Comment by Matthew Flaschen on Remotely power on PowerEdge 2900
@Jason, did you try installing BMC Management Utility client program? The page I linked says it should be on a CD.
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on I'm setting up Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, where...
Is there a reason you're compiling rather than using the package?
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on USB drive only for Linux backups: To partition...
"I really want to save those 512 bytes." :)
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on What is cloud computing?
See [ what is meant by cloud computing? give some examples ](stackoverflow.com/questions/1696857/…).
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on How to check mysql status on Unix
@Stan, that means mysql isn't in the PATH. You can adjust that, or get the full mysql path from which then put it in the command: ssh server 'echo status|/full/path/to/mysql'
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on How to fix broken MySQL server?
Give more details on what you tried when restarting, and exactly the outcome and/or error.
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on How can I pass in a FTP username and password...
@Redmumba, correct. The password would be exposed to a local attacker, or local malicious code with sufficient privileges. However, there are mitigating factors in our case to prevent escalation....
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on Replicate / SYNC / Copy thousands of files
@rihatum, which sync utility did you try?
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on Configuring Cassandra for consistency across...
Have you reviewed the CAP theorem?
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on Should my web server add trailing slashes to...
Doesn't look like it. serverfault.com/questions doesn't redirect anywhere (I see it shortens it just for display purposes).
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on How do I run a Debian init.d script manually,...
@MichaelHampton, what distro and version are you on? They exist on Debian Wheezy.
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on How do I run a Debian init.d script manually,...
@MichaelHampton as a note, all versions of Debian older than Squeeze have reached end of life. Lenny is no longer covered by the security team.
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on How can I pass in a FTP username and password...
Note that I asked about passing it in, whereas you're embedding it in the script.
View ArticleComment by Matthew Flaschen on Why should I enable IO APIC in VirtualBox?
Can you explain the last paragraph? What is the benefit of turning off ACPI?
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for What does the output of traceroute mean?
Each entry is the RTT (round-trip time) for a particular probe to a particular host. I.E., the RTT times for the second hop host (reserve.cableplus.com.cn) were 75 ms, 71 ms, and 73 ms for the first,...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Restricting web requests to a particular...
Yes. You would just look at the CGI variable REMOTE_ADDR. Or, are you talking about the Referer? If you mean the latter, keep in mind it can be forged.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for lighttpd subdomain
If I understand right, you want to test-drive the server locally using the final URLs. You should be able to do this with your hosts file.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Is this a solution for having multiple SSL...
Normally, there is one certificate at a time per IP address, because the server commits to the certificate during the initial handshake (before it sees the HTTP Host header). But Server Name Indication...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Valid certificate issued by certificate authority
Yes, you need to get a PEAP certificate signed by a CA that can be traversed from the mobile device's root certificates.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for How much does 24 hours of a large instance on...
$8.16 *ix, $11.52 Windows.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for How to grant a user to run "sudo sh" without...
Put:A ALL=NOPASSWD: ALLin /etc/sudoers. If you only want to allow sh, change the second ALL to /bin/sh.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for i want my Android mobile to become my server
There is a project for this called i-jetty. It's a port of the Jetty web server.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for mysql config, mysql5, macports, python, django
The username should be the MySQL user with rights to the database. When you're logged on as that user, and enter:SHOW GRANTS;into the console, you should see a reference to the database name jenniwren....
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Unable to Install Samba after uninstalling?
You have a incompatible shared library in /usr/local. That was installed separately, not as part of a Debian package (Debian packages are not allowed to install to /usr/local). You should remove it,...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for does a 302 redirect force another DNS lookup?
No, there's nothing special about a 302 response that should force a DNS lookup. However, depending on how the local DNS settings are configured, a DNS result could expire at any time. So you have to...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Detect CPU during boot
Try the cpuid command. There is a manual section listing all commands.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Problem with postfix packages
As suggested in the message, this error is often caused by failing to run apt-get update.As root, run:apt-get update && apt-get install postfix
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Subversion on RHEL/CentOS 4
CollabNet offers the latest version with RHEL 4 support. They don't charge, but registration is required.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for How to create a user in ubuntu for ftp, and...
This tutorial explains how you can lock a user in a chroot jail with vsftpd. The key option is:chroot_local_user=YESThis means the user can not leave their home directory. There are multiple ways to...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Problems with sudo in path
Your test is misleading, because PATH is expanded before calling sudo. Instead, do:sudo sh -c 'echo $PATH'and you will see that there is a different path.To include /home/nomemory/.scriptfarm/scripts...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for How to find out the exact location of the...
Assuming you mean geographic location, you can use IP geolocation. There are many different solutions for this. This search for prior Server Fault questions is a good start.Okay, it looks like you want...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Is it possible to use a top level domain for a...
Yes. The computers have no way of telling the difference. There are many different available DNS servers. One relatively simple one is dnsmasq. It even lets you load the DNS mappings from your...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Is it safe to allot an IP address to a...
Sure. TCP/IP can be used for anything, including connecting to databases. For instance, you might be interested in the MySQL wire protocol.Of course, your database server must be properly secured. You...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for How to fix broken MySQL server?
Try running the command prompt as administrator. You should be able to right-click the command prompt shortcut and click "Run as administrator."Then, do the commands you tried earlier.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for How can I pass in a FTP username and password...
Use /parameter and %1% and %2% in the script:WinSCP.com /console /parameter username password /script=some.scriptIn some.script:open ftp://%1%:%2%@servername
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Is it possible to keep the .hg directory in...
There's no way to do exactly what you want. The closest would be to have a symlink .hg pointing to the real one. Please see this thread.
View ArticleHow do I run a Debian init.d script manually, not at boot?
How do I stop an init.d server from running on boot, but still allow running it manually?
View ArticleForward single SSH key to given host
How do I forward a single arbitrary SSH key to a given host?Forwarding keys is a security tradeoff, so when you do it, it's ideal to send only what you need.
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for Forward single SSH key to given host
Start up a ssh-agent just for this connection, add the desired key, then SSH in the subshell.ssh-agent bash -c 'ssh-add /home/username/.ssh/some_key_id_rsa; ssh -A some_host'
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Flaschen for What does MediaWiki's $wgMaxShellMemory...
First, the memory limit only applies to GNU/Linux, not e.g. Windows.Short answer: It's a per-process limit for the bash script, which will probably (this is true on the "its children" systems, and the...
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