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Create folders in remote server after ssh login using commands

I need to create folders on the remote server, i try to ssh to the server and then create folders. The logs display that the ssh is successful but it stops after that and the screen stays at the home ...
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Permission denied creating file on Ubuntu Server (Amazon EC2 instance)

sudo has been working fine for installing applications and running scripts, but when I try and create a file I am getting a "Permission Denied". I have tried: sudo cat > file.conf and sudo echo ...
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Problem with Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Amazon Ec2 update from cloud-images.ubuntu.com image [solved] [closed]

Created new Amazon Ec2 instance from http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ Details: eu-west-1 32-bit ebs micro After command "apt-get update" or "aptitude update" message in SSH ...
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blocking all outgoing ports and its consequences

Is this the right way to block all outgoing ports? : ufw default deny outgoing But what are the consequences of doing this on amazon ec2? I'm running possibly unsafe perl scripts on my instance and ...
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Grub fails to update, apt ignores hold on package

Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise It's also an EC2 Instance $ apt-mark showhold grub-pc Today I've ran apt-get upgrade and ...
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Ubuntu mailing services with Magento [closed]

I'm having some issues with sending emails out from Magento. I'm very new to Ubuntu and had been playing with it for the past 2 days. Is there anything I need to do to allow my mail to be sent out? I ...
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How can I stop unattended-upgrades from rebooting the machine?

I just had a look at my Amazon EC2 instance and noticed I had 20 minutes exactly of downtime. I didn't know what caused it so I logged in to SSH and tried upgrading my packages, and saw that the ...
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How to troubleshoot a non-booting EC2 Ubuntu instance?

After upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10, my EC2 Ubuntu instance won't boot. here is the system log: Fri Oct 26 17:05:57 UTC 2012: shutting down for reboot [up 18892807s]. * Stopping web server apache2 ...
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Installing Yaws server on Ubuntu 12.04 (Using a cloud service)

I'm trying to get a Yaws web server working on a cloud service (Amazon AWS). I've compilled and installed a local copy on the server. My problem is that I can't get Yaws to run while running on either ...
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How do I start an SSH session from the Unity desktop with arguments (-i)?

Using SSH in a GNOME terminal is fine. But I want to use it in a Unity window (the location text field, ctrl+l). I need to refer to my .PEM x509 certificate for security reasons to connect to my ...
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Cant access ephemeral storage on Amazon ubuntu instance

I want to utilise my ephemeral storage as mentioned in this question but I seem to be falling at the first hurdle. I can't even see /mnt: ~$ df -ah Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on ...
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Problem with squid on EC2

I created an instance from the canonical AMI that have ubuntu server 12.04 64bit and install squid. The only changed to the /etc/squid3/squid.conf file was: acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1 ...
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How do I configure Mediawiki on EC2 if anonymous browsing is disabled?

So I have new MediaWiki instance install on a brand new Amazon EC2 instances. All is going swimmingly, until I have to log in via the web browser to configure it. Since I'm running on a hosted server, ...
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Ubuntu AMI with swap for micro instance

The default Ubuntu AMI does not have swap enabled, but it is not suitable for production use as the machine just crash when it is Out Of Memory. Are there existing images with swap enabled so I can ...
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How to repartition an EC2 micro instance under ubuntu 10.10? [closed]

I want to create an instance to run a webserver under EC2 using ubuntu 10.10. That's actually quite easy, but what I'd want to change how that virtual disk partitioning is made. Using the wizard they ...
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Not enough disk space '/' in AWS instance

i am running Ubuntu 11.04 instance for my Web Server on AWS cloud, now i am getting there is no disk space in / partition of my server. df -ah say this Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% ...
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How does Ubuntu Cloud Guest and Amazon web services work?

Could you explain me what I can do with ubuntu cloud and amazon cloud (Amazon EC2). How are they usefull. Can I use it like a real PC or it is only like a simple cloud wich can I put some files or ...
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Sphinx initial configuration hungs at checking for CFLAGS needed

I have never had any problem installing Sphinx on Ubuntu (local and Sphinx 2.0.2). Always worked out of the box. Today I tried to install Sphinx 2.0.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 on Amazon EC2. I have started ...
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Permission denied on /dev/xvdf despite sudo?

I'm trying to get a stream off port 9999 and write to /dev/xvdf. I'm using Amazon EC2 with the Ubuntu 11.10 server image. By default I log in as 'ubuntu' which has sudo privileges. However, when I run ...
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AWS Ubuntu Instance - User rights

I am running an instance of Ubuntu on Amazon Web Services, all working pretty dandy. I've got one little snag that i'm trying to find the answer to atm. Amazon forces you to have another user other ...
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Create a snapshot/Backup of my Amazon Ubuntu Instance

Hi all I want to backup my amazon instance currently running on ubuntu 10.4 LTS, anyone know how to do that? I also have a Cent-OS instance which I bakup and restore by creating snapshots and images ...
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“Server refused our key” when logging into Ubuntu on EC2 as a different user

We created an AWS micro instance running Ubuntu 10.04, and we can putty in as the "ubuntu" user using the key pair just fine. Now I've created two new users, but when I try to putty into the instance ...
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How to use cpulimit on ALL cron jobs?

Using Ubuntu Server an AWS micro box, so if the cpu utilization spikes AWS will virtually kill the CPU for the box (for about 30 sec). nice doesn't solve the problem, but cpulimit does (I use it in ...
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Should I upgrade kernel packages on EC2 instances?

On my EC2 server, when I do sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade, I see: The following packages have been kept back: linux-ec2 linux-image-ec2 linux-image-virtual linux-virtual ...
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Server AMI images don't allow a user to login multiple times

When I log into twice to a new instance of Ubuntu server built for Amazon EC2, both windows will be exactly the same. Anything I type in one is replicated in the other. I never dealt with this when I ...
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How to remove bottom information panel in terminal window on Ubuntu Server AMI images?

The Amazon AMI images have a default information panel at the bottom of the terminal window. I would like to remove this (it disables me from being able to scroll backwards in putty). It looks like ...
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What is the default username for Amazon AMI images of Ubuntu Server?

I just launched one of the Ubuntu Server AMI's on Amazon EC2. I connect just fine, but I don't see anything to tell me the default login credentials. login as: ?
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apache2 is making my amazon ec2 unavailable, any ideas?

I have a web server running on a EC2 c1.medium intance. The instance is running on ubuntu, with apache2 and mysql.The ubuntu and apache version are the next; Ubuntu DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu ...
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How can I connect to my Amazon EC2 server using a desktop client

I've already setup an Amazon EC2 instance running 10.10 and am able to connect to it using the ssh command provided by Amazon. I noticed there is a 'Terminal Server Client' and a 'Remote Desktop ...