Questions tagged [debian-wheezy]

Debian is a popular Linux distribution. The codename Wheezy stands for version 7.0 which is now EOL. It was released on 2013-05-04.

is a popular Linux distribution. The codename Wheezy stands for version 7.0 which is now EOL. It was released on 2013-05-04.

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Fail2ban jail.local vs jail.conf

Does jail.local file act as an override to jail.conf or as a replacement to jail.conf? When I was learning about Fail2Ban from tutorials, most of them usually say either to copy jail.conf to jail.local and make the edits there and some of them says…
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Debian: How to run a script on startup without having to write 30 lines of shell script?

I have a Debian server and I just need to run a script at startup. I read that: https://www.debian-administration.org/article/28/Making_scripts_run_at_boot_time_with_Debian I got now: insserv: warning: script ' missing LSB tags and overrides so it…
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wheezy-updates on archive.debian.org returns 404 Not Found

I have an old test machine on Debian Wheezy that I can't really update right now. Debian Wheezy repositories were archived in February. So I want ahead, and updated my /etc/apt/sources.list from deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian wheezy main deb…
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How to upgrade PHP 5.4 to PHP 5.6 on Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)

I've added these lines to /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all But still sudo apt-get update or sudo apt-get upgrade don't touch php. php --version is still PHP…
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Adding a whole IPv6 /64 block to an network interface on debian

I tried adding a whole IPv6 (/64) block to an interface using ip route add local 2001:41d0:2:ad64::/64 dev lo like described here on my Debian server, but I seem to be missing something. If I ping for example 2001:41d0:2:ad64::fe locally everything…
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No more logging after upgrade to Debian Wheezy

Syslog, auth.log, kern.log and messages log files are not updated anymore after upgrading to Debian Wheezy (Debian Squeeze was previously running). How could I fix it?
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How to setup Gitlab-omnibus with non-bundled web-server?

Install I installed the gitlab package through the omnibus package on debian 7 (version7.8.1-omnibus-1_amd64.deb) ; change the settings as describe in Using a non-bundled web-server run the reconfigure command: sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure…
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What is status_of_proc, and how do I call it?

In the init script of nginx in Debian 7 (Wheezy) I read the following exerpt: status) status_of_proc -p /var/run/$NAME.pid "$DAEMON" nginx && exit 0 || exit $? ;; This code runs just fine and sudo service nginx status…
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Suddenly, shutdown command can't be found anymore

I logged in to my Debian 7 server, did an upgrade using apt and wanted to shutdown+reboot using shutdown -r now as i did a lot of times before. This time, the shutdown command can't be found anymore. I've already read somewhere that i can try it…
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Connection refused HTTPS on Apache

I'm currently trying out HTTPS on one of my sites, and I got a trial certificate from a trusted CA. I've gone through the following checklist: Copied all the cert files according to the CA's instructions Enabled mod_ssl on apache with a2enmod…
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apache2ctl: 87: ulimit: error setting limit (Operation not permitted)

The server is running fine -- or at least it seems to -- but there's always the following error: apache2/usr/sbin/apache2ctl: 87: ulimit: error setting limit (Operation not permitted) It happens with Apache 2.2.22-9 on Debian Wheezy. # apache2ctl…
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How can I resolve "(Service check did not exit properly)" and "(null)" results with my services?

I'm using some Perl-based scripts for service checks in Nagios and I get (Service check did not exit properly) and (null) as the result in Nagios, but the script works great on the command line. I've seen solutions online suggesting to disable the…
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Debian - "WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed!"

When i try to install or update any packages I get: Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security. You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that this is what you want to do. I strongly suspect this is related to…
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Debian Wheezy outdated root certificates

I've ran into a strange problem where a server that's running Debian 7 won't connect to some websites using SSL. After debugging, it turns out that the root certificates for those sites are not known and therefore not trusted. The case I was…
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Install Debian Backports kernel automatically

I've got the following pinnings set: Package: linux-image-amd64 Pin: release a=wheezy-backports Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: * Pin: release a=wheezy-backports Pin-Priority: 499 I get the following error: $ sudo apt-get install…
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