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Install a newer version of Git on CentOS 7
I like to enable Git "Push to Deploy" on my CentOS 7 server. Currently I only can get Git 1.8.3.1 via yum. I need a newer version.
Do I have to build it from source or is there any repo I can use? I alreay added EPEL and elrepo but yum still gives…
Oliver
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Nginx location regex doesn't work with proxy pass
I'm trying to get these 2 location directives working in Nginx but I'm getting some errors back when booting Nginx.
location ~ ^/smx/(test|production) {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8181/cxf;
}
location ~ ^/es/(test|production)…
Niels
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Can we have multiple CNAMES for a single Name?
I need this for load balancing. For example, I've two azure storage accounts (say a and b) and the blob addresses for those are a.blob.core.windows.net and b.blob.core.windows.net. Both of them store identical data. Now I need to provide a single…
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MySQL keeps crashing: InnoDB: Unable to lock ./ibdata1, error: 11
I have a simple webserver (Debian 6.0 x86, DirectAdmin with 1 GB of memory and still 10 GB free space, mySQl version 5.5.9), however the mySQL server keeps crashing and I need to kill all mySQL processes to be able to restart it…
Devator
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What is the difference between a managed and unmanaged switch?
I've seen some documentation discussing the use of an unmanaged switch. What is the difference in functionality/performance/etc. between an unmanaged and managed switch?
Luke
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How to ping in linux until host is known?
How can I ping a certain address and when found, stop pinging.
I want to use it in a bash script, so when the host is starting up, the script keeps on pinging and from the moment the host is available, the script continues...
Sander Versluys
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associate name with ip for ssh?
Let's say I just have an ip address for a server and I don't have a domain with it (it's just a database server, so it doesn't need a domain). I don't want to have to remember the ip address every time, so is there a way I could still use the syntax…
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GNU less: How can I search while ignoring case sensitivity without using less -I option?
From GNU less manpage
-i or --ignore-case
Causes searches to ignore case; that is, uppercase and lowercase are considered identical.
This option is ignored if any uppercase letters appear in the search pattern; in other words, if a pattern contains…
Tom Feiner
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What a beginner should know/learn for sysadmin job?
This is a Canonical Question about System Administration Careers
When I start my job as System Administrator, what basics skills should I know/learn?
Are there any key differences for Network, Storage, Database, and other Administrators?
Dhanapal
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loginctl enable-linger/disable-linger ... but reading linger-status?
I know how to enable/disable lingering with loginctl.
But up to now I found no way to query the status of a user.
I want to know: Is lingering enable for user foo?
How can I access this information?
guettli
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How to manage DNS in NetworkManager via console (nmcli)?
I have CentOS 7.2 (guest in VirtualBox, vagrant box centos/7, no GUI).
I see there is a nameserver in file:
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver 10.0.2.3
But how to add or replace with new one?
I have done this manually…
Kirby
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What characters should I use or not use in usernames on Linux?
I want to create user accounts named after a domain name. adduser complains that the usernames need to match the NAME_REGEX regular expression.
adduser: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured
via the NAME_REGEX…
Ed Haber
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Rsync triggered Linux OOM killer on a single 50 GB file
I have a single 50 GB file on server_A, and I'm copying it to server_B. I run
server_A$ rsync --partial --progress --inplace --append-verify 50GB_file root@server_B:50GB_file
Server_B has 32 GB of RAM with 2 GB swap. It is mostly idle and should…
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What is the difference between syslog, rsyslog and syslog-ng?
I am a bit confused in syslog, rsyslog and syslog-ng.
From where can I get the source code for syslog()?
Is there any difference between rsyslog and rsyslogd?
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Is a VM with 2 CPUs really faster than one with 4 CPUs?
Our IT created a VM with 2 CPUs allocated rather than the 4 I requested. Their reason is that the VM performs better with 2 CPUs rather than 4 (according to them). The rationale is that the VM hypervisor (VMWare in this case) waits for all the…
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