best distro for an LPS build?
I'm currently studying for the RHCSA exam and I thought it would be fun, interesting and good practice to build Linux from scratch. I'm currently using Linux Mint Cinnamon and CentOS on my laptop,...
View ArticleSELinux basics and concepts. Awesome explanation
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View ArticleBest way to go about setting up small business server?
I think this is the right subreddit if not please direct me to one that would be more suitable.I am looking to setup a server for a small business that will have at most a dozen employees. Any advice...
View ArticleHow do I get the mark important feature from GMail to my own mail hosting?
Spamassassin and bogofilter seem to only differentiate between no spam and spam mails. But I want my marked as important, okay, spam, so I only get interrupted in my workflow if one important message...
View ArticleHow to install Cacti (a system monitoring and graphing solution) with Nginx
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View ArticleCreative .bash_history for a shared user?
Let's say we have a shared user (I know, I know...I have no control over this part). Several people are su'ing over to this user for the purpose of running jobs (scripts). To make matters worse this...
View ArticleBlank graphs with bindgraph/rrdtool?
I'm having the same problem as in this post:http://askubuntu.com/questions/269348/bindgraph-is-creating-blank-graphsGetting blank graphs. It's actually making the images but there's just no data, where...
View ArticleLooking for an internal filesharing server/app
Basically something people can drop files into and then share a link, maybe making it so they can share folders/groups of files.Ability to upload files - drag and drop would be nice, but even just...
View ArticleTrying to check ldaps with ldapsearch...
Hello all,This might be a mix between this subreddit and /r/sysadmin, but I am running into some confusing problems with authenticating an ubuntu server to our Windows AD with LDAPS. I've been...
View ArticleHow to setup an IPv6 in IPv4 tunnel in order to reach IPv6 Internet from...
I want to setup an IPv6 in IPv4 tunnel from a local machine (behind an IPv4-only ISP) to my remote server (where IPv6 Internet access runs fine out of the box) in such a way that I'll be able to reach...
View ArticleHow does Hulu know what platform I am on? I'm hiding relevant HTTP headers,...
Hulu some how knows that I'm using a PS3?They Know: http://i.imgur.com/0OLMBVL.jpgBut How?: http://i.imgur.com/cxMlFfH.jpgsquid.confhttp_port 1337 request_header_access X-Forwarded-For deny all...
View ArticleMassive amount of performance monitoring solution
So, I'm looking to put together something to help me monitor a massive number of different storage metrics, including:physical disk latency, throughput, etc (I have over 10k disks)LUN...
View ArticleShutdown protection.
EDIT: Thanks everyone! molly-guard is exactly what I needed!EDIT2: Accidentally deleted the original question. :x It was along the lines of "How can I keep myself from accidentally shutting down my EC2...
View ArticleWindows admin wanting to move into Linux admin, what do you want to see on my...
Not much else to say, I've been an admin for a few years, my hands touch a wide range of stuff but I'd say only the VMware and SAN stuff might be of interest to any potential employers.I'd say my...
View ArticleHaving an issue with apache load balancers
I will be using apache2 mod_proxy_balancer (two load balancers) with two workers to serve up about 20 PHP / ColdFusion sites.Everything is mostly working fine, I am able to round robin balance my page...
View ArticleWhat do you use to check what happened/happens on your server?
Right know I only w, last, ps, pstree and of course my logfiles for events,df,du for disk space. Seems a bit meager to me.Are there any other inbuilt or minimalistic tools, without going harcore and...
View ArticleWhat is best practice for KVM virt-manager?
For those of you who are using KVM with virt-manager on remote systems: what is the best practices for login?At the moment I just have a server in my basement and I'm using the virt-manager on my...
View ArticleAre you being attacked and don't even know it ?
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View ArticleSamba 3 PDC "Domain Admins" not working correctly for some accounts
xpost from linuxquestions since it didn't generate any responses or discussion there. Input welcome!I have a Samba 3 PDC where I am a member of "Domain_Admins" which is mapped to "Domain Admins" but...
View Articleexim on Ubuntu - Forward mail to root to external address?
I wouldn't assume this to be a unique task.. but Google is of no help..I have a ubuntu server doing stuff, and sometimes it fires off an email to root.I have exim configured to relay through a local...
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