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how do i access the Gentoo Linux GUI instead of command prompt

Morning guys (and girls)

I have to say i have no exp with linux, gentoo and apache... HOWEVER, i have inherited a mind field of a website hosted on this envo...

Not being very command line happy, where and how do i access the GUI for Gentoo Linux? Basically the website has stopped responding (some poor development by the look of things, database connections not being released) and i am getting errors with no space left on device or directory... ecample:

Failed to create temporary cacje : cannot touch var/lib etc etc

This is a joke..

Any help is welcomed.

Cheers

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upanwar

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dalewright

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The problem is upanwar, the server is in a bad state... so bad that the webserver side has stopped working so i cant use the web based interface... this is just a sad joke that is making my life hard.

thanks for the post and the pointers however.

tsmgeek

learn the CLI, its far easier for server admin tasks and reduces the attack front on your server, webmin is a good tool to admin the server, it integrates its own webserver so no issue that yours has stopped working, normally it installs on port 10000 which if you have a firewall you cant access unless you change it which is not recommended, i would tunnel port 10000 via SSH from your local machine