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I tried looking through Google but it only returned results that seemed to match what I am looking for from 3-9 years back. I wanted to be sure what is out there is still secure and relevant. I...

Hi, we have HPC system configured with centos 6.2 based LDAp clients using sssd for authenticating users (200 in number) and centos 6.5 based LDAP server. Sometimes, randomly sssd process on one of...

Hi, we have HPC system configured with centos 6.2 based LDAp clients using sssd for authenticating users (200 in number) and centos 6.5 based LDAP server. Sometimes, randomly sssd process on one of...

Hi, we have HPC system configured with centos 6.2 based LDAp clients using sssd for authenticating users (200 in number) and centos 6.5 based LDAP server. Sometimes, randomly sssd process on one of...

Published at LXer: Awk scripts have three main sections: the optional BEGIN and END functions and the functions you write that are executed on each record. In a way, the main body of an awk script...

I am standing up my own e-mail server with CentOS 7, postfix and dovecot. I first followed this: https://likegeeks.com/linux-mail-server/. I could send/receive e-mails. Then I completed this:...

I sent these patches to Pat, but I think my email addy is having a torrid affair with /dev/null. ;) These patches are all for 14.2+: 1) fixes an existing gv patch (patch-of-a-patch) 2) fixes...

Published at LXer: 5 Proven Ways To Comment Out Multiple Lines At Once In Vim Editor. Read More... (https://www.ostechnix.com/comment-multiple-lines-vim-editor/)

Please take a look there: http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ Probably you will notice an empty file named "y" and I wonder why it is there. Interesting enough, that...

Hi all, I'm interested in installing Gentoo on my Macbook Pro 2015, which is the macbook12,1 model. I've already installed Debian, which has a very clunky UI and a terrible package manager and I...

I've used Ubuntu over the last few years, primarily as an operating system that allows me to modify my hardware setup from time to time, my abilities with regard to the software are more limited. I'm...

Published at LXer: Google announced over the weekend the general availability of Mendel Linux 4.0 "Day," the company's in-house built, Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for its Coral Dev Board...

Hey everyone, I'm new here but I'm glad I'm finally learning some of the basics of using Linux. Initially I installed it on my PC using Virtual box but instead decided to use dual boot instead on a...

Am I facing problems if I move my home directory from Kubuntu to MX-19?

Published at LXer: Install Node.js on popular Linux operating systems including Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora etc. Read More......

Published at LXer: Telnet is old school, but it's still a handy tool for troubleshooting email and other services. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/telnet-troubleshoot-mail-system)

Published at LXer: It's well-known that women are under-represented in computer science and technology. A new initiative led by the NC Department of Public Instruction, Duke University, and IBM is...

hi, i am not able to login with ssh using cent ldap user-i can su - cent. ssh cent@192.168.30.128 cent@192.168.30.128's password: Permission denied, please try again. In...

Hi all, I read about this software after receiving "Jackett: connection error!" issue, same as described here: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/9987 So, solution 1: disable...

I ask, because I saw a video that was uploaded in 2011 and the the person who ran the channel, who was a techie himself, wouldn't recommend using the Linux OS as a desktop daily driver. It just had...

I only have a basic understanding of DNS and I am trying to redirect HTTP requests to this website to HTTPS requests. letsencrypt advises that my "www" has an A record with IP address but my...

Published at LXer: On Linux and UNIX operating systems, a Windows share can be mounted on a particular mount point in the local directory tree using the `cifs` option of the mount command. Read...

This morning I was trimming the hedge around my front garden with the front door ajar. When I came back in, I saw a bird fluttering around in the kitchen. I quickly closed the kitchen door because I...

OS: CentOS 7.7 I have set up some systems as media players (static images served as web pages using chromium in kiosk mode). They are set in a portrait orientation. The media boxes stay on all...

Published at LXer: Synaptic is the first software that comes to mind when talking about a graphical package manager on Linux. Today, it is 18 years old! Read More......

Hi I'm retooling an old PC for a couple of purposes. I will be using it to learn Linux and more specifically as a first project, set it up to run a PBX using soft phones and one ATA adapter. In...

When I create a directory as a root user with permission 777, then I can delete it when I am logged in as default user but when I logged in as a or b user, I can't able to delete its. its showing...

Published at LXer: In this article we examine how to view, redo, undo and rollback system changes using the DNF history command. Read More... (https://www.putorius.net/dnf-history.html)

I want to run a process with a specific user. On RHEL 7, I am able to this with: *source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions daemon --user=myuser $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -cp $appClassPath $MAIN_CLASS *...

Published at LXer: Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority developed by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) that provides free SSL certificates.Certificates...

i am working Puppy linux 6.3.2 Mine is a desktop PC and i have kept "AutoAddDevices" as "True" in xorg.conf. after loading the xwindows my mouse and touchscreen works perfectly by keyboard become...

I have attempted to install the H.264 decoder so that I can open my Dashcam videos. I ventured into that dark and mysterious place called "Terminal". I encountered a problem that said that my...

See if you can figure out what's happening, I promise that it's cool. Code: --------- qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \ -cpu host -smp cores=2,threads=2 \ -m 2048 \...

If some qt4 software works, like Bazaar Explorer, Qt 4 Settings, why 'ogapp' does not? About 'ogapp': "OGapp is a slim sized and fast program to manage your textual notes." When i try to run it...

It all started just that little amount of time ago, I was failing horribly at configuring OpenVPN and decided to reboot. Upon rebooting, I couldn't access the internet. I figured it was my router...

Published at LXer: Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability of the Linux 5.4 kernel series, a major release that adds numerous new features, stronger security, and updated drivers...

I have used Clonezilla many times with no issues. I have one computer (custom Gigabyte motherboard) that will not do anything after the first initial boot up screen. I receive an error messages...

Hello currently using a build of Slackware current from around late October on my desktop. I seem to be getting poor performance with my graphics card while running some video games on my desktop. I...

I've just installed debian from a usb stick copied from .iso #1 Install itself is fine but now I want to install further packages from the net, but whatever I ask for gets me one of 2 responses;...

Linssid shows me a different mac address then my terminal output. Can anybody tell me why this is happening. Thanks.

I use HandBrake for DVD ripping (archival backups). After upgrading to Fedora 31, HandBrake no longer encodes the audio. Video encoding works well. I use the default settings, as that seems to do the...

I want an Android notification when my doorbell rings. I've already got the bell rigged up to Linux but I need an app that will give me a notification on, say, a UDP packet. It could use SNMP, it...

Can anybody give me review of Clean Browsing DNS. Can anybody tell me if they log.

I moved some partitions around, and it was working fine until I booted into Window so I could have it take some space to make it its own then I got grub rescue> after I rebooted from that maneuver. ...

I need an app that generates a notification whenever it receives a network request. I've seen a lot of notification apps out there, but they all seem over-complicated, or need an internet connection,...

Hello guys! I am very new to this forum so bear with me. I bought this laptop last week (yeah, I tried for a full week to install a distribution on it...), and it has the following specifications:...

Have just downloaded Virtual Box 6.0. deb. I get the error dependency is not satisfiable:libc6. Any ideas on to fix. Thanks.

(Apologies for the original post, it was supposed to be a new thread and somehow ended up a repy, I removed that one since it was off-topic to that thread.) I've been trying to do this for hours...

Hello everyone, I have not been able to find a solution to this problem by searching the forum posts. So I will ask in this thread. As a newbie I want to know what books would be good for me to...

Hi there! While trying to set up my printer and installing HPLIP, I got this message: MISSING DEPENDENCIES -------------------- Following dependencies are not installed. HPLIP will not work if...