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CentOS is a free (as in beer and speech) GNU/Linux distribution that is community driven and based on source code released from RedHat.

CentOS is a free (as in beer and speech) GNU/Linux distribution that is community driven and based on source code released from RedHat. CentOS aims to be 100% binary compatible with RedHat Enterprise Linux. CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.

Support & Lifecycle

Each CentOS version is maintained for up to 10 years and a new version is released approximately every 2 years.

+----------+-------------- +---------------+---------------------+
|  Version | Release date  |  Full updates | Maintenance updates |
+----------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+
| 3        | 19 March 2004 | 20 July 2006  |31 October 2010      |
| 4        | 9 March 2005  | 31 March 2009 |29 February 2012     |
| 5        | 12 April 2007 | Q1 2014       |31 March 2017        |
| 6        | 10 July 2011  | Q2 2017       |30 November 2020     |
| 7        | 7 July 2014   | Q4 2020       |30 June 2024         |
+----------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+

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Why does backup script fail with cron?

So I'm doing automated backups of a database. The backup script works properly, both when I run it manually, and also when Cron runs scheduled hourly and daily backups. The backup fails, however, on the weekly and monthly backups. I am (obviously)…
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PHP-FPM cannot write to Nginx www folder

Nginx is currently set to run as the user "nginx": [root@localhost whmcs]# grep user /etc/nginx/nginx.conf user nginx; PHP-FPM is set to run as the "nginx" user too: [root@localhost whmcs]# grep '^user\|^group' /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf user =…
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PostgreSQL update problems with uuid

I am trying to run yum update on my CentOS 5.2 box and keep getting this message: Missing Dependency: libossp-uuid.so.15 is needed by package postgresql-contrib I ran yum update postgresql separately and now it's 8.3.8. I also downloaded uuid-1.6.2…
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Awstats - the 'HTTP Status codes' information is missing. How to fix?

I'm trying to configure Awstats for a website on Centos 7. Currently everything works fine (I can see stats, keywords, page hits, etc.), but there's a section on Awstats that reads "HTTP Status codes" and under that header there are some codes like…
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How to give SFTP/SSH access to external developer and jail it to public_html?

I found very similar questions (like this), but I could not find a solution that applies to my situation. I need to give an external developer access to one of the hosted website on the machine. The directory structure is this: apache apache 4096…
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Nginx 502 Bad Gateway Error

Currently have a 502 Bad Gateway Error on my Centos 6.8 Server. 2017/01/30 23:57:31 [crit] 26911#0: *1 connect() to unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock failed (2: No such file or directory) while connecting to upstream, client: 192.168.0.15,…
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enabling mysqli extension on centos server

I want to enable mysqli extension on Centos server where PHP 5 is installed. After searching online, I saw many people talking about uncommenting mysqli related line in the php.ini and I couldn't find anything related to mysqli in my php.ini…
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Is it possible to limit the number of previous users on login screen in centos?

I'd like to customize the login screen on CentOS to limit the number of users displayed? I know how to disable the user's list by customizing the dconf gdm db but I wonder if I can set a limit value...
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How to determine which mail program is running on my server

I am fairly new to server administration and completely new to mail server administration. Someone else installed my mail server and I need to a) determine which program it is and b) check mail sending logs. The server is a Digital Ocean droplet…
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How Can I PXE Boot to an CentOS 7 Instance Installed to an iSCSI Lun?

I've successfully installed CentOS 7 to an iSCSI LUN. How must I configure my PXE server to boot to this newly installed iSCSI LUN?
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NFS mount fails when using VPN

I've got an NFS mount set up on my development server which I have been mounting on local machines without issue. I've now been trying to mount the same NFS share to the same machine (openSUSE laptop) this time through a VPN from outside the office…
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Diagnosing rsync error output

I have inherited a Centos 6.5 system which is outputting multiple lines of errors when running an rsync. The rsync is syncing to a locally attached drive mounted as /storage. The command is: rsync -aAXv /* /storage/backup/…
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Kernel Panic on CentOS - Google Compute Engine Instance

I'm getting a kernel panic error in a CentOS instance of Google Compute Engine. I'm able to see the error and already figure out how to solve it, but I can't get into the GRUB menu trough the serial console. dracut: Mounted root filesystem…
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No display graph data using Collectd

So I am trying to setup Collectd to gather resource usage data and view it in graph format. I'm using Centos 6.8 with Apache 2.4 (if that matters). However, I am unable to display any data. I feel all my configuration files are correct. Here is all…
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Why am I unable to execute command as another user in CentOs?

On a remote server, it used to be the case that it was possible to execute a command as another user using the sudo -u command but lately, I have been unable to accomplish this. When I do I receive the following error: sudo -u lool ./autogen.sh…
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