How many of you use the new OpenLDAP without slapd.conf? Are there any decent...
I've had success with FreeIPA but OpenLDAP is just driving me up a wall. Before posting any specifics I just wanted to gauge how many Linux Admins out there are actually using the new OpenLDAP...
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View ArticleZFS on linux - production ready ?
Is anybody using zfs on linux for nontrivial deployments (multi-TB zpools, with l2arc and zil cache on seperate vdevs, dedup and compression turned on) ? How it is working for you ? Right now I'm...
View ArticleIf I'm already employed as a Unix/Linux admin, how beneficial would it be to...
I've been considering getting the RHCSA for a while now, and I've read through the RHCSA/RHCE study guide written by Michael Jang. However, I feel like getting the cert would really only be benefical...
View ArticleI've made a blog for people who want to become Linux sys admins. Can I have...
Right now the blog only consists of one post. This post lists what will be discussed in the blog and prioritizes the topics so the reader knows where to start and what to learn first. Sort of like a...
View ArticleAnyone have any experiance with mod_krb for apache?
Sourceforge site I want to put auth my roundcube site right now I hacked webauth to it, but I'm not that pleased with complexity and username/password handling, is this a decent alternative?How...
View ArticleWhat do you guys think about System Center and the windows management tools?...
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View ArticleConfiguring sendmail to relay emails from our UPS and other systems as...
I've been trying to figure out how to do this for the last two days, but I'm even more confused that I was before.I need to configure sendmail to relay email alerts from Zabbix, our UPS and a few other...
View ArticleSetting up a mail server, got it receiving mail but can't send mail. Help?
I've just set up a Postfix mail server for my domain, but I'm unable to send email. I've tried using Gmail as an SMTP relay, and I've tried leaving it blank, but I can't find any way to send email...
View ArticleComplete mail-server noob is trying to set up sasl with dovecot on a postfix...
nvm fixed it.Followed this, it worked.http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/#config-secure-auth submitted by xereeto [link][2 comments]
View ArticleRabbitMQ monitoring question
To make a long story short, what do you use for monitoring your rabbitmq set up?I'm going to be sending many tasks (variable amount) every second using Celery and its internal scheduler, and want to be...
View ArticleWhat kind of careers are there using Linux/Unix?
Hi,I am an IT student and will be graduating with my Associates Degree in a month or two. In the fall I will be going off to obtain my Bachelor's Degree in IT. The school I will be attending offers a...
View ArticleCareer progression for a N.O.C POSITION
So I have seen a few posts by NOC techs here and on r/sysadmin. I have taken up a NOC position recently since I was looking to start my career in a Sys admin role.Now this position does not involve...
View ArticleLooking to move my career into RedHat country, need advice on home use
I'm using CentOS now, on both my test lab server and my "daily driver". It's definitely different from Ubuntu, and that's the point- I want to get used to RHEL-style configs by using the OS constantly....
View ArticleCan someone please check my Postfix restriction lists?
Hi,I've configured a Postfix mailserver. It's not quite in production yet. It does not have any domains or mailboxes configured, but there is one domain with its MX records pointed to it.The server...
View ArticleAdding users to NIS when not using /etc/passwd?
Maybe it's just me but this is bugging me. I'm writing a script to add users to our lab and we are currently using NIS to authenticate people when they log on. The way we've been doing it is...
View Articleincron not triggering when dovecot moves message to imap folder
I'm trying to use incron run a command when a new message is moved to a certain imap folder. Here is my incrontab:brad@debian ~% incrontab -l /home/brad/Maildir/.Archive/cur IN_CLOSE_WRITE sa-learn...
View ArticleShare files or folders on file server over http or ftp
Hi, i want to have the ability to share some files on my file server with others, via ftp or http in a simple way. I want the abilty to make new users, and give them a link, where they can download the...
View ArticleThe single most useful thing in bash (x-post from r/commandline)
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View ArticleIs it safe to run pfSense in a VM?
I have a computer with an i3-processor and 4GB ram, that has been a dedicated pfSense router for the past year.This is of course a little overkill, so i have tested OpenVZ on another computer and love...
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