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Ubuntu Linux is a Debian derivative that aims to bring Linux mainstream. Questions on this site should generally refer to Ubuntu Server. Note that http://askubuntu.com is specifically dedicated to Ubuntu questions.

Ubuntu Linux is a Debian derivative that aims to bring Linux mainstream. Ubuntu is named after the South African philosophy of "humanity towards others," and the community observes a Code of Conduct in an effort to keep the project civil and appealing to novices.

Ubuntu versions are released every six months, following a YEAR.MONTH pattern. For example, the release codenamed Maverick was officially published October 10th 2010 as Ubuntu 10.10.

Ubuntu 10.04.x is the LTS edition (Lucid Lynx). It has been designated as a Long Term Support (LTS) release, indicating that it has updates for three years for desktop use and five years for server.

There is a Stack Exchange site dedicated to Ubuntu which is a good place to ask any Ubuntu-related questions.

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Ubuntu resolv.conf, not going to next nameserver?

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop, which comes by default with the "Network Manager" (which I am highly suspicious of). I am having an issue with resolving DNS zones on 2 different nameservers. resolv.conf: $ cat /etc/resolv.conf #Generated by…
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Changing MySQL data directory in Ubuntu Server 10.04

I was getting the following error when trying to change the data directory in ubuntu server 10.04. 100809 19:33:00 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/plugin.frm' (errno: 13) 100809 19:33:00 [ERROR]…
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How can I start nginx via upstart?

Background: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS" I've built nginx, and I'd like to use upstart to start it: nginx upstart script from the site: description "nginx http daemon" start…
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Errno::ENOSPC: No space left on device in Ruby on Rails

Iam hosting a Ruby on Rails Application on a Linode with 96 GB storage. All the images of my application are stored on amazon and they are fetched from amazon. Thus my linode should have a minimum of 80 GB storage free. But when the log files of…
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Linux I/O bottleneck with data-movers

I have a 24 core machine with 94.6GiB RAM running Ubuntu server 10.04. The box is experiencing high %iowait, unlike another server we have (4 cores) running the same types and amounts of processes. Both machines are connected to a VNX Raid…
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How to define different stop/restart signals with upstart

I am starting to convert all of our systems to using upstart to manage our various application processes. One thing that I am constantly missing is the ability to send a different signal to the process on stop or restart events. For instance, we…
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ldapadd/ldapmodify: clarifications needed about these commands

The ldapmodify man page states that: The default for ldapmodify is to modify existing entries Yet when I try to import an LDIF file with ldapmodify I get the below error: ldapmodify: modify operation type is missing at line X Q1: Why, which…
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Is it recommended to run Ubuntu Server updates on a live server?

When I ssh into an Ubuntu server which is running a live web site, I see the following messages: 2 packages can be updated. 2 updates are security updates. At that point, I can update and upgrade with the following command: sudo apt-get update sudo…
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Suggest methods for testing changes to "pam.d/common-*" files

How do I test the changes to the pam.d configuration files: Do I need to restart the PAM service to test the changes? Should I go through every service listed in the /etc/pam.d/ directory? I'm about to make changes to the pam.d/common-* files…
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saslauthd authentication error

My server has developed an expected problem where I am unable to connect from a mail client. I've looked at the server logs and the only thing that looks to identify a problem are events like the following: Nov 23 18:32:43 hig3 dovecot: imap-login:…
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SNMP Extend not working

I've got a server running Postgresql 9.1 replication. I wrote a script which prints out the current replication lag (master inserts a unix timestamp every 60s, and the slave compares it to the current timestamp). I've added extend replag…
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What to do with suddenly unreachable non-logging EC2 instance?

I have an EC2 "micro instance" running Canonical's Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Has been running for 6-9 months now, infrequently rebooted (once every few weeks at the most). I just did what I thought was a routine aptitude update, aptitude full-upgrade. On…
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Forward an email from command line in Linux

I have email files in my Maildir received with postfix server (Ubuntu). Is there a utility that can forward a selected email file to the specified email address? Something like: cat emailfile | utility to@address.com I tried to use mail command but…
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Convert an ext4 partition to ext3 without formatting the HDD

I would like to convert an ext4 partition to ext3 partition without formatting the HDD. Is this possible and recommended?
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Tomcat7 PPA for Ubuntu LTS 10.04.2

Does anyone know of a ppa / repo that will install tomcat7. I know I can install from source but I'd rather if possible use a PPA/Repo. I found a nice one for suncoughoracle-java but there does not seem to be anything for tomcat7 as of yet. I've…
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