Suggestion for Career in Linux System Administrator
I am Rahul Sinha(INDIA) currently doing B.Tech in Electronics and Communication which was scheduled to end in summer 2014. But because of having backlogs in few subject it will end in summer 2015. I...
View ArticleSuggestions for iSCSI practice/lab?
HiIs anyone able to suggest a good way to get to grips with connecting to iSCSI targets via Red Hat/CentOS/SL etc?I'm preparing for the RHCE and while I think I could just memorize the process of...
View ArticleWeird Issue with SSH Keys
[ISSUE RESOLVED] I generated ssh keys (public and private) and stored them in ~/.ssh/myServer/. I added the public key to the server's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file and everything works great! In my...
View ArticleWhat is the best place to store a website?
By default, Apache httpd Debian package put it in /var/www and nginx Debian package put it in /usr/share/nginx/html. One could decide to create a user, say webserve to run the web server and then put...
View ArticleA solid tutorial about logStash/ElasticSearch?
Hello all.I am looking to install LogStash/ElasticSearch. However, can you point me to a tutorial that has instructions that are for the most reliable?This link below looks good but just wanted to get...
View ArticleAwk / Freeipa bulk update question.
Trying to batch update my freeipa accounts with some information that I have in a csv file. The csv file format is as followsSingapore ,"Gu, Fa", Fa,Gu,fa.gu,Chief Dingbag...
View ArticleLinux conf au 2015 is currently on in Auckland NZ
Talk schedule can be found here (all times in NZ local): http://linux.conf.au/programme/scheduleLive streams of all talks can be found here: http://timvideos.us/ submitted by hoju37 [link][1 comment]
View Articlehelp! Trying to set up an Ubuntu syslog server
I will preface this with, I am a Linux newbie. I had set up a Debian Linux rsyslog server that was working, but I had to switch to Ubuntu. I was hoping that I would be able to just copy the parts of...
View ArticleIptables Basics and Apply Rules Without Remote Lockout
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View ArticleWebCam Merger?
I want to do a podcast of sorts directly to twitch with multiple peoples webcams going to the server then the server merging these and sending that to twitch does anyone know of any headless linux...
View ArticleHow did you get your start?
After a few years in the industry doing mostly non-Linux support and infrastructure work, I'm trying my best to move across to the Linux side of things. The trouble is, though I am comfortable using...
View ArticleUbuntu Server high processor and memory usage.
Hi,A friend of mine is having issues with his Ubuntu server. He is wondering about the high processor usage. I don't know about the memory though. Plus, he's using Plesk. When I checked his Control...
View ArticleGenerate random Link
Hi,i hope one of you can help me, since im in a pretty bad situation right now.I have a directory, that i monitor for new files. Once a new file is put in that directory, i send the link to that file -...
View ArticleHowto update RHEL 5.10 but not upgrade to 5.11?
I have an application "requirement" to stay at RHEL 5.10. Certainly, I can mount a RHEL 5.10 iso and work from there. However, what I am having trouble with is how to install the relevant updates to...
View ArticlePlease help! Can't see my colleagues history, he uses putty to ssh into our...
Hey guys So my colleague uses putty to login/ssh in to the machines. He sent us a screen grab of his bash history with some steps which we believe he never performed on the machine. When i login to the...
View Articlersyslog v7 template conversion from v5
I need to convert my v5 rsyslog template to a v7 template. v5 template was this:$template Firewall,"/var/log/prd/fwlog-%$YEAR%-%$MONTH%-%$DAY%" $template...
View ArticleCentOS server SSH issue.
Hi,I'm trying to help out a friend, I'm accessing his TeamViewer, inside his TeamViewer is his VKM over IP java thing. The issue is, he cannot access SSH, even I can't access it on my end. When I...
View ArticleCentos 6.6 tgtd fails to start after ip address change
Hey there, I have a little but rather urgent problem... The Setup: I have a 5 node pacemaker cluster running Centos 6.6. Services include drbd storage replication and iscsi targeting to support a...
View ArticleSSL Offloading Question
Hey fellow admins,We have a new requirement coming up and I want to start taking a look at ssl offload tools. What are people using these days for ssl offload? Are people using PCI cards or dedicated...
View ArticleProtip: Use sshd_config's AuthorizedKeys directive to centrally manage...
So I was at work and trying to figure out why I couldn't add another coworker's public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys for a particular server user--~/.ssh/authorized_keys didn't exist!Turns out...
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