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Organized data encoded in a pre-defined format and stored on a filesystem.

In the computational sense, one-dimensional array of bytes stored in a filesystem, typically encoded a pre-defined format, often indicated by a file-extension or "magic number". More "durable" than in-memory storage.

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case statement with $servername fails

I'm exploring puppet on a standalone system and ran into a wall with copying a config file for MySQL. Using the manifest below, MySQL is installed but the my.cnf file is not copied over. init.pp (hostname: dev_one.site.com) class mysql { case…
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Creating executable file to duplicate folder and set owners

I'm not a (web)server expert, so I need a little help with the following question. I realy couldn't find a answer via Google, probably because I'm using the wrong keywords. I would like to know if it's possible to create a file somewhere on the…
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Accessing files on a linux box, using a UNC path in windows explorer

The title says it all; I want to figure out a way to access files on a linux machine, by entering \\\ Into windows explorer, in the same way that I can do at work to access windows servers (which is a windows…
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Copy tape device files

I've just exchanged tape drives between machines (both Unix Tru64). The device files aren't working now, and I have to do some work with them (will generate a different question). I created a directory to store the old device files to, but the cp…
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Show hidden files for default on Centos via ssh

I have a VPS Server based on CentOS 6.4 (Final) The inconvenience: When I log on via SSH (using root user) I can't see hidden files, e.g I can't see (for default) the .httaccess and others system similar files. (also in FTP) Files exist, because I…
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Tips on Copying 3 Database files nearing 250 GB?

We are upgrading from SQL Workgroup 2005 to SQL Standard 2012. We have plenty of databases of smaller sizes that copied over with straight windows file copy in a reasonable time frame. We have one database that is in 3 files, 53 GB, 93 GB and…
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/tmp flooded with ".myapp" files

On my new server (dedicated, CentOs5), 2 or 3 .myapp files (like "51b9dc4cc246f.myapp", ~500 Mo) is created every minute under /tmp, fulling my harddisk at an alarming speed. There is nothing in crontab -e. Any ideas from where this can come from…
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Daemon to create hardlinks on Linux file server which finds identical files

I have a Linux server where I only store new files or rename directories and never edit files. It contains backups from other Linux servers. Due to certain circumstances there are quite some duplicate files, often with different names. Is there any…
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Generate a .p7b file from .bin and .der file

I'm using Debian and I'm trying to join on a file with a certificate. I try to file.bin + cert.der => file.p7b. To do so, I've tried with openssl command: openssl pkcs7 -in cert.der -in file.bin -out file.p7b But it gives me an error: unable to…
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watch file to see whos accessing/writing it and log it

I am facing some malware problems on my webserver. I updated third party software such as Wordpress to the latest version, disabled root logins and my users password complex enough but still someone or something is changing my index.php files,…
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Hard link files within directory to reduce space usage, by "version"

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server. Server is running rsyncd (rsync daemon), and allows an external process to rsync in files to a given path, with full control of the file structure within that given path. These files will be ultimately used by multiple…
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Fail to create temp files in Oracle 10g

My disk is full so I delete oracle temp files to gain space. I use oragle 10g with CentOS release 4.4 Operation System. First Search temp files SELECT tablespace_name, file_name, bytes FROM dba_temp_files WHERE tablespace_name = 'TEMP'; Delete temp…
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How can I find out which process is using a file on a remote samba share?

We have a large number of processes that are business specific that have been piling up over the years on a particular server. The developers of these processes have not left much documentation and therefore we have to track down which processes are…
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SBS 2008 Redirection visibility issues - want to move off SBS 2008

I inherited an SBS2008 server which had a corrupt or otherwise lost userid which was used to setup redirects, etc. I was able to break in by enabling the Administrator ID and resetting the password. Now, I cannot see the redirected folders. Using…
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USB Drive on Linux (Redhat Ent 5.3) appears to use up available space on my primary drive

I have about 3.6 'Terabyte' drive that is used for the root of the filesystem. When I look at the Disk Usage Analyzer, it shows that only about 1 'Terabyte' of that space is used. I have a 2 Terrabyte USB drive that is mounted to /media/disk. …
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