[hiring] Network / Systems Admin (San Diego, x-post from /r/sysadminjobs)
PINT, Inc. in Pacific Beach is seeking a Network Admin/SysAdmin to develop and maintain its local and offsite architecture. We are a full-service Web Development agency that has provided everything...
View ArticleLooking for authoritative documentation on two items. Debian preseed/config...
I suppose you don't need to know all the details, but what I am basically looking to do is as followsCreate a preseeded netinstall of Debian that, once the install process finishes, will already be...
View ArticleOpenLDAP Password Policy Overlay Issue
Anyone have experience in setting this up? I have installed the module, configured it and it loads up properly. Then, I added in a policy OU that has the various pwd attributes.However, when I try to...
View ArticleServer Audit
I'm new to the Linux administration field. I am currently writing bash shell scripts for server auditing. The scripts are ran through a scripting engine to create the final report. Are there any...
View ArticleSpent the whole night trying to save a file. Failed.
TL;DR: X got stuck. I needed to save a document opened in kate. Spent a few hours trying. Failed.This is rant about how I spent the last night. I guess it might be funny and hopefully interesting......
View ArticleRHEL 6.5 intergration with AD - have to restart manually winbind after each...
Hi,I have configured a new RHEL 6.5 installation to authenticate against our AD. Almost everything work fine but when we restart the server we have to login using local account and restart winbindd...
View Article[Help] Logwatch to show ufw entries
I would like logwatch to show me the log entries from syslog that belong to ufw. (This is Ubuntu 12.04, my box at home.) Ufw is version 0.31.1-1; logwatch is version 7.4.0. Ufw is logging ("on:low")....
View ArticleRHCSA Rapid track course as a debian/ubuntu admin.
Looking to take the new rapid track course for RHCSA for RHEL 7. I am not completely new to linux I have been working with it full time for 2 years or so with a 2 year gap(Working with windows servers...
View ArticleDelete spam users and entries in mediawiki running with PostGreSQL?
I've got a mediawiki running with postgresql backend,spammers filled the whole thing with random junk spam. How do I delete spam users and passwords along with the spam articles they posted?I'm no...
View ArticleFiltering outgoing postfix email based on header
I have a email system I am working on right now. Postfix/Dovecot with Amavis/Spamassassin for filtering. Currently I use a sieve rule to filter messages that Amavis marks as spam using header...
View ArticleServer Deconstruction
I've got a really difficult problem on my hands. I'm new to Linux and I've been tasked to do some administrative work on my company's ERP which is roughly 100 Linux servers. One of my tasks is to...
View Articlepatching rhel/centos
How do you handle updates on centos/rhel? I periodically want to run yum update all on our machines since our environment is not so sensitive I care about specific versions of things. submitted by...
View ArticleTroubleshooting high CPU usage on Drupal web farm
I'm still new to Linux and have been working with this highly inefficient environment we have setup. Currently, the way it is setup is 4x web servers with 15GB of RAM behind a load balancer, 1 web...
View ArticleWe are offering RHCSA/RHCE training based on RHEL7, for minimal cost possible.
Affordable solution for individuals based upon flexible training to meet your schedule and needs, with an on need basis doubt session programs.We provides real-time training by Red Hat-certified...
View Article~28 seconds of packet loss between Ubuntu 14.04 libvirt/qemu/kvm guests
So for the past month we've been trying to troubleshoot a problem that has me completely stumped. The symptoms are as described here by someone else experiencing the same...
View Article[Help] Test of LSI MPT event logger
I've written a tool to help track the events happening in an LSI MPT drivers (mpt2sas), it was very useful and I want to share that tool. There is however a large variety of devices out there and in an...
View ArticleXenserver 6.2 Host
I'm kicking myself right now because we bought a couple of new servers to use as Xenserver 6.2 hosts. Two HP DL360e G8 servers. They are entry level, but have a good amount of resources. However, I've...
View ArticleSolaris Patching (5.8/5.9/5.10 SPARC and 5.10 X86) ... Need Help
I have approximately 1000 Solaris 5.8, 5.9, 5.10 and 5.10 X86 servers that I need to patch.I do not have access to any tools that would make this easier like Puppet of Cfengine.Some locations have a...
View Article***New Opportunity***
I am looking for somebody with a strong Linux background who is capable of scripting (Bash, Shell, PHP, etc.) and who can administer and configure web servers (Apache/Jboss/Glassfish, etc.)N. Salt Lake...
View Article[Help] Host IP in systemd service file
Hey everyone,I'm currently writing a systemd service file which should start a docker container. Because I want to be able to start this service in a coreos cluster via fleet, I need to know the IP...
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