Questions tagged [ubuntu-16.04]

Ubuntu 16.04 - named "Xenial Xerus" - is a Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu Linux. Officially released on April 21, 2016, it was supported for 5 years. Extended Security Maintenance subscriptions are offered by Canonical until April 2024. Only use this tag if your question is version-specific.

Ubuntu 16.04 - named "Xenial Xerus" - is a Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu Linux. Officially released on April 21, 2016, it will be supported for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, and Ubuntu Kylin. Only use this tag if your question is version-specific. Note that the Ask Ubuntu site is specifically dedicated to Ubuntu questions.

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Best way to disable SSH for all users?

For security reasons I want to turn off SSH when I don't use it and turn it on again via a VNC connection as I can connect to my web server remotely over the Digitalocean control panel's console instead, and turn on SSH that way. Is below the best…
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Setup spammassin and clamav with Exim on ubuntu 16.04

I've been searching for help in setting up Spammassassin and ClamAV with Exim (on ubuntu-16.04), but all the guides are horribly out of date. Could anyone share their setup please?
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Why "Enter passphrase for key 'devenv-key.pem' " if I didn't create any passprhase?

I'm launching a EC2 from AWS on CLI. After I launch I can't ssh to it. When I try, I get the following message where I'm stuck: Enter passphrase for key 'devenv-key.pem': following the tutorial: aws tutorial Using ubuntu 16.04
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Ubuntu 16.04 with software RAID 1 questions

I've purchased a new dedicated server with 2 x 240GB SSD drive, and installed Ubuntu 16.04 image from the provider's control panel which by default creates the software RAID 1. I also installed Webmin on this server and after looking at the Webmin's…
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Upgrading PHP 7.04 to 7.06 Ubuntu Xenial

I am using Xenail Ubuntu 16.04 64bit. I've PHP 7.04 , How can I update that too 7.06 ? Cant seem to work with apt-get upgrade ?
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2 address on 1 server dont ping

enter image description here ifconfig enter image description here interface I have a problem, I would like to add 2 addresses to my server, but when I add it to interfaces, it shows up in ifconfig but does not ping me
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Edit fstab on unmounted device

I tried to add swapfile to the root file system on AWS EC2 instance. Did I made a mistake during the edit of fstab? sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1G count=4 chmod 600 /swapfile mkswap /swapfile swapon /swapfile swapon -s I have edited…
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All log files seemingly deleted

I wanted to change to the log directory on ubuntu server, and check duplicity log, but I don't know what happened, it seems that all log files and sub-directories have gone missing! This is the command I used when I logged into the server: sudo su |…
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Ubuntu 16.04 setting static IP address

I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu server on a virtual machine hosted on a windows OS. When I set it to the default DHCP the internet works fine. When I attempt to setup a static IP I get TX but no RX. The following is my /etc/network/interfaces # The…
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WD RED vibrating while unmounted

I have an Ubuntu 16.04 server with two WD Reds. When I first installed them, the disks were already vibrating. I did not expect this since they are not mounted. Does anyone know what the reason behind this is? It would be nice if the disks are idle…
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How to change private ssh key in digital ocean

In "cloud.digitalocean.com" , we added ssh key when creating droplet. Now i want to change the private SSh key which we are using now for login to server. I can see the private key in below places : 1./root/.ssh - authorized_keys [ Change ssh key in…
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restrictions on directory of linux server is not working

I have some files on my Linux Server, which is getting used on front-end. My directory structure is something like this. dir1/ dir1/ file3.pdf dir2/ file1.pdf dir2/ dir1/ file1.pdf file2.pdf …
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how to check if I can connect smtp.gmail.com?

I have web application which I am setting up on a new vps. It is supposed to send email to the business owner whenever clients leave messages via the web-application. Apparently, the VPS can not send emails for some reason (I tested it with a…
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Install a file system?

I'm following the guide here to making an EBS volume available for use. I use the cmd: lsblk I get the output: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT xvda 202:0 0 8G 0 disk └─xvda1 202:1 0 8G 0 part / As the guide states I then…
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How to host mutiple mail server on single IP address?

I have a setup of multiple mail servers on my LAN. For example i have two machines where machine A handles mails for domainA.com and username first letter a-l***@domainA.com on IP 192.168.1.100 , machine B handles mails for m-z****@domainA.com on…
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