Locking down workstations (also cloning a build and pushing out to 200+...
Hi, I'm currently admin for around 200 users, at the moment they're using a build that my predecessor built with ubuntu 10. All root passwords are a very easy to guess (Needs to be changed) and nothing...
View ArticleMariaDB fails to start due to missing file... which exists
111203 19:25:37 [ERROR] mysqld: File '/var/lib/mysql/aria_log_control' not found (Errcode: 13) 111203 19:25:37 [ERROR] mysqld: Got error 'Can't open file' when trying to use aria control file...
View ArticleAnyone out there using grsecurity?
Compiling the kernel and installing it took a little while, but it's there and it's working... I think. How secure is grsecurity without me touching its configurations manager? I hear that it's fairly...
View ArticleQuestion about *nix central authentication
How easy is it to setup centralised authentication for a bunch of Linux servers (Redhat 4,5,6.1)? We are a large organisation and our window$ servers and desktop are part of a 2003/2008 AD domain,...
View Articletplot: Execute a program periodically, plotting the output over time
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View ArticleA noob admin's dilemma, part 2: Running a java file from a script.
Hi, /r/linuxadmin! Thanks for all of the help last time, but I'm back again with a different part of the same problem. While my superior tries to figure out what exactly is wrong with it, I've been...
View ArticleImmutable files in Linux - file attributes
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View Articleconfigures vsftpd... like a windows admin
Hello all: I have a problem that no user forum has been able to resolve, no README file has been able to figure out, and no log has given me the answer. I'm a windows admin, with virtually no admin...
View ArticleLearning how to Do It Right (Linux Sysadmining) : x-post from r/sysadmin
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View Articlelooking to setup LDAP at home suggestions?
I have Apache DS and OpenLDAP that I'm currently investigating anyone have suggestions as to which one is better (or if there's another even better?). I plan on throwing debian onto an old PC I have...
View ArticleSet up a new file server
...I think this is the largest fs I've ever personally messed with: submitted by kaipanoi [link] [32 comments]
View ArticleGit with Apache User Authentication Failure
I've been beating my head against the wall for days of this one. I'm very new to git, but my work wants to move to it from svn. Git is already setup on the Debian server and was working using shared...
View ArticleFun with Linux
So as some of you may remember I was inquiring about LDAP software to get running in my home environment. I've now gotten ambitious with a glut of spare PCs and I'm currently building a nice core...
View ArticleFile server ideas for Mac clients (net homes, netatalk)
Hey /r/linuxadmin, I've been working on replacing a few old Apple Xserves with a Linux server for the past few weeks for around ~1200 users with network homes on Mac clients. This has historically been...
View Articletc & tcng hiercharchy
Let me explain what I'm trying to do, we have one 10Mbps line coming in, we want to divide that up into 3 3Mbps sections, which are defined by each subnet, then in one of these subnets we have tennents...
View ArticleHow do I get a job as a jr *NIX sysadmin?
I have been learning *NIX for a few years and really like working with the systems. I have my A+ and N+ certs, a 4 year degree (none computer related) and I work about 50% of my time in IT right now....
View ArticleUnable to unmount dvd drive as regular user
(First time submitting a link, sorry if this belongs in the noob linux sub, but assumed that you guys would have the answer). We have system jobs that run as a regular user (grunt in our case) that...
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