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GNU/Linux: SAS-disk detected as /dev/sg7 - not as /dev/sdb

I have just installed a SAS disk into a Debian server. It was detected correctly and everything was fine. Then I moved the SAS disk to a different Debian server, the same hardware model and running same version of Debian, but here the SAS disk is…
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Do the GnuWin32 tools require the POSIX subsystem to run?

I would like to remove Posix from the Group Policy Object Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\System settings: Optional Subsystems. Do the GnuWin32 tools require the POSIX subsystem to…
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How to extend a selection in the linux console editors nano and pico?

How do I extend a selection in nano and pico with the keyboard, so I can move and copy blocks? Sorry, this is a question I would normally find out by myself but I have searched a lot in different occasions now without success.
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How to specify GNU screen ACL as part of its command line?

What I'm trying to do is spawn a detached screen session, but as part of the command line that creates it - also modify the ACL list. So right now I have screen -dmS MySession "SomeProgram" "SomeArguments" If I want to modify the ACL of MySession…
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Selenium server causes crazy load on box - how to prevent?

I'm running this linux: Linux host.themepark.com 2.6.32-220.4.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 24 02:13:44 GMT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux And I run the Selenium stand-alone server on my box with this command: java -jar…
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How do I determine the linux server software/version and email server software/version running

I just inherited this a single linux box running pop/smtp for a small office (25 users). I'm new to Linux. I think the box is running Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 as the server (this is bannered accross the screen occassionally) but not sure of the…
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How to limit du output to a specific user?

I need to help a specific user, say alice, free up some disk space; but not all the user's files are in his home directory; many are in directories shared with other users. I'd like to have something like the output of du -sh * but limited to the…
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Issues while untaring in Linux- tarball created from Solaris

I am getting an error- Unknown file type 'A', extracted as normal file while un-tarring a set of files which has acl permissions set. I had created the tar file in solaris as tar -cpfv Tarfilename.tar directory if I un-tar as tar xvpf…
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Start Daemonised GNU Screen from script a allow calling script to end

I have a script on an embedded device that calls screen to start if a user logs in via a ssh session... #!/bin/sh SCREENRUNNING=`pgrep SCREEN` if [ -z "$SCREENRUNNING" ]; then echo "Screen not running so let's start the Master session …
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let users group do "sudo -u username chown"

I would like to edit /etc/sudoers so that group users can execute (only) /bin/chown as user dummy. How might this be done?
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How to monitor switch in Nagios3?

I need to monitor the traffic rate in my LAN. I have installed nagios core 3.2 and I can monitor services like CPU load, disk usage, http server, etc. but now, How to monitor traffic? I am using GNU/Linux Debian Squeeze in all the machines of my…
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Has anyone used GNU MyServer as their web server instead of Apache/Lighttpd/etc.?

I just stumbled upon GNU myServer and it says it's a multi-threaded server and it looks like the configuration is a bit better than Apache but I'm hestitant to try it. Has anyone used it? What were your experiences with it like?
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Why do I get a Too Many Redirects Error on my GNU Social Heroku deployment?

I'm using heroku, apache, php and gnusocial. My plan is to deploy a GNU Social instance for my family. I fiddled with the composer.json file, to where it looks like this: { "name": "jmm/me-and-mine", "description": "GNU social is a free…
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Why can't I get wget to pipe standard output to /dev/null?

When I run this command it works as expected: wget -p https://www.google.com/ After running this command I check the error code with echo $? This returns 0, indicating that last command ran without experiencing any errors. Now I run: wget -p…
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Unable to use grep regex to search for filename containing period

Ubuntu 14.x. Using grep to search for all files linuxtest-client2. This includes multiple file extensions (csr, crt, key). When I grep for the middle portion of the filename, "2.", it also returns lines that contain "2" in addition to "2." when…
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