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change /etc/group folder location

I'm using docker with ubuntu and I need to mount /etc/group /etc/shadow /etc/gshadow /etc/passwd inside an external volume, in order to avoid the password loosing each time I've to rebuild the docker container. From the point of view of…
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is it possible to ignore banner on ssh but not from login

As we all know, we can type banner in /etc/motd or in the file /etc/issue.net, so every user that login to the Linux machine will get the banner message, for example: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.8 (Santiago) Kernel \r on an…
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Burn large ISO installer on multiple dual-layer DVDs

Hi I have a really large ISO installer (larger than one dual-layer DVD) and is there a way to burn it onto two DVDs? Thanks.
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Puppet Duplicate declaration: Class

I'm bit new to puppet, but I'm not sure how this would become a duplicate declaration, can someone please give me some direction whether this is a correct usage of class passing params or not? Error: Duplicate declaration: Class[Jenkins_dotfiles] is…
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does an OS interrupt check for permissions

I'm not sure if I'm at the right place to ask this but I'm learning about operating systems and I can't find any info on this. I read that interrupts are created when a call is made in user mode that requests a system service. But I can't find the…
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Forgot to run Sysprep before migrating a VM to a new Azure account

I've been tasked with migrating our VMs from our old Azure Account to our new one. I knew nothing about anything when I started the process a few days ago. I decided the best thing to do was take it one step at a time. So I reassigned our…
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Migration of Win OS between two blade servers

Hi we have a Physical or blade server where we have installed win server 2008. It's configuration has 256Gb RAM. I wanted to know can we migrate the existing server along with OS to another server which has 512Gb RAM.or do we need to build the 512Gb…
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Raid 1 and Raid 5 with Debian 8 Install

Ive been advised that i should install Debian 8 using the following raid configuration: Raid 1 (2 discs) - for OS Raid 5 (4 discs) for data. This way, i can have 2 disc failures and still have a running system. The question i have is, on the Debian…
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Best Practice for OS Patching for Ubuntu on AWS.

I was wondering if someone can help me by sharing knowledge on Ubuntu OS patching over AWS. I tried to find it on Ubuntu documentation but my bad,I didn't get any relevant post there. Wondering if someone had already implemented process of OS…
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What factors are taken into consideration when purchasing a windows server OS?

I am looking to develop and host my own website. On top of this, my server will also be running internal software that take care of some processes. The website is going to be developed using ASP.NET MVC framework and will be interacting with SQL…
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HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 install Windows Server 2008 R2

I purchased recent an HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 and a Windows Server 2008 designed for HP Servers and when I want to install the OS (Windows Server 2008) on My Server I receive following error: A required CD/DVD drive device is missing. If you have a…
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Theoretically, would two up-to-date windows systems be of a similar size?

If on one computer the windows OS was installed two years ago, and on the other, say, just yesterday... assuming both machines have the exact configuration hardware-wise. and that both machines are up to date with the windows-update feature. would…
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Can I run a Fedora VM on top of XenServer / ESXi? What's the closest alternative?

I am planning on moving to Citrix XenServer to host a couple of VM's and am looking to find out if Fedora is in fact supported. The site says it can run Red Hat, but aren't this and Fedora nearly the same? Can I run this OS in a virtual machine on…
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Why does system lag or stall after successful completion of tar backup command?

I have a script that runs backup of system files via tar as a cronjob for my server. Every time the script is being fired off, it completed the task as successful. All backups were tested and appeared to be working and not corrupted. But, my system…
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PowerEdge 2650 remote OS install

I am needing to install an operating system on my Dell PowerEdge 2650 server, but i do not have a disk burner to make boot disks to install the operating system, so i am wanting to install the operating system remotely from another computer, i…
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