ntp.conf not uses /etc/hosts to resolve a hostname?
Hey guys,I have a static ntp hostname set in /etc/hosts that I want my NTP clients to use, but ntpd doesn't seem to be using /etc/hosts to resolve the hostname. I have to manually put in the ip address...
View ArticleNew Linux Admin at Small Company, Opening Moves
So here's my deal. Support guy at a company with a small IT team. We have a mix of Windows and Linux servers, and no official sysadmin. Currently Linux admin duties are being split between two...
View ArticleWhat do you do with fail2ban notifications?
I have a small little virtual server that I use for email and what not *cloud* *cough*. I set up fail2ban to monitor ssh and I get the usual flood of alert emails. I'm not too alarmed by the internet...
View Article(iptables) Forward port range through OpenVPN help
I have a VPN server (the "host" - 10.8.1.1) on a public VPS instance running OpenVPN. The second instance I am running (the "client" - 10.8.1.2) is a local ESXi instance connected to the host vpn...
View ArticleAnyone know of a good vpn setup that doesn't require a tun/tap device? SSH...
I am playing with setting up a private logmein clone to manage a hand full of roaming raspberry pi boxes. Internally I have been reasonably successful with openvpn + tightvnc server on the pi and...
View Article*almost* have a mail server set up
The challenge seems to be that I can't get an email client to work, having tried both Thunderbird and Gmail. Gmail can't verify the username/password combo. Thunderbird at first could verify the...
View ArticleVPN OS?
Is there a Linux OS that is designed to be installed on a single system that can act as a VPN Router/End Point?At first, I thought pfSense, but it requires at least 2 NICs. I am aware that I could just...
View ArticleLinux equivalent to Windows Domain?
Pretty sure this is a stupid question, but, what is the best practice for something like a Windows Domain... where you have one primary domain controller that authenticates all users.(not talking about...
View ArticlePuppet cert. Worth it?
I'm curious if anyone has taken the Puppet Professional cert. I've decided to download their learning VM to get started. I'm currently a Jr. level admin wanting to step up a notch.In addition, is it...
View ArticleThunderbird and Microsoft Exchange
I came in to work this morning and discovered that my ExQuilla license has expired. So I come here with a few questions. For those of you who utilize Thunderbird at work, what do you utilize to access...
View ArticleBare metal restore with Linux?
I want to know how you guys have solved bare metal restores in Linux environments without using proprietary tools. Are there any projects out there? I can't find any, besides possibly building a...
View Articlecsync2 backup-generations
Hi,I use csync2 to sync files between three hosts, and problem is currently files with unique filenames, e.g. files with timestamps in names. They will never get more than one copy in backup directory...
View ArticleXenServer 6.2
I just found out a few weeks ago that XenServer 6.2 went Open Source. We are currently hosting virtual machines on the free ESXi version where I work. The VMs run fine, but we have none of the advanced...
View ArticleLinux box in vSphere - System clock: UTC or not UTC?
I'm setting up a linux box on a vmWare hypervisor and I've reached the point at which the installer asks me whether or not the system time is set to UTC. The hypervisor reports the time in the...
View ArticleCan anyone help me booby trap a Ubuntu Server?
I'm a student worker at my school and my schools admin let me virtualize a Ubuntu server. Im looking to learn how to do security and I was wondering how I would set up booby traps and alerts for in...
View ArticleFor those of you who worked at a "web site" or ecommerce using LAMP.
Did you use the Repo version of Apache or compile from source? Which version did you use? Why? submitted by gleventhal [link][7 comments]
View ArticleNeed some help with HAProxy
Hi Guys,Pretty new to Linux need, some configuration help with HAProxy server. My HAProxy server has 2 nics, nic1 130.x.x.x (public) and nic2 10.x.x.x (private), I have several web servers running...
View ArticleAdmins! I come to you because I am linux dumb and I have a question!
Screenshot here: http://i.imgur.com/6HeytQv.pngSo basically around 4PM every day free goes down to around 1000kb, and nagios reports 99% memusage as normal. The system also slows down a bit. This is a...
View ArticleWhat would you put on a home Linux server for home usage?
Building a server, here's what I'm thinking so far:PlexFile shareOpenHABFor those that use Linux at home for a LAN server, what do you use it for? submitted by reseph [link][38 comments]
View Articlecentos 7 selinux fun
So today I tried to disable selinux on centos 7. Coming from centos 5/6, I edited file /etc/sysconfig/selinux as usual, setting policy to disabled. But to my surprise, sestatus after restart showed...
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