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Question by

ltpitt

16m ago

Update RedHat with a few packages exception

I have a challenge related to updating a RedHat server.

On this server several packages need NOT to be updated because of application dependencies.

For this reason when I update the server I do something along the line of:
1) Check if any available patch can be seen, if so save result to file: sudo yum check-update | awk '(NR >=4) {print $1;}' > /tmp/update_packages
2) Then I remove the "blacklisted" packages from /tmp/update_packages
3) Run yum update against the obtained file

While this procedure is ok what can happen if one of the update packages has one of the blacklisted ones as dependency is that also the blacklisted one will be updated, right?

Is there any other procedure that you can suggest for this kind of scenario?

Thanks for your time and help.

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Andrew Leniart

1h ago

My Recent Experiences with Linux!

As a staunch Windows OS supporter, it's been quite a few years since I've installed a Linux distro for myself to experiment with. Why? The installation process (at the time I experimented last time) was complicated and frustrating, as was just using Linux itself.

So, after reading a few questions and comments here and there, I decided it was time to give it another shot. I first downloaded and set up an Ubuntu Studio ISO in an Oracle VM Virtualbox VM. I was suitably impressed with both the installation and relative (and intuitive) ease of use.

Encouraged by that result, I decided to try another Linux distro called ChaletOS which claimed it would give newbies like me an easier transition to Linux by giving me a familiar GUI interface to Windows 7. Again, I wasn't disappointed. Linux distros have indeed come a long way since I last experimented.

Installation was an absolute breeze and puts both Windows 7 and Windows 10 installers to shame! Ease of use? Fantastic, especially with the ChaletOS build. I think I'm starting to understand why Linux tends to have such a 'cult' type following.

I've still got a lot to learn and experiment with, but my first impressions are nothing but positive. If you're in a similar position to me, I'd encourage you to give Linux another try. By setting up in a Virtual Machine, you have nothing to lose and potentially, much to gain.

Cheers...

Andrew

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Hi Experts

Could you clear what must to be done before to install Lubuntu 64 bits ?

After download Lubuntu installer at Lubuntu and obtain what I expect to be the installer:

And when trying to install it a DVD burn software starts...

So, is it obligatory to create a DVD instalator before to install it?

But, if I want to start from a pen-drive f.e. , do I have any workaraound?

Thanks in advance.

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Question by

sam_2012

16h ago

ftp vs sftp

Hi Team,

I need the difference between ftp and sftp commands .

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Question by

sam_2012

16h ago

ls command output

Hi Team ,

I need clarification on ls -U command . The man pages say display with out sorting , Need an help on this command how this works. Not able to depict the output

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I am getting error 1m ipv4 tcp listen drops
"the number of TCP listen socket drops during the last minute"
Last night i tried to enables https on server with following steps
Added virtual host file but i reverted the changes.
I also executed the following commands: is it efected something on server.
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sudo lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -P

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I have httpd with worker MPM. I do want to limit that to 1 process with root and only 3 child processes under my account (guest).

Sometimes, I could see 5 or 6 or 7 httpd child processes running on my box.

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How to configure/fix this ?

Thanks,
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I read the following guide on linode.com

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Here is my /etc/hosts file

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Should I list the ipaddress and the domain of every site that I am hosting for shared hosting?

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sam_2012

2d agoSolved

Difference between KSH VS BASH

Hi Team,

Can any one provide me the difference between

Difference between KSH , Bourne , Bash and C shell

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Free Tool: Subnet Calculator

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One of a set of tools we're offering as a way of saying thank you for being a part of the community.

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How to apply restrictions for the desktop/laptop users who use windows10pro and ubuntu desktop to install/remove any applications, only the system administrator should be able to install and update the systems, if user require application to be installed they should bring to system admin and system admin should only be able to perform this task,
1. how to achieve this for windows10 pro system
2. how to achieve this for ubuntu desktop system
please suggest thanks in advance.

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Hi Experts

Could you point the more convenient Ubuntu version and where to obtain it to fit with this hardware?
(an old laptop)

Thanks in advance!

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I need help creating traineddata for Tesseract. We need to train it for Car VINs. Linux server got it installed on V4 and I creayed a set of 12 pictures to work with.
In the end, it's to be used in PHP on a website. Everything is completed except it's not accurate enough using only english traineddata.

The existing documentation is too confusing for us.

I am looking for more specific instruction or someone we could hire for a few hours to help on this.

Out traineddata is located in /usr/share/tesseract/tessdata/

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Question by

rgb192

4d ago

I want to see all the sent mail

shared linux hosting smtp/imap email

android email app

I can not see sent mail (sent by other devices)

I can only see the few emails sent by my app

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Question by

rgb192

5d ago

files on shares server linux

is a shared webserver a good place to store .pdf or .doc files

if not linked to by using html, can search engine find.

i have robots.txt ask (not demand) that search engines shouldnt show but i know robots.txt is not a solution

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I had this question after viewing Hydra Command line , Question.
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Very new to this and cant seem to find the answer to this, or a way for me to fix it....thanks

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Question by

Ayoub Rouzi

5d ago

Openstack issure: "There are no Availability Zones."

Hello, when i want to launch a new instance in my openstack system in Details i find: "There are no Availability Zones."

and when i launch the instance it stuck in "Scheduling".

Could someone please help me to resolve the problem ?

I'm Using openstack Queens under Centos 7.

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I followed these instructions (http://directory.fedoraproject.org/docs/389ds/howto/howto-changeuid.html) to update the UID that runs the 389 Directory Server, but now I can't start the service. I changed it to the svc389ds user account.

Every time I try to start it, I get this error:

[root@VMUSTestCAS01 ~]# service dirsrv start
Starting dirsrv:
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[FAILED]
*** Error: 1 instance(s) failed to start

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
- Christian

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5d agoSolved

Hard Drive diagnostic software please ?

Is there a Universal, (free would be nice !) Hard Drive diagnostic program that will let me test drives for faults ? Either for Windows 7 / 10 or stand-alone ?

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An intuitive utility to help find the CSS path to UI elements on a webpage. These paths are used frequently in a variety of front-end development and QA automation tasks.

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how to execute a custom shell script in startup while user's login to the system other than below method.

I had added my script in .bashrc & .bash_profile but users are using "bash --noprofile --norc" option, this won't read the startup files.

please help with your suggestions to achieve this.

Linux

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Tiras25

6d agoSolvedPrivate

Storage upgrade on Leopard system76 desktop

CEO ran out of space on his beast. System 76 Leopard Extreme is that system in his home office. 250GB SSD and 4x4TB drives. so 16TB total. https://system76.com/desktops/leopard

I want to give him more[ max out] space with least amount of disruption. Was thinking about this one: https://www.amazon.com/Gold-12TB-Enterprise-Class-Drive/dp/B075L6FJH8
But then I like to do make sure he can do it. Would be much slower with external drive? He does large programing models. So debating if i should go with internal or external drive.

Thoughts?

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How can I get a list of packages available for update on RedHat (using yum) and put the package list in a file for later use?

Basically I would like to be able to remove from the list a few names with a BASH script and then perform a yum update using the updated list.

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Question by

ltpitt

7d agoSolved

Information about RHUI

I have some questions about RHUI (I just have the acronym and I know that is related to Operating System updates):

What is RHUI?
How can I check with a BASH script if it is working?
How can I check with a BASH script if there are any available patches?

Thanks for your time and input.

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I would like to join Linux computers to a Windows domain. Is this possible? If so, how does one do this?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+.
Android Version: 8.0.0

I recently put a micro SD card in it and moved many apps to it. One of them was Bejeweled Classic by Electronic Arts. Later I noticed that the icon for it was missing, so I went to download/install it again. When that happened I got a strange error message: "You cannot install this app because another user has already installed an incompatible version on this device"

NOTE: I cannot find the app on my Installed Applications list.

You cannot install this app because another user has already installed an incompatible version on this device
In the link above someone wrote:

What worked for me was: adb shell pm uninstall com.packagename

I have a Terminal Emulator to try that command, I just need to know the exact packagename.

Question: How do I get a listing of package names in the Terminal Emulator?

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