can't ping gateway but everyone else can
I have an Elastix PBX with several SIP phones connected. The phones work, calls go and out, so the phones are connecting to the PBX. The PBX and the phones are all plugged into the same switch. An...
View ArticleCareer advice, previous admin
Looking for some advice on how to get back into a linux admin role. I previously worked as a linux admin from about 2001-2005. I administered about 50 Redhat boxes, DNS, LAMP, etc. Since then I have...
View ArticleMultiple public SSH keys and multiple work computers.
How do you handle having multiple computers you work from, for example work laptop, private desktop, private laptop, using public key authentication. I've started to consider the idea of having one...
View ArticlePrevious admin, looking for tools to run a few sites on a VPS
Hi. I used to run a Linux server that hosted several sites, and of course it was all done through SSH and command line and config files. That took up a lot of my time, and most of my time now is spent...
View ArticleReddit - I need some help, and fast
I'm runnig debian/postfix(mysql)/apache, and it seems as though my server (linode) is sending spam like crazy. I've been told that it should be a simple config issue, but I don't know enough to sort it...
View ArticleRunning iptables commands on reboot?
I set up a VPN on my VPS (total money saver since my sites get no hits, lol). [spoiler]It let's me access country X stuff from country Y.[/spoiler] But if I reboot the server, I have to input two...
View ArticleLocked myself out? Permission denied (publickey,password).
I think somehow in setting up git on my server I created and activated key access to my server, and upon following another tutorial and rebooting, I was unable to ssh back in. I'm pretty clueless about...
View ArticleIn search of the user-friendly wiki software. Does something like this exist?
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View ArticleSecuring Virtual Hosts.
I got a small company that my friend and I currently own, we do web development and host our clients on a server we set up. Server Info Distro: Arch Linux Web Server: NginX 1.0.15 Libraries: PHP -...
View ArticleLongtime windows admin - need to learn *nix
Hey folks - was hoping y'all could point me in the direction of some good starting resources. I've done windows administration for a good while (NT, 2k, 2k3, AD etc...) and now find myself in the...
View ArticleDebugging adduser bash script
Hi, I have the following batch script for adding users. 'appreciate any tips/assist on how to properly pass an array subscript to a for loop. User1=(ironman "\"Tony Starks\"" avengers) User2=(beast...
View ArticleWhat are your automated installation options if you don't have control over...
I've been wondering this for a while now. Most of the automated install and management tools seem to assume that you have control over the DHCP server -- which I do not. (And I'm not allowed to set up...
View ArticleAdvice with cluster filesystems / web server cluster
Hi, I'd like to ask to you sysadmin redditors if you have experience in this subject. We have an iSCSI storage (Dell MD3000i) and for a couple of years we've used OCFS2 1.2 so we can access the same...
View ArticleNeed help with postgres error.
Hey everyone, Google ain't helping with this one. :( Postgres is runnning: (Old version required by app.) root@chili.MYDOMAIN.com:/# ps -ef |grep postgres postgres 4641 1 0 01:23 ? 00:00:00...
View ArticleYou know what really grinds my gears.
Red Hat cluster Suite, Let me explain I have been attempting to setup a HA cluster for postgresql. However there is little to no documentation on the setup process. Hopefully any input that you all...
View ArticleRed Hat eye for the Debian guy? (about to be admin for RHEL boxes)
At work we're migrating from Solaris to Red Hat. My home network has been all-Debian for years; I know it pretty well. Does anyone have any pointers for where I should look to learn the Red...
View Articleiptables: Port forwarding with masquerading is not working
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View ArticleAnyone had success virtualising really old versions of Linux?
We've got some old boxes, and by old I'm talking about PII's and III's running Cartman and Zoot. We're looking to decom them via virtualisation. Has anyone had any success converting boxes with Linux...
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