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Need a simple, foolproof remote admin for Ubuntu Server

I'm running an Ubuntu server 12.10 box and need a foolproof remote admin for my wife/kids who have even less experience of linux than I. The box only runs as file server and our LAN Minecraft server. ...
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Is server alive app

I'm just wondering, is there an Ubuntu program to check if certain IP's are up ? I have a few servers and i'm searching for a small program\app\indicator to ping\telnet\tcp-connect my servers and ...
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Prevent Apache restarting automatically after upgrading packages

Following on from an earlier question: Is there a way to download security updates and notify admin without installing the update? A large number of packages interact with Apache (especially PHP) ...
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Is there a way to download security updates and notify admin without installing the update?

We use apt to download and install security updates on our production server, and most of the time this works well for us. However, this morning, our server downloaded an update, installed the ...
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Shell Scripting for Linux Server Administration

I recently started learning Linux(Ubuntu), and i'm aware that Linux has it's own form of language i.e Shell Scripting. What i'll like to know is that is this language enough to administer a Linux ...
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Is there an admin panel to administer services? [closed]

I am looking for a free admin panel for my 32bit Ubuntu 10.04 Server I will use it for setup/edit ftp accounts, dns settings, mysql settings etc. Which one do you prefer? and why? ...
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Hardware logs storage?

I have a Ubuntu Server 11.10 installed. wanted to know where hardware related logs are stored & is there any configuration that needs to be done, for those logs to be activated? If possible ...
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What commands should every Linux network admin know? [closed]

What commands are necessary for a Linux network administrator to do his job? Most networking related commands should go here. Please post examples if you possibly can.
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can apt do everthing dpkg can?

As I understand things apt uses dpkg are there any operations that you can do with dpkg that can't be done with apt? as a new User to Ubuntu server do I need to learn anything about dpkg?
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What's the regular way to add an admin user?

I have installed an Ubuntu server cloud version on my AWS instance. Anyway the default user name is specified as ubuntu, and i don't like it. Because I have my own policy for admin account name. So ...
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Guide or book for ubuntu server

Is there any detailed guide or book for Ubuntu server? For installation and administration. Free or commercial.
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ssh key administration for many users, servers

My company has some remote Ubuntu servers. The access to these servers is controlled by ssh keys. Managing these keys is quite a pain, especially when an employee leaves or joins the company. Is ...
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Which way is the best to manage a workstation from windows server 2008?

I mean, are there any tools to manage mixed networks with Windows and Ubuntu workstations from single Windows Server 2008? Some like GPO or Windows Managment Console.
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Remote administration of a server?

I'm going to install a ubuntu server to provide email, ftp and maybe webserver services too. I dont want to install a gui for the server, but I'd like to administrate it remotely. I was thinking in ...