Questions related to Ubuntu Server, and server-related packages.
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Connect monitor to headless server
I've inherited a server running on Ubuntu which has a keyboard connected, but no monitor.
Now there's been a network problem and I'm currently unable to connect via ssh (not even ping works). Still, ...
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Accessing Plex and Transmission remotely
I have setup plex and transmission to be accessed through the webui. My question is how can I let friends access these features from an entirely separate location?
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Running Hadoop on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server?
What will be the minimum system requirements if I wish to run it on the server version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Currently I have 4GB of RAM, Core 2 Duo Processor T5550, 1.83 Ghz. The server installation ...
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can't bring up wireless card on ubuntu server 12.04
I'm trying to use an Atheros AR9287 chipset card in a fairly ancient (Pentium II-gen) machine running Ubuntu server 12.04.2. It wasn't able to connect to a network when I provided the SSID during the ...
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squid-deb-proxy failing to cache packages
On an Ubuntu 12.04 server, with squid-deb-proxy installed, client machines on the network will properly contact the server when installing packages, but squid never caches packages.
From ...
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Disabling graphic card in Ubuntu Server 13.04 [duplicate]
i installed Ubuntu server on my old notebook Levono R61 and it is kind of noisy so i was thinking and i figured out that if i managed to somehow underclock graphic card or even better turned it off ...
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Trouble with mounting usb hdd on ubuntu server
The hard disk had previously been the primary hdd for this computer. The only OS ever installed was ubuntu server, without encryption or LVM. My intention is to only keep the files that were on ...
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How to inspect localhost from my smartphone?
Ideally I'd like to expose a port, like 8080 or something, to the web, so that I can run a website on my desktop and inspect it on my smart phone or show it to a client and so on. How do I expose one ...
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Can not connect via FTP over explicit TLS/SSL
I have been rather desperate trying to connect via FTP over explicit TLS/SSL.
I am following this manual: http://repeatexplorer.umbr.cas.cz/static/html/help/manual.html#using-ftp
Here is what I ...
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Can't share zfs filesystem over nfs
Ubuntu Server 13.04. Client OpenElec 3.02
trying to share thru built-in into zfs sharenfs
server (192.168.1.56)
administrator@ubuntu:~$ sudo zfs get all | grep share
[sudo] password for ...
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How to DRP through ssh tunnel
So I have the following set up.
Note : Direct DRP wont work due to port forwarding and network reasons.
ClinetSystem | RemoteServer | VMinRemoteServer
what I am trying to do is create an SSH tunnel ...
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bash permissions
My friend was trying to tighten up security on his ubuntu server and changed the permissions on bash. He logged out, and now the computer won't let him log back in.
The server is an off-site server ...
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Wireless card won't connect on system boot
My wireless card won't connect to the network on system boot on Ubuntu 13.04 64bit (server).
Below is my system info:
/etc/netwrok/interfaces
# WiFi
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid ...
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Is it safe to upgrade my production server from 11.04 to 12.04 LTS?
Two years ago I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my server when I was first setting it up.
I just noticed that 11.04 is no longer supported (hasn't been since October), so I want to upgrade my server to an ...
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How to disable LVDS-1?
im not using X, no gui, only terminal in ubuntu server. How would I go about disabling this LCD at boot so that the connected VGA monitor is the only one?
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monitor resolution only using 2/5 of screen
I have a monitor attached to vga port on this machine, the monitor menu buttons say the current resolution is 1600x900 (the highest for this particular monitor). I am running Ubuntu Server 12.04.02
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Ubuntu 12.04 server stops responding after some time
My Ubuntu virtual server always stops responding after being online for several hours.
It isn't pingable, SSH, FTP, NGINX, etc stop responding. However, when I login with with my VNC client, after it ...
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unmet dependencies linux-server depend on linux-image-server
on my Ubuntu server 12.04.2, LVM partition, I have this problem when I run apt-get -f install :
apt-get-f install
Reading package lists ... done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... ...
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Upgrade MySQL server issue
I failed to upgrade MySQL server. Here's what I tried:
I first issue this command to update the package list:
sudo apt-get update
Then, upgrade by:
sudo apt-get upgrade
It shows the following ...
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How can I open ports on ubuntu server?
Hello I am running my server and since the ip is not static (my ISP won't give me one because I need to be a commercial customer) I have to use a service like DynDNS but the site is only accessible in ...
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Should I use ubuntu 10.04 server since the desktop version is not supported anymore
I have a netbook, and Ubuntu 10.04 expires tomorrow. Should I install the server version of ubuntu 10.04 and install X on top of that? Would what work for support? I love 10.04 only because it runs ...
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Sendmail relaying email through A record not MX
I have a Ubuntu server, running sendmail (until this morning it was running postfix, but I moved to sendmail to eliminate the possibility of my postfix configuration tweaks being the cause of this ...
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How to fix Ubuntu server 13.04 slower boot when network cable is unplugged
I have noticed that when I unplug the network cable, system waits about 100 seconds to configure the network, So I edited /etc/init/failsafe.conf and comment two wait() lines (thanks to tutorial here)
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How to set up SAMBA / CUPS print server?
I am using 13.04 on an old laptop hooked up to a printer that I would like to access from my Windows 8 PC. I have been working on this for hours and I cannot seem to get the right configuration of ...
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Run .sh every time a file changes
I'm working with a system that uses a Ubuntu server as base but we do program at Windows. The VMs are using the Mount command to have access to the files at Windows.
Everytime someone saves a file, ...
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How to make my server email me when there are security updates?
There's obviously a way to check to see when an update is a security update. I often get greeted by a motd that says "there are N security updates."
What I'd like to do is have my server email me a ...
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Please Help me to stop server x [closed]
I use Backtrac 5 r3
i try stop server but I cant I try this sudo service lightdm stop; sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm dos not work
** lightdm: unrecognized service
Package `lightdm' is not installed ...
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How to upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 LTSP Thin client to Ubuntu 12.04?
I have a setup with Ubuntu 9.04 LTSP server and Ubuntu 9.04 LTSP Thin client.
I want to upgrade my Ubuntu 9.04 LTSP Thin client to Ubuntu 12.04 or higher.
Is it possible to upgrade? If it is, How can ...
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How to set port 44400 as default in Apache?
My website work only if I run:
domain.com:44400
How to set port 44400 as default in Apache?
I need have access by domain.com not domain.com:44400
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How do I make exim4 be able to send e-mail to gmail on 12.04?
I don't mean through another SMTP, this will be a stand-alone "internet" configuration. In fact it is already running and sending e-mail but gmail doesn't accept e-mails because it thinks my server is ...
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Server running on ESX can ping outside and inside but cannot be pinged (or ssh) from the inside
Have identical vm's that do not have this problem
Those identical machines are the only machines that can actually ping and ssh to this certain box.
Disabled firewall
Added new nic that was e1000 and ...
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How does a firewall protect an Ubuntu server? [duplicate]
Since a potential attacker will exploit the services that are already open to public by firewall rules, how will a firewall protect my server from attackers?
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Work on localhost, on domain not working. Connection timeout?
Website work on localhost:33333 but if I run my.domain.com:33333 or my.domain.com not working.(Connection timeout)
What could be the reason?
<VirtualHost *:33333>
ServerName my.domain.com
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unable to establish wifi connection
I have installed Ubuntu today and I cannot connect to my college wifi network. it is asking for BSSID which I don't know what it is. so please help me in establishing a connection.
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Ubuntu 13.04 Server Installation With no RAID option?
I'm installing Ubuntu 13.04 Server. When I get to the partition manager, I select Manuel. When I click on one of my disks, I want to use as Raid partition, but that option doesn't exist.
Can you not ...
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Ubuntu Server replace Windows 7 as my home server?
I currently have a home server running Windows 7 pro just so I can run my kids Minecraft server and also a Teamspeak server for online gaming.
I would love to know if i can replace Win7 with Ubuntu ...
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How to install uTorrent server properly in 12.10 [closed]
I'm running Elementary OS Luna which is based on Ubuntu 12.10. I installed uTorrent server edition following this guide:
How to install utorrent step by step?
Everything works fine. I go to ...
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Virtualize Ubuntu server 12.0.4 into 3 different containers
I have a dedicated server with 2 TB disk space, 16 GB memory. I need to virtualize it to 3 different containers (Public, private and DEV). I have been evaluating Open VZ
But it caused disk quota ...
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Customize netboot?
Question:
How can I customize netboot so it installs ssh & sshd + my (root) ssh public key ?
What I need to do is put one identical installation to 10 hardware server boxes.
Basically, it needs ...
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Ubuntu LAMP server do I need the DNS Service?
I have a VPS which was setup preinstalled with various different services I want to know can I remove things like DNS,POP,IMAP etc without affecting my LAMP setup? Im pretty sure I don't need these...
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NginX access configuration
I'm using ubuntu x64 server with nginx as webserver.
In my company, we configured intranet (local) dns server so that, when you enter domain1.com, it goes directly into defined LAN ip adress.
We ...
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How to exclude files in rsync?
I'm using ubuntu server 12.04, now I want to backup some files using rsync, here is a try:
rsync -aAX $HOME/Documents/* $HOME/Backups/TEST --exclude={$HOME/Documents/another/*,$HOME/Documents/temp/*} ...
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Strange files /p and /pz
I'm running a VPS that runs Ubuntu 12.04 Server LTS. I've just noticed two files, about 512MB each, one is called p and the other pz and they're at root level in the filesystem.
Running strings on ...
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transmission-daemon: error loading working config-file. User priveliges?
Transmission-daemon has worked perfectly on a small headless server for a long time. However, it currently gives me the following error:
transmission-daemon Error loading config file -- exiting. ...
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Can't access function after chown command
I was using this command chown root:www-data /var/www/example.com -R,
but there was a message shown that directory not listed.
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install ubuntu server and ubuntu desktop
Is it possible to install Ubuntu server and Ubuntu desktop on one PC with windows 8?
Or Can I install Ubuntu server on my pc and Ubuntu desktop on my laptop?
What's good installing type ( Virtual ...
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Upgrade ubuntu server from 12.04.2 to 13.04 [duplicate]
I have production server with Ubuntu 12.04.2 X64 OS and I want to upgrade it into 13.04. After some research I've found this command do-release-upgrade -d AFAIK this switches update routine into ...
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Files on web server can be found without extensions
I have a page about.php. I can access this page by either example.com/about.php or example.com/about and even example.com/about/. The latter does something strange. It treats the about.php (which is ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.10 -> 13.04 Upgrade & MDADM Raid Arrary
Now that 13.04 is out - i am looking to upgrade my home server (test rig) to have a play. Just wondering what effect running
do-release-upgrade
Would have on my MDADM raid array? Would it survive ...
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Apache configuration. Website does not work
I'm trying run website on ubuntu server but it does not work. This is my configuration:
/etc/apache2/sites-available/vtiger
<VirtualHost *:33333>
ServerName my.domain.com
DocumentRoot ...
