Questions tagged [linux]
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How to allow the download of files with custom extensions from a Plesk server?
I have a dedicated Plesk server with several domains. In one of them I want to make available a file called, say, "file.db"
If I try to download that file from a web browser, I get a 403 ...
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Jenkins Continuous Integration Server not starting on Linux EC2 Instance
I am facing a problem starting jenkins after an update on an Linux EC2 Instance. There was an older version of Java installed and i updated using yum command
sudo systemctl status jenkins.service
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Sending Environment Variables via SCP
I'm looking to send some kind of environment variable using "SCP -o" (or any other file transfer protocol for that matter PSFTP, PSCP, etc).
I currently use SCP to transfer files between ...
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How do I configure 2 public IP addresses on Debian and enable NAT traversal on one?
I got 2 IP addresses from my hosting company, xx.xx.xx.109 and xx.xx.xx.110, both in the same subnet. The subnet mask is 255.255.255.192 and the gateway is xx.xx.xx.20
I have a Proxmox server and ...
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ffmpeg doesn't have access to qsv nor vulkan
I'm running gentoo, and I have media-libs/oneVPL-intel-gpu installed, and latest mesa drivers, and intel gmm, however, qsv refuses to transcode and gives me the following error everytime
ffmpeg -...
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How do you set up a system wide Proxy system for multiple SSH Dynamic Port (SOCKS5) Connections
What I'm trying to do is create a FoxyProxy type system wide proxy system for SSH Dynamic ports. My starting point is a OpenBSD Unix Based system, but has a lot of RedHat based additions. All of the ...
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Linux: How to find the location of a specific "include" library in Python? [migrated]
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I have already searched extensively and found nothing that even vaguely resembles an answer, including here. If this is a stupid question or a duplicate, please accept my apologies.
Also Note:
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How to resolve the password prompting issue when setting up lftp connection with sftp and ssh-key in centos?
I have a centos server s1 and client c1 and I wanted to do a lftp connection with sftp and ssh-key without the password been prompted. Currently when I run the below command the password is prompted ...
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Laptop Keyboard disabled after suspend or sleep Debian 12, How do i fix it?
My Dell laptop has Debian 12, every after I suspend or sleep the laptop the keyboard is disabled when I wake it back. even after using on-screen keyboard to log in, it stays disabled.
I tried changing ...
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SSH from A through B to C, using private key on B
Schematic:
ssh ssh
A ------> B ------> C
^ ^
using A's using B's
ssh key ssh key
Preconditions:
A is running ssh-agent
A can access B
B can access C
A can't ...
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Unable to get shared clipboard using VNC server on Ubuntu and Mac client [closed]
I have a remote Oracle Cloud VM running Ubuntu, and I want to remote in via VNC via macos Screen Sharing. I can connect with Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.10 – but for the life of me cannot get shared ...
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How to solve Ansible venv runtime exception in specific versions?
I want to set up a venv with the following packages as these are specified in a project I'm working on:
ionoscloud==6.1.4
pytest==6.2.5
pytest-cov==3.0.0
ansible==5.0.1
PyYAML==6.0
kubernetes==24.2.0
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How to detect even or odd minutes in bash script
I need to detect whether the current minutes are even or odd regardless of the time zone !
I tried this according to answers from several sites:
#!/bin/bash
n=$(date +"%M")
r=`expr$n%2`
if [...
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Wine not being given proper permissions?
After updating to Ubuntu 22.04 wine stopped working. I noticed some other things I did not like about Ubuntu so I went over to Debian 12. Wine still did not work. I asked in the wine forums but no one ...
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Hotspot connection SSH / Ping
I have a singleboard computer (Rock 4 SE) with a wifi that is hotspot capable. It is running linux Debian. I want to SSH into it with my laptop using the linux machines own wifi as a hotspot for ...
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CIFS mount issues
I am trying to mount a network drive to my AlmaLinux box, and are running out of ideas.
I want to mount the folder "project" with:
sudo mount -t cifs --verbose -o username=$USER,uid=$USER //...
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Bypassing Secure Boot without disabling it
I've tried archboot, but no luck as I was stuck due to the plymouth missing. Now I want to try to install arch or nixos alongside Win 11. The problem lies in secure boot. I don't have spare linux to ...
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How can I use up all my CPU/RAM for testing purposes?
I want to bring up my CPU and memory usage all the way up to 100% for testing purposes. How can I do this effectively?
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How can I change the initial directory of apps back to the home directory?
Apps like the XFCE4 terminal and Thunar used to open in the home directory. However, recently they started to open in $HOME/.config/xfce4/panel. I want to change this back to the home directory. How ...
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How to Identify and Terminate Idle tmux Sessions on a Debian Server
I have a Debian server with multiple tmux sessions running. Some of these sessions are idle and not running any active processes. How can I identify and terminate all tmux sessions that are not ...
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Capture TCP stream with tcpdump/netcat
I have a hardware device that hosts two separate TCP modules. One is for receiving commands from other machines, while the other is a TCP stream server that sends data based on the commands received. (...
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How to skip a directory when downloading with wget?
I want to download a website with wget in Linux that have the following 'structure':
sssssssssss.com/things/summer/tables/books/
There is a directory in the directory 'summer', named 'sport'.
I want ...
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Enter Bios/UEFI from desktop shortcut
I am currently dual booting windows and linux, i dont want to use grub because grub tends to get very flakey the longer things go on.
IS there a way for me to create a desktop shortcut in linux to ...
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Matrox G200eW3 fails on Debian 12.5
I do have a server with Matrox G200eW3 (on-board) on Debian Bookworm, but graphic display fails. There is a small _ in the top left corner, but that's all. Still the terminals (ctrl-alt 2/3/4/5) are ...
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Wget show error certificate of <domain> name was signed using an insecure algorithm, while curl works
We are trying to check domain
wget domain <like httpx://abc.com>
we are getting error "The certificate of domain(abc.com) was signed using an insecure algorithm. But SSL certificate is ...
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Failed to set the root user to MongoDB
I have created a MongoDB docker container with the following compose.yaml
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services:
mongodb:
image: "docker.io/library/mongo:7.0.11"
container_name: mongodb
restart: unless-...
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cannot configure WiFi network on octopi/raspberry pi neither dhcp nor static ip
I have tried to connect my raspberry 3B via WiFi, but get an error as follows:
dhcpcd failed on all interfaces "not configured"
/etc/dhcpcd.conf configured for static IP on wlan0: no IPv4 ...
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Issues Configuring Swap and Moving /home to a New Encrypted Disk on Ubuntu 24.04
I have Ubuntu 24.04 installed with the default disk partitioning settings chosen by the installer, including LVM encryption. I have two SSDs:
First disk with the following partitions:
/boot/efi
/boot
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systemd: ensure, service is started after mysql
I have a systemd path unit, which watches a config file to apply db changes if the config file changes. To ensure the path unit runs after mysql, I added these lines:
Wants=mysqld.service
After=mysqld....
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Provide argument while starting a service using systemctl
I have a service installed on an old server and it is started using;
service load-simulator start medium
The value medium acts as a profile of sorts. It can have values like low, medium, high, and ...
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What does "job result is dependency" mean, and how do I debug it?
Here's my nice failure output, with PII snipped out:
command was journalctl -xu my_service
Jun 24 21:47:03 ip-XX-XX-XX-XX systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Runs the server.
░░ Subject: A start job for ...
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Can't resize partition after cloning the disk to the bigger disk
I cloned my entire disk to the new disk with dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/nvme0n1 . It was a long process so I don't want to repeat it again. I booted from the new disk but there is a problem: the new disk ...
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Network interface stopped working
ALL,
Using Gentoo Linux.
I was using the basic dhcpcd and everything was good.
Recently I had to update my machine and noticed that GNOME pulled in Network Manager. So I tried to switch to using it.
I ...
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Detect the origin for my computer's problems, probably hardware-related
In the past couple of weeks my computer shows more and more problems. I think it might be a hardware problem, since most of my setup is 13 years old and it worked before with the same OS. However, I ...
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How to improve and or manage NFS server security in local network? [closed]
Dear Super User community,
please recommend me a series of steps to manage and improve NFS server security managed on local network.
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Windows not dual booting with Ubuntu
I recently installed Ubuntu 24.04 L.T.S. I had a lot of problems during installation but now, I just can't boot up windows. Even if i give it top priority through BIOS, Ubuntu somehow keeps opening. I'...
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Unable to set permissions for power operations under Debian Bookworm
I am building a server under Debian Bookworm that it is to be used basically to read and save old tapes. The concept is to have the box full of units and be seldomly used and, when this occurs use a ...
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userChrome.css changes to Firefox only take effect on Ubuntu, not Mac
I have a userChrome.css file that I use to remove unused menu items from Firefox context menus on my Ubuntu machine. Here is the contents:
:root[inFullscreen] #PersonalToolbar {
visibility: ...
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Wifi fails with CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED after several days
I have a computer that's set up as a server on my home wifi network running linux. I can connect it to the Wifi but it will disconnect after several days of operation and journalctl fills up with ...
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Managing LUKS encrypted swap files/volumes. Manual mounting on remote dedicated servers, boot behavior, and fstab settings
I would like to setup an as simple as possible encryption at rest solution for a remote dedicated server. The host I am using will provide physical disks and there is no off the shelf solution for ...
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Chromebook RW_Legacy enabled Jammy 22.04 install
With Development enabled and enabling Legacy settings for RW_Legacy, I installed a minimal from a live Ubuntu Jammy X86_64 image installed from usb.
I get a clean boot and have updated with libraries ...
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Keyboard doesn't work correctly when booting the linux kernel with single mode from CFE bootloader using UART
I've been encountering a specific and weird bug that i honestly can't seem to find any solution for, i've been toying around with this blu ray player and found a uart port, i wire it to my pi pico ...
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How can I use DXVK with Wine to run World of Warcraft 3.3.5a?
I am on Linux Mint 21.3 and I have installed Wine 6.0.3 and got it to run the 3.3.5a World of Warcraft client out of the box. However, sometimes I experience noticeable stuttering while playing the ...
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Secure and efficient way to have remote desktop of cloud GPU running Linux
Currently I have rented a cloud GPU (Nvidia L4) w/ 25vCPUs and 100GBvRAM. I was hoping to run LMstudio on it, but would like the UI to be visible on my PC. Wondering if exporting DISPLAY to treat ...
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How to increase VLC RAM buffer for offline files using CLI?
I would like to do the same thing as in the answer to this question: I want to increase the File Caching option found in the preferences (Tools -> Preferences) with all the parameters (the All ...
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When installing linux based distros, Is it common to have several folders locked out? [closed]
I am a very new and inexperienced computer guy, lets just say they didnt have computers in schools and the 70s were fun as hell. I am running a msi 11sc thin 693 laptop and I feel that i shouldnt have ...
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Storing CUPS printer config in home directory
Is there a way to configure CUPS to store printers.conf in a user's home directory instead of the global /etc/cups/printers.conf? Basically, I'm wanting to allow per-user configuration of local ...
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How to pull NMEA0183 traffic from a TCP-based "talker" and send it to a UDP-based listener?
I have one machine (192.168.11.100) that acts as an NMEA0183 "talker" via port 10110/TCP and I have another machine (let's say 192.168.11.110) that can only receive the NMEA strings it needs ...
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Kali Linux can't boot into gui
I was trying to configure my Nvidia gsync as I heard online that this stops some flickering issues I was having with a game, I edited a config file to enable this and then rebooted and then it refused ...
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`setting cgroup config for procHooks process: bpf_prog_query(BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE) failed`
Today i noticed i my kuberentes/k3s cluster has a problem.
On the node that was defined in my ~/.kube/config file the API server was not running, so i could not use kubectl.
I studied the logfiles and ...
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