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28 questions linked to/from How do I override or configure systemd services?
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Why is /etc/init/tty?.conf ignored in Ubuntu 16.04?
When using Ubuntu 14.04, I used to have a custom /etc/init/tty2.conf that started a program in this virtual terminal. But after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04, these files seem to be ignored. Regardless of ...
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check_apt issue with Nagios
Running a base install of Ubuntu 22.04 using Nagios and NRPE to monitor hosts, all running 22.04. My issue is with check_apt returning two different results:
$# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_apt
APT ...
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Fluidsynth Starting Automatically On Boot; Login Freezing - Connected? How to Solve?
Since switching from Kubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu Studio 22.04 (both use KDE Plasma), I have had a strange cluster of issues. I'm wondering if they could be connected, but my main goal is to find a ...
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16.04: How do I make cron create cron.log and monitor it in real time?
I know that cron events are stored in /var/log/syslog and I can use a command like:
sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep cron
to see them.
I'd much rather have the system keep a separate cron log file ...
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Why is the Apache httpd stop command not graceful by default?
As of 20.04, the systemd service definition for apache2 (focal-updates Launchpad link) uses apachectl stop for ExecStop. This corresponds to the immediate, connection-disrupting TERM signal, instead ...
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How to pass command-line arguments to atd init script in Ubuntu 16.04
How can I pass a command-line argument to the atd daemon which will persist across reboots and package upgrades? I wish to add the command line flag -l 7.5 to atd because I have an 8-CPU server and ...
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OpenVPN restart breaks connection
I use a VPN (PIA installed by this method) on Ubuntu 16.04 through the default Network Manager. Frequently--after around 5 minutes of streaming or ~1 hour of normal browsing--it is cutting out, by ...
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Help adapting Courier-authdaemon initscript
I could use help with adapting the standard courier-authdaemon initscript.
I run a small business server with postfix, courier, mariadb, amavisd-new with clamav and spamassassin and sasl. After the ...
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Does dist-upgrade replace service files?
I recently noticed a server performing apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Amongst other things, docker was updated and restarted.
However, I noticed some changes I made to the service file ...
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Bind in 15.04 Ignores Startup Options
It appears Bind in Ubuntu 15.04 doesn't acknowledge startup options in /etc/default/bind9. I noticed in syslog that bind was trying to resolve ipv6 addresses even with -4 added to Options="-u bind -4" ...
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List what a CRON Job is doing
I have a list of cron jobs that i can see when I type htop in at the cli. These jobs have been running for about 3 hours at 100% cpu and i have no clue what they are or what they are doing. They are ...
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Install DisplayLink drivers on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, fix the square around mouse error and use non accelerated drivers instead nvidia/amd ones
I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and would like to install the DisplayLink drivers so that I can use various DisplayLink peripherals and I tried some official passages but I'm gettin a ...
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How can I find out when systemd schedules apt to auto-upgrade my packages?
The other day I found out that my Docker container had been killed as the docker daemon had been automatically upgraded on an AWS box I was running.
journald showed these messages in the relevant time ...
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getty/mingetty automatic login 16.04
I have an nfsroot created from 14.04 that I am rebuilding using 16.04. My nfsroot is shared by three systems named pc1,pc2 and pc3. There are 3 matching user accounts named pc1, pc2, and pc3 as well....
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Gitea snap service file replaced
I installed gitea with snap on Ubuntu some weeks ago.
Yesterday the service stopped to work and after digging into to logs I found that systemd service file had beed changed.
The file is:
/etc/systemd/...