Questions tagged [debian-wheezy]

Debian is a popular Linux distribution. The codename Wheezy stands for version 7.0 which is now EOL. It was released on 2013-05-04.

is a popular Linux distribution. The codename Wheezy stands for version 7.0 which is now EOL. It was released on 2013-05-04.

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Is Debian package ifenslave really necessary for bonding?

This piece of Debian documentation states that package ifenslave is necessary for bonding: First install the ifenslave package, necessary to enable bonding Yet I know of two Debian 7.10 (wheezy) hosts where dpkg --get-selections | grep ifenslave…
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Download speed low over http but Iperf is showing a high bandwidth

I was trying to download some files off of a server that I recently started renting. It is a dedicated server located in Paris-FR. I believe the box is in online.net's datacenter. I am renting it from OneProvider. Downloading files using http gave…
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Auto-Reboot on Kernel BUG (not tainted, “fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed”)

I'm running a sometimes highly loaded Debian 7 VM with the latest 3.2.x kernel on a XenServer 6.2 host. Sometimes this VM runs into the following state: Ping is okay, All Services unreachable (including SSH) A message showing a trace + "kernel BUG"…
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Duplicity error: BackendException: ssh connection to SERVER_IP:22 failed: Unknown server SERVER_IP

I'm trying to setup a backup system with Duplicity. I have a server that I want to backup to another SFTP server. If I try to connect via sftp it works fine: root@SERVER:~# sftp user@SFTP_IP user@SFTP_IP's password: Connected to…
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ntpd servers stuck in init state when defined by hostname, but sync correctly when defined by IP address

I started having an issue on a couple of our colo servers which is causing a fair bit of head scratching. I as alerted to clock skew on a couple of servers, and when I went to investigate ntpq -=p showed the following: remote refid …
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Cron Daemon Wget blocked

I've got nginx on Debian 7 without cpanel. I am seting-up my Crontab like this: */45 * * * * wget "http://example.com/cron-url.php" >/dev/null 2>&1 The above cron is being blocked with 403 forbidden: --2014-12-10 05:40:01-- …
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IPTABLES for multiple Public IP Addresses

Currently i have two servers Running Debian 7 with HA Active/Passive setup using Pacemaker and Corosync as follows: node1->IP->xx.xx.xx.1 node2->IP->xx.xx.xx.2 VIP(Floating IP) ->xx.xx.xx.3 It is configure with heartbeat for fail-over setup. All…
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SSH via terminal succeeds, but same SSH connection via Ansible fails on same machine?

Can anyone possibly shed any light on why this is happening? I am logged into machine A, the client, with user basicuser. When I try to run an ansible playbook on machine B (server machine, as remoteuser). 1) My private/public keys DEFINIELY match,…
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Allow port scans for specific addresses in psad

How to enable port scans for specific address (or range) in psad? By default I get a lot of logs coming from my own monitoring service. How can I tell psad to treat my addresses or domains as trusted ones? I'd like to avoid adding them to the…
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E: Package 'libapache2-mod-fastcgi' has no installation candidate --- Debian Server

apt-get install libapache2-mod-fastcgi Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libapache2-mod-fastcgi is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is…
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MySQL - The server quit without updating PID file

I have installed MySQL 5.6.16 on Debain 7.4. But i encountered problems with starting mysql, where every time i start mysql i get this error: The server quit without updating PID file (/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid). ... failed! After a lot of…
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Wheezy processes die periodically

I have a very weird problem. Certain processes on my mail server, but not all, die periodically (every second month or so). A few of the process that die are: ssh dovecot postfix Processes that don't die are: apache2 My system is running (Debian…
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Resume from suspend/hibernation on LAN activity

I have Debian Wheezy 7.2 running on a HP Thin Client. This little box acts as a file server and is only used from time to time, so I don't want it to run 24/7 but it has to be available when it's needed, without any action to be taken in advance…
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What are recommended permissions for files in /var/log?

I am working on tightening the security for various servers (mainly Debian Linux), and one of the tasks is to tighten permissions on files in /var/log so that files are not world readable. But there seems to be a dearth of information on this…
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Debian Wheezy and SUID Perl

I just upgraded a Debian Lenny box to Wheezy, and found that suidperl is gone. Googling reveals that the upstream maintainers removed it; I need suidperl to run our mail installation, Open Webmail. I don't have time for this. Googling reveals no…
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