmin
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View ArticleHow much can I ask XPost from /r/puppet
Hi /r/linuxadmin I come to you with a weird question that hopefully doesnt violate any rules or put anyone off. I've recently been given the opportunity to work part time for a company getting them...
View ArticleVMware server connection
I was wondering how or what you guys use to administrate VMware since there is no native client submitted by therhino [link][3 comments]
View ArticleBest study guides for Red Hat Certified Systems Admin?
I'm looking at getting my RHCSA and wanted to get a study guide to review before hand. Does anybody have any good recommendations for study guides and/or practice tests?Also, anybody that has taken the...
View ArticleLooking for an AV solution to use in a mixed environment.
Hi everyoneI was hoping a few of you have been in a similar situation and could make some suggestions.I have a mixed workstation environment with Ubuntu and Windows 7. At the moment only the Windows 7...
View ArticleSanity check: Btrfs across USB flash drives?
I use an old laptop as a little home server, and recently had a bad block on ext4 leave my system unbootable until I pulled the drive and gave it a good fscking from another machine.Looking to avoid...
View ArticleUbuntu server, configuring nginx and unable to connect via web issues, help?
See my thread posted on the Ubuntu forumsBasics is that I am unable to get through the configuration going for the instructions listed at How to forge for the Perfect Server configuration. I am lost as...
View ArticleLinode increases outbound bandwidth cap from 50 Mbit/s to 250 Mbit/s, and...
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View ArticleOpenLDAP Behaviour with Sudo
Hey allI've recently been playing with OpenLDAP in some dev VMs and just wanted to check that the behaviour I'm seeing is normal.I've setup a basic LDAP server in Ubuntu server 12.04 and created an...
View ArticleLooking for a KVM management tool for existing servers
I'm looking for a centralized management tool for my 5 pre-existing kvm hosts with each having 10 or 15 vm's on them. I'm looking for something that doesnt' require me to reinstall the base OS but with...
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