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What happens when I truncate a file that is in use?
Around the web many people say you can truncate a file using > filename or truncate -s0 filename while file begin used
I know everytime a process write in a file, the process uses a offset for ...
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Which version of Fedora, RHEL, correspond to which version of CentOS?
Which version of Fedora, RHEL, correspond to which version of CentOS?
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How to resolve rpm dependencies
I am trying to install libtirpc on RHEL 6.5 but it fails and asks for dependencies.
Why here it is showing three GLIBC versions 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16. ??
Does it mean that any of these three versions ...
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Will learning to use Fedora also teach me my way around Redhat (CentOS)?
I want to dive into the open source world and start using a Linux distro while learning to program. I've looked over the options and it pretty much boils down to Fedora or CentOS. The reasoning behind ...
Matt Untsaiyi
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Need noacpi in CentOS 6.4, not in RHEL 6.4
I've been trying to fix a rather odd problem that I've seen on our new Dell R5500 (Xeon based workstations).
We want to run CentOS 6.4 64 bit on them. We did a base install which worked fine, however ...
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How to install postgresql-contrib-11 on CentOS 7?
So, I was trying to install extension citext on PostrgeSQL 11.1, but of course I've encountered an error:
ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/pgsql-11/share/extension/citext.control": ...
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yum + skip broker or exclude rpms
during yum update on one of our rhel 7.6 server we get the following error
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: libtirpc-devel-0.2.4-0.6.el7.x86_64 (installed)
Requires: ...
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Conflict when installing MongoDB
I have a server with CentOS 7, I would like to install mongoDB. I tried installing it typing:
sudo yum install mongodb
with no problems, then I do mongod I get:
-bash: mongod: command not found
If ...
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auto mount by service + service not mount the folder automatically
we create the following service on redhat version 7.2
more nfsshare.mount
[Unit]
Description=nfs mount script
Requires=network-online.target
After=network-online.service
[Mount]
What=...
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CentOS - Can't change ifcfg file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
For the life of me, I can't figure out how to change an interface config file in a VM: sudo vim /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/enp0s3 won't write and sudo bash -c "echo 'dog' >> ./enp0s3" fails ...
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No ntp.conf file after compiling ntp on Linux
I'm using RHEL 6.5. I compiled ntp-4.2.8 using the steps on this link.
but I don't have a ntp.conf file. ntp.conf is required to start ntpd but after compiling, there is no ntp.conf on my system. I ...
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Accidentally overwrote /usr/bin/python on Redhat
On Redhat, I had the bright idea of upgrading from Python 2.6.6 to 2.7.3 by running this command:
cp /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python
This caused far-reaching problems throughout the whole system. ...
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REDHAT machine + rsyslogd eating up 10+ GB
we notice about this problem recently
we found that rsyslog service is eating memory and some times its up to 10G
we have different kind of redhat machines as version 7.6 and 7.9
is it possible to ...
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What happens to the unused packages after an ISO install?
I am making a Red Hat ISO that boots off a kickstart configuration file. To do this, I have been following these instructions over at Server Fault.
The ISO that I want to edit, which will eventually ...
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INIT: id [ID] respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: id "s21" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
One of my plants has been receiving this message at the main server terminal for a couple months now. I've Googled but can't seem to find ...
