Questions related to Ubuntu Server, and server-related packages.
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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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Ubuntu Server Manager Installation Fails on 13.04 - Why
Installation of Server Manager Utility on 13.04 fails. Have tried many combination of loading packages to fix. Dependency Problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-server. Denpendency on on ...
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How to set up an SSTP Server
Is there a way to set up a linux based, preferably ubuntu, SSTP server?
I know there is a SSTP client available on sourceforge, but I can't find a server.
To be clear: I do NOT want openVPN, I want ...
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How to install Ganglia 3.4.0 in 11.10?
I am new to this environment. I am trying to install ganglia-monitor-core3.4.0 in Ubuntu 11.10.
But I am getting a error code 1 while executing the configure commands.
Can I do the installation ...
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Cloning a remote virtual Server
I rented a virtual server running Ubuntu. To test changes to my configuration I'd like to be able to try them on a local machine. So basically I'd like to create a clone of the virtual server (I don't ...
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Remote Access to Owncloud Server
I'm currently trying to setup my own own-cloud server, and I've got it fully installed, configured, and accessible from within my own local network. I cannot figure out how to access it from the ...
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“No caching mode page present” when USB flash disk attached
When attaching a USB flash disk (NTFS formatted) to a laptop with Ubuntu Server 12.04 on board, I get following messages:
[ 3572.355603] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
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Trouble with local server, URL not found errors with some, but not all local sites
I am setting up my Ubuntu laptop for my new job and I am having a strange issue. They have a crazy environment setup that I got working on my local Ubuntu 12.10 machine with Apache and PHP 5.3 (had to ...
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How to get old options back in Nautilus's “Connect to server” window?
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 with GNOME 3.6 Classic. When I try to use Places -> Connect to server, I get a window missing all the options I was used to in Ubuntu 11.10 (such as SSH).
I can only ...
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Use resources of high end servers to run lubuntu in low end hardware
In our home there is one high end computer with lots of RAM and other low end old computer running lubuntu , the lubuntu itself has become slow so we were thinking of making the lubuntu machine a ...
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Timestamp appears to be wrong on some log files
When I use scp to remotely check my server logs, the "last changed" timestamp on some files appears to be set in the future. I've double checked the local time and timezone settings on both my server ...
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Create local repo for some applications
i have try to search over the internet but got nothing
this is my situation,
i have more than 30 vps running ubuntu server 12.04
i need to install openssh, webserver (apache + php) & database ...
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How to get HAVP(HTTP Anti Virus Proxy) working?
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 server with HAVP(HTTP Anti Virus Proxy) with ClamAV and AVG. My dhcp server is a OpenBSD 5.2 router.
If I connect manually to my Ubuntu server its works great, but when I'm ...
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How can I build the best Cyber Cafe possible using Ubuntu (Desktop or the Server Edition)?
My question has to do with my plan/dream of opening a Cyber Cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia, my birth place. I plan to use 5 to 15 computers (all laptops) running Ubuntu.
Now that you have the background ...
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Installing 12.04LTS Server on a Fake RAID10
Scenario
Install Ubuntu 12.04LTS Server on a RAID10 with boot on a RAID1.
4 - 2Tb SATA Hard Drives
3 Partitions (/boot, /, and swap)
boot (256Mb from each disk) setup in RAID1 /dev/md0
partition ...
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VSFTPD 553 error: could not create file
Fresh LAMP server setup with Ubuntu 12.04 and VSFTPD.
I'm trying to access the /var/www folder (web root) with FTP user.
I created a new user ftpuser and added it to the www-data user group created ...
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PXE boot ubuntu 12.04 Customization
Just configured my Ubuntu 12.04 server to play host to a diskless PXE/NFS system. Currently I'm deploying the Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop Live CD to all my clients (derived from the install CD). My question ...
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How to create personal cloud using eucalyptus
I am new to askubuntu and linux too. I want to implement my own cloud and one of my friend told me that this can be done very easily on ubuntu using eucalyptus. Can anyone tell me how to do this or ...
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Add Server between current wireless router and new router
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 Server with a wireless router attached. I would like to connect it to my modem/wireless router via the wireless interface in a transparent manner. My goal is to use the server to ...
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Server 12.04 machine does not respond to arp broadcasts
I just ssh'd into my old netbook (running as a CUPS server) running ubuntu server 12.04 and did a dist-upgrade (haven't done one in a while). Upon rebooting the machine, I can now no longer access it ...
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Open VM Tools producing warnings in syslog every 30 seconds / how do I suppress these warnings?
I would like to adjust my question slightly as I just updated one of my servers from 12.04 to 12.04.1 and am now seeing the same warnings on the upgraded server as well, so I am suspecting there is ...
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Google Drive / Owncloud Alternative for Ubuntu
I am looking for an alternative of Google Drives that works/installs in Ubuntu server. Something similar that offers the same or most of the functions in Google Drive, like file upload, syncing, ...
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Getting Primay domain controller to work
I am setting up a Primary Domain Controller on a small office network. I am following this guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/samba-dc.html
I got it working on one machine a few weeks ...
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How to choose LVM mapping mode when installing Ubuntu server 12.04?
I would like to create a volume group with striped mode on top of 2 RAID-1 devices.
The issue here is I cannot choose striped when configuring LVM at installation stage. It's always be linear.
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when installing /boot inside a lvm group, where do I install the boot loader?
I am setting a personal file/cloud server based on ubuntu server 12.04 and owncloud but there are certain things about the partitioning that I can't get my head around...
Let's say for example I want ...
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Squid or DansGuardian: Which should pass content to an antivirus product for scanning?
I have an Ubuntu Server12.04 installation acting as a proxy server using Squid 3.1.19.
Squid has been configured to pass content to SquidClamAV 6.10 to check for viruses (using icap):
icap_service ...
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VLC 2.0.3.. can't enable http interface
I'm new to linux world, and happy with my ubuntu 12.04 64-bit server.
I am working in a re-streaming project and got stuck around access the stream in the server.
Already fixed quite issues, except ...
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Disk Space Full
Setting up Ubuntu 10.04 server, the / disk space shows full under df, however the du does not show any of the space used. This has several mounts to Gluster FS'.
I have tried a forced FSCK and to ...
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dhcp server configured in ubuntu on vmware
How can I test a dhcp server running on Ubuntu in vmware?
My dhcp configuration is:
ddns: update-style none;
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
subnet 192.168.56.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
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ubuntu server 12.10 get input signal out of range on HP DL380 G4
After installed ubuntu 12.10 server on HP DL380 G4, I can't boot into it.
And the LCD got message "Input signal out of range, recommened settings is 1280x1024".
I can't see the terminal and tried ...
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ubuntu hang out with this message :blocked for more than 120 seconds
I'm running a virtualMachine on ESXi -- Ubuntu as a webserver -- (apache2 with nginx as his proxy, php, mysql) and services keeps hanging/freezing causing the whole server to be unresponsive. It's not ...
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Can't capture video from usb-webcam with ffmpeg
i have a hama usb webcam which works fine with the fswebcam command to capture single frames but when i try to capture a video with ffmpeg i get an error:
sudo ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 ...
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command line mount helper for Ubuntu server?
Under Ubuntu there are several mount helpers to support easy mounting of encrypted (cryptsetup/luks) removable media such as USB drives. Under Gnome/Unity/XFCE a requester is opened, just enter the ...
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Create a HotSpot which requires a username and password
I wish to set up a wireless access point which requires a username and password in order for clients to use the internet.
The network setup will be internet modem connected to an Ubuntu Server (2 ...
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Ubuntu Server Edition won't boot with second hard drive plugged in
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu server edition running on my home server. I cannot (for the life of me) get it to boot with a second hard drive plugged in. I have checked boot priority and made sure ...
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is there a unified management console for Ubuntu 12?
is there something similar to the management console in Windows for example
GUI based Device Manager
In windows server there is a server management console through which we can manage all system ...
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OpenVPN not listening on port
I just set up an OpenVPN server on a VPS but sadly I can't connect to it.
When I made a portscan I found that my custom 11940 port where openvpn should listen is closed. The default 1194 port is also ...
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How to set disk quota for multiple users within a single disk partition
I have a single disk partition (say /shared) shared by multiple users. It has a single file system (ext3). I want to put home directories for each of the user here and set their disk limit to 5 GB. ...
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How I can run Android 4.0.4 in chroot on Ubuntu 12.04 on the Pandaboard ES?
I want to run fully functional Android 4.0.4 on my Ubuntu 12.04 installation on the Pandaboard ES with the LXC containers.
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Access to Ubuntu Server 12.04 with Ubuntu Workstation 12.04
I recently installed Ubuntu Server 12.04. I gave the server a static IP address. I now installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a workstation. I can connect to it via the terminal but I cannot add any folders to the ...
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Ubuntu server 13.04 virtual kernel inside virtualbox has just 16 colors
I installed ubuntu 13.04 server with virtual-kernel option inside of virtualbox to try it out. It does seem to be working faster then the regular image. But there is one problem. The terminal has just ...
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How do I copy files with SCP to /var/www?
I need to copy files from my computer to my server's folders in /var/www so they are uploaded to my cloud. Here's what I try to do:
I open my computer's terminal and type:
scp ...
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How to setup FTPS server in Ubuntu
At the moment I'm trying to setup a vsftpd server on 12.04 to allow users to login/download files via ftps to aid testing during some development work.
When I attempt to connect using FileZilla in ...
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Ubuntu server 13.04 - network balancing software help
I have ubuntu 13.04 server on my media server. Installed for software I have Deluge, Deluge WebUI, Webmin and BlindDNS... what I would like to do is find kind of software that will take and basicly ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 NAS setup, which file format to choose/partition scheme?
I just built my NAS hardware, these are the specs
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Asus P8H77-M PRO Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) ...
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No network modules detected in mini.iso for custom kernel 3.0.0-32-server
It would be very helpful, if somebody could help me in this. :)
I am trying to update my 2.6 kernel to 3.0.0 for ubuntu-10.04 LTS. And, for update, I am using netboot_iso approach and using mini.iso ...
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Ubuntu Server - bandwidth prioritising
My Ubuntu Server HTPC runs a torrent client, and I also use it as a WiFi bridge to connect my laptop to. There are no other devices on my network. It does not function as a router, I still use a ...
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Can I auto-authenticate an M86 web filter?
I'm currently doing an independent study that involves setting up a mock Ubuntu Network - the problem is, the school is required by law to use a web filter, and this makes it difficult to ...
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DHCP server not starting
I'm trying to set a DHCP server on 12.04. I installed:
sudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server
My configuration files look like this:
/etc/default/isc-dhcp-server
INTERFACES="eth0"
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Ubuntu 12.04 Server: Questions about mpm_worker, php5-fpm, APC, fastcgi
(Apologies if there's a more appropriate StackExchange forum for this. If that's the case, please let me know.)
I'm looking to set up a LAMP server (Ubuntu 12.04) for a website that will probably get ...
