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Configuration is a general term that can refer to the arrangement of functional units according to their nature and characteristics. Also, it can refer to software configuration which more suitable for server-related topics.

Configuration is a general term that can refer to the arrangement of functional units according to their nature and characteristics. Also, it can refer to software configuration which more suitable for server-related topics.

A configuration file is usually a text file associated with a specific software which describes the initial settings of the software. Some applications provide tools to generate configuration files.

Some computer programs only read their configuration files at startup. Others periodically check the configuration files for changes. Users can instruct some programs to re-read the configuration files and apply the changes to the current process, or indeed to read arbitrary files as a configuration file. There are no definitive standards or strong conventions.

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Understanding exim configuration files on Debian/Ubuntu

I want to understand what's going on with this Exim configuration directory. In /etc/exim4, there's: * exim4.conf.template * update-exim4.conf.conf * conf.d The conf.d has a mess of directories and files, and inside each are a bunch of if…
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Can't successfully run Sharepoint Foundation 2010 first time configuration

I'm trying to run the non-GUI version of configuration wizard using power shell because I would like to set config and admin database names. GUI wizard doesn't give you all possible options for configuration (but even though it doesn't do it…
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PHP: what is --enable-zend-multibyte configure option for?

What is exactly --enable-zend-multibyte option for when you ./configure PHP?
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Postfix is rejecting some incoming emails ("Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname")

Our postfix sometimes rejects emails. I see this error in our postfix log (/var/log/mail.log): Feb 9 16:16:33 sd-15xxx postfix/smtpd[1972]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[x.x.x.x]: 450 4.7.1 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, …
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Using revision control for Windows server configuration?

Does anyone have experience with Puppet or cfengine like setups for a Windows server environment? Is there such a thing? I am looking to track configuration file and file security changes over a period of time. I would also like to store…
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How to check if dovecot's configuration is valid? (config file syntax)

Is there a command that I can issue that will tell me if the current set of config files for dovecot are valid or if there's an issue? I just made a change to my dovecot config files. Before attempting to restart the service, I just want to do a…
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how to configure open ldap to work on localhost

From the documentation: Use your favorite editor to edit the provided slapd.conf(5) example (usually installed as /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf) to contain a BDB database definition of the form: database bdb suffix…
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AH01071: Got error 'Primary script unknown\n' apache2.4 php-fpm7.2

I seem to be getting these lines in my /var/log/apache2/error.log and the corresponding records in /var/log/apache2/access.log /var/log/apache2/error.log [Fri Sep 20 02:28:36.654357 2019] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 28619:tid 140003157985024] [client…
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Using nginx try_files with multiple directory trees

I'd like to have nginx handle requests to a specific directory by checking to see if that path/file exists in several separate directories. For example, if my directory root had the…
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Is there any way to see the group_vars, host_vars, etc. available to a host in ansible?

So I just started a new company, and while familiarizing myself with the ansible repository, I was wondering if there's any way to see the variables that come from group_vars, host_vars and all that together in one place, it's non-trivial to gather…
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Best way to restrict some SSH users to publickey authentication only (disable password authentication)

I'm running Mac OS X Server.app on Yosemite and I have SSH enabled for users with the default settings in /etc/sshd_config (publickey and password auth enabled by default). However, I need to restrict the git local user to have publickey access…
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How to Disable TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 in Nginx

I'm trying to figure out how to disable TLSv1 and 1.1 Nginx and ONLY allow connections on 1.2. This is for testing reasons more than in production use and for the life of me cannot figure out why Nginx won't let me do this. Nginx SSL config: ssl…
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nginx - deny all *.php requests except index.php for security reasons

os: CentOS 7 nginx: 1.6.2 httpd: apache 2.4.6 cms: Drupal 7 After my server was compromised I removed all from server, reinstalled OS and soft, and restored data from backup. Now I configure all services in maximum security style. After detail…
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How would you add a share to smb.conf via a script?

I'd like to script adding a share to a smb.conf file. My current script just appends it to the end of the file, but that's not ideal. I'd rather have something that will add a new share if it doesn't exist, and replace it if it does. I'm currently…
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Securing the primary Ansible user

It seems that there are only two reasonable approaches for the primary Ansible user: Using root Using another user (e.g., ansible) with NOPASSWD sudo access The first option is a no-go since I cringe at the thought of keeping PermitRootLogin on.…
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