Questions tagged [rhel]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercially supported Linux distribution.
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How do I disable network interfaces from loading at boot without Network Manager?
The machine I'm using has 4 network interfaces, only one of which is currently being used (the other 3 are not plugged in at all). Currently when the machine is restarted it is delayed by a few ...
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Systemd service depending on another from a different server
We're dealing with a (vendor-provided) distributed application, that runs on multiple servers. The servers aren't "equal" -- the main one has to be up and running before the secondary ones ...
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bash + how to avoiding duplicate entries in authorized_keys (ssh) in bash
Popular methods of adding an ssh public key to a remote host’s authorized_keys file include using the ssh-copy-id command, and using bash operators such as >> to append to the file.
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How can I find what a process is trying to watch using strace, lsof, and fdinfo?
I have a process (the NewRelic infra agent) that is hung on a RHEL 7, xfs filesystem host. I'm thinking that it's trying to watch a file or maybe a socket that another process already has in use.
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Kernel parameters are not changed permanently for RHEL7
Trying to permanently change some vm kernel parameters, I created /etc/sysctl.d/01-custom.conf config file as it described in Red Hat knowledgebase article. Here is its content:
# cat /etc/sysctl.d/...
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Limit Openldap Transaction Log Disk Usage
Openldap (specifically version 2.4) stores transaction history in log files by default in the ldap data directory (so /var/lib/ldap/log.###########). Currently these log files take up a lot of space, ...
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realmd vs authconfig
What is the difference in functionality between realmd and authconfig?
(using fedora 22)
What is the correct way to connect to an active directory realm with using Kerberos and using SSSD server?
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How do I add modules, binaries or scripts to initramfs in RHEL distributions?
I have an initramfs script I developed for Debian distributions that required some extra binaries to be loaded into the image. I'm now trying to port this to RHEL distributions and I'm struggling.
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Installing custom RPM says "does not update installed package"
I've inherited some servers which have previously always had its software as custom compiled versions (apache, perl, mod_perl etc). I was thinking rather than compile every time, it may be better to ...
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Enable sqlite FTS Enhanced Query Syntax in python in RHEL6?
SQLite's full text search engine offers a simple query syntax (with AND and OR operators and -term for negation), as well as an enhanced query syntax which also allows parenthesis and NEAR — as well ...
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/tools/build/Build.include: No such file or directory while compiling
I am trying to compile kernel module 4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64. On running make prepare getting the following error
DESCEND objtool
/usr/src/kernels/4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64/tools/build/Makefile.build:37: ...
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Why usual commands can't see a file within a cifs mounted directory?
I have a case where an existing file within a CIFS mount hosted DELL/EMC Unity appliance can't be seen by ls, find or tree. Only giving the absolute path of the unseen file makes ls and other commands ...
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What happens when you disable NFS server delegation?
We are facing issues with NFS 4.1 on RHEL 7.6. We have a lot of applications on this server and GitLab is one of them and it is impacted the most.
Excessive NFS network traffic (due to a bug with NFS ...
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Gnome partially stops responding to mouse, keyboard
I'm running RHEL Workstation 7.6. Ever since I set it up in November, I've had an ongoing issue with my system (and this is my daily desktop).
On occasion, I'm unable to click on anything. I can alt-...
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Working out what is causing my machine to freeze
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For a few years now, I have been having problems with my Xeon workstations freezing. For many things they have been lightning fast, but sometimes applications or even the desktop just ...
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