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Defrag options in Windows Server 2012

I am looking at the command line options for defrag.exe as well as the "ScheduledDefrag" task on Windows Server 2012, and I don't understand some of the arguments. In particular, when I view defrag /? I see: /D Perform traditional defrag (this…
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mysqldump has a "quick" option. Why isn't this enabled by default?

In the mysqldump docs I see a "--quick" option, however there is no indication as to why somebody would want this disabled. What are the disadvantages to enabling it or why is it even an option? Shouldn't it just be always…
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Logging all the commands executed during a kickstart installation to file and screen

I'm using the following kickstart post installation logging options: %post exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 chvt 3 echo echo "################################" echo "# Running Post Configuration #" echo "################################" (…
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Why is Apache ignoring the "Options Indexes" directive?

I have the following block in my .conf file but when I load the appropriate URL (which points to a directory with just a dummy .txt file in it) I get the Apache 2 Test Page instead of a directory listing.
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Pass --nogpgcheck to yum via puppet

How would one get a --nogpgcheck option to yum via puppet? I've tried package { 'unsigned-package': ensure => latest, install_options => ['--nogpgcheck'], } and package { 'unsigned-package': ensure => latest, …
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How to configure Apache to handle OPTIONS request without invoking script

We built a RESTful server with CORS enabled which means it will be getting OPTIONS requests from the clients. We would like to have the webserver handle these, not our downstream REST-server. How can we configure Apache to handle these request…
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DRBD LVM - backed vs. physical & LVM filter

We're experimenting with DRBD/pacemaker on top of an existing Debian 6 Encrypted RAID1 setup. We have one comparatively general and one comparatively specific question: 1) DRBD - backed vs. physical volume (general design option question) We want…
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Check DHCP Option content

Is it possible DHCP client check the contents of an option ? I need provisioning a Linux server with DHCP option 140 (option-140). But the server behaves as if the DHCP did not contain the information. In the file…
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What's is the purpose of a trailing '-' in a Kubernetes apply -f -

I was passed the following, which does a dry run of the creation of a kubernetes secret from an appsettings.json file, which is then piped to a kubernetes apply. I think that the -f will take the filename of the --dry-run created secret and use that…
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How to change default duplicity archive directory?

How can I change the duplicity default archive directory (~/.cache/)? The following option seems to be ignored. Option --archive-dir=/volume4/duplicity/cache/ --name backup duplicity 0.6.21 (January 23, 2013) Linux 3.2.40 #4458 SMP Thu Mar 6…
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How to ignore upper directory .htaccess Options?

How do I have a current directory .htaccess ignore Options from upper directory .htaccess?
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Is is possible to configure ISC's DHCPD to configure resolv.conf options like timeout and attempts?

The resolv.conf supports a line called options that allows for some fine tuning of the behavior of the resolver. In my environment we are using ISC's DHCPD to provide DHCP services to our services. Currently I can set the search and nameserver…
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Apache Options in .htaccess file

I am using Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews within a .htaccess file that is stored within 1 folder above the images folders, but this causes issues for seeing the images in these directories when outputted onto the page via a URL. Once I remove…
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error svn: OPTIONS could not connect to server

I'm trying to checkout a repository with an http address. I tried with different machine but I obtained every time time the same error: svn: OPTIONS of 'http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk': could not connect to server…
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Apache: How to redirect OPTIONS request with .htaccess?

I have Apache 2.2.4 server with a lot of messages like this in the access_log: ::1 - - [15/May/2010:19:55:01 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 400 543 ::1 - - [15/May/2010:20:22:17 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 400 543 ::1 - - [15/May/2010:20:24:58 +0200]…
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