Has anyone every worked with or implemented Open-E?
We're doing a first look at it to replace our aged OpenFiler infrastructure, and was wondering if anyone had any experience working with it and had feedback. Good, bad, indifferent, whatever. :)...
View ArticleAutomatic Worker Process Creation & Termination
At work we're currently working on an application written in PHP that utilizes a worker queue called beanstalkd, which is similar to Gearman and other tools like it. The application sends tasks to the...
View Articlegrep help - exact match returns file list
So I need to locate an old email that was corrupted in a recent email outage. I need to match specific date, senders name, and message recipient. The metadata has been damaged so I can't load it back...
View ArticleReliable/highly available (perhaps without single point of failure) shared...
I'd like shared home directories in our environment so it's possible for users to log in across a variety of machines and have their local environment accessible. The machines are typically...
View ArticleBacking Up Linux to Windows
Hey /r/linuxadmin,I tried asking /r/sysadmin a few days ago about this, but I wanted to get your input as well. I want to backup a ScreenConnect installation on a Digital Ocean droplet running Ubuntu....
View ArticleLearning RHEL6; any cool project ideas to help learn?
I have RHEL 6 running on AWS (amazon web service). I'm trying to learn my way around to help prepare for the RHCSA. Anyone know any cool project ideas to help me learn? submitted by throwaway3077...
View ArticleTrying to learn Linux inside and out, how effective is LFS for this?
Link in case you don't know. I'm just curious about how effective this will be at getting me to know the basics of Linux backwards and forwards.Long-term goal is to become a Linux admin some day, so...
View ArticleGuide for OpenLDAP/Keberos setup (or FreeIPA)?
Can anyone point me to a good walkthrough of how to set up a pure Linux environment with OpenLDAP and Kerberos or even using FreeIPA?Everywhere I've ever worked has had an existing AD that I've tied...
View Article[Chef][Bash] only_if "! [[ -d /home/user/userlogs ]]"
I'm working on someone else's Chef recipe and I ran into a bit of a stopping point trying to break down this bit of Bash.script "Initialize X" do interpreter "bash" user "root" only_if "! [[ -d...
View ArticleNeed help with Debian and it's init.d
How to write init.d script that will run as some user (not root)? This is Debian 7.5 I've been searching for answers for few hours, and every time script start it start my program as root. I've tried...
View ArticleI need to make port 32400 use eth0
Hello,I have a VPN on my server but i want all traffic with the port 32400 to use eth0 instead of tun0. I am pretty sure this is a iptables thing but i could not get it to work. I had tried setting the...
View ArticleCentOS DHCP help
I am a TOTAL n00b when it comes to Linux so excuse any incorrect terms and stupid questionsI converted a VM of CentOS 6 from Thick to Thin provisioned in ESXi, when I did that It must have change the...
View ArticleSpamassassin won't update on Ubuntu
Hey ya'll, So I'm doing emergency triage on unmaintained systems at my new contract job. The mail server is Ubuntu 12.10 running postfix 2.9.6 and spamassassin 3.3.2. I'm trying to get the new update...
View ArticleWhats the easiest way to add salt to a linux iso so it runs automatically...
Hey guys. Im trying to develop a version of Raspbian for the RaspberryPi that autoruns salt when it boots up the first time. Is there a way to pull apart the iso and add the necessary files so salt...
View ArticleSome help with Amanda. Nobody in house knows how to use it.
So Amanda was setup years ago by sys admins who no longer are here. It was setup to do backups but not restores. I was able to correct that but the problem is that I do not know how to do the actual...
View ArticleDoes *anybody* use GNU info?
I was thinking about preparing some Linux training material, and I asked myself whether I should include GNU 'info' (in addition to 'man', of course). But, does anybody use this?In isolation, it's easy...
View ArticleVMware is announcing the EoA of all SLES for VMware offerings on June 25, 2014
Well damn, now what? End of Availability of all SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for VMware. If you are still considering adding more SLES servers you will need to purchase more vSphere Standard...
View ArticleAssistance with upgrading the kernel to a specific version on Raspbian
Hello All,I am looking for some information as to how I can upgrade a kernel from 3.10.25+ to 3.10.26+. I have a set of drivers that I need to use for a WiFi adapter that is not compatible with .25 but...
View Article[Postfix] Modify sender/execute script on send
Hey, My friend asked me to post this, so if there's anything missing just comment and I'll get the info from him.As far as I can tell from his explanation he wants to do the following:He sends an email...
View ArticleStreaming movies for simultaneous viewing?
Hi all, I am currently renting a server at a datacenter for a backup device for some stuff I don't want to lose. I have family and friends a few hundred miles away I'd like to be able to watch movies...
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