@JaredBusch said in Error - SELinux is Preventing Vmtoolsd From Entrypoint Access On the File /usr/bin/bash: @wrx7m said in Error - SELinux is Preventing Vmtoolsd From Entrypoint Access On the File /usr/bin/bash: My question - Is this permanent? Yes Thanks!

Wait for the Fedora 30 to be released! [Spam link removed, account banned.]

@JaredBusch said in Resolved - Postfix on Fedora 29 - Why Can't I Send Mail?: @wrx7m said in Resolved - Postfix on Fedora 29 - Why Can't I Send Mail?: It applied to the instance (multiple servers) FFS no. That is not what anything is. It applied to the Account. Which contains multiple instances. Instances that could be servers or desktops or WTF ever. My apologies. I meant to put account.

OSTicket is not a solution I can use, because I need time tracking also. I never saw a plugin for that for OSTicket.

@black3dynamite said in Setting Up a Standard MySQL or MariaDB Database for an Application: @JaredBusch said in Setting Up a Standard MySQL or MariaDB Database for an Application: I like my approach to setting this up. Obviously, install MySQL/MariaDB first as noted above. Then do the following. This all needs done in the same SSH session, but otherwise things are simple. Choose once of these exports for your DB root password. The first one is for you to specify, the second generates a random one and echo's it back to you. # Specify your own password for MariaDB root user export DB_ROOT_PASS="somebigpasswordgoeshere" # Generate a random password for MariaDB root user export DB_ROOT_PASS="$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 30)" echo "This is your MariaDB root password: $DB_ROOT_PASS" Specify the application database name and application user name # Database user to use for application export DB_USER='yourusername' # Database name to use for application export DB_NAME='yourdatabasename' Generate or specify a random password for the database user # Specify your own password for the application's database user export DB_PASS="somebigpasswordgoeshere" # Generate a random password for the application's database user export DB_PASS="$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 30)" echo "This is your password for the application user: $DB_PASS" Then create the application database, use, and grant access. mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE $DB_NAME;" mysql -e "CREATE USER '$DB_USER'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$DB_PASS';" mysql -e "GRANT ALL ON $DB_NAME.* TO '$DB_USER'@'localhost';" mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" Finally, lock down the system without the interactive requirement of mysql_secure_installation # Secure MariaDB (this does what mysql_secure_installation performs without interaction) mysql -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('$DB_ROOT_PASS') WHERE User='root';" mysql -e "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='root' AND Host NOT IN ('localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1');" mysql -e "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';" # Beginning on some version of MariaDB after Fedora 29 was released, the test DB is no longer there by defualt. mysql -e "DROP DATABASE test;" mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" Your approach makes it easier to use as part of a script. It also generates random passwords, which I prefer.

I'd normally keep swap space too but I know for sure you can run without it successfully because we used to do that with embedded linux for years - with devices that had years of uptime. With memory ballooning you can overcommit RAM and the hypervisor can swap guest RAM to disk if it comes to that. I don't know which hypervisors supports it though. As always it depends on how much you want to cram out of your gear.

@scottalanmiller said in EFI Pace Won't Start After Vault Configuration Change: Had to deal with Fiery too. I think they misspelled that name slightly. Fire that company (I know, you wish they would.)

@Obsolesce said in How do you choose what Linux Distro to use for a project?: @JaredBusch said in How do you choose what Linux Distro to use for a project?: @Obsolesce said in How do you choose what Linux Distro to use for a project?: @DustinB3403 said in How do you choose what Linux Distro to use for a project?: @JaredBusch said in How do you choose what Linux Distro to use for a project?: @DustinB3403 said in How do you choose what Linux Distro to use for a project?: @JaredBusch said in How do you choose what Linux Distro to use for a project?: No, that is not valid. WTF is even “mainstream”? main·stream /ˈmānˌstrēm/ noun I know how it is defined. But how are you claiming which ones are mainstream. Because there is only subjective evidence to support any of your wild ass bullshit claim. Mint is Mainstream to many. It is old and nasty and not something I would ever use. Ubuntu is a steaming pile of shit that only has popularity among "developers" because it was "popular" as a desktop OS. Okay ass. You know what my intention is and was when using the term Mainstream. So get off your horse and onto the dildo, cause you need to sit and spin for a while. Completely unwarranted reply from you, because the use and intention of "mainstream" is useless no matter how you try to swing it... HOWEVER, I LMAO so hard at this. Maybe if it is studded? For that extra oomph? Definitely studded. Only way to go. Mangolassi.it - Always go for a flaming laugh!

If anyone is curious, you do not have to tell it to start on boot as the setup step does that. You can see it linking the service in the screenshot.

@DustinB3403 said in How to Install Desktop Environment to a Fedora Server: @Pete-S I was the person to mention creating a desktop environment on the system to use as the management domain, and run virt-manager there. And I've repeated it numerous times, across several topics. As for using virsh, that is an option too. Sorry, I didn't follow the other previous thread(s).

@vpr00 said in MeshCentral Performance Testing: Sometimes after i press connect, half of the image loads and it wont load any further. I have to press disconnect and connect again until it works. Have you experienced the same? It only happens with WebRTC though. Yes, we do see that from time to time.

So following on from the Other thread. Looks like i'm heading to the Install KVM, setup a Linux VM and use that to manage the KVM server from that.

@dafyre said in Running Xrdp on Ubuntu: Not sure what to do about the EFI issue.... What I do when I want to use mine like that is set up x11vnc-server and then run it through XRDP (and choose the console option). It's faster than stock VNC... Don't ask me why, lol. I haven't gotten instructions for that yet, I don't think. If I remember right, after a reboot, you have to connect, close the connection, and then reconnect back using the XRDP+VNC option. I don't have any installation instructions for that setup on hand though. I can work it out and post them if you like. This is likely where I went 'rouge' in that I didn't use x11vnc-server.. I had notes on that,.. at least I believe and have misplaced them. so I had forget that. As I was starting to have other 'OS' Kernel issues (the mouse and keyboard wasn't working correctly) I nuked that partition from Windows, and will rebuild. Maybe it'll survive as I am of course getting grub 'errors' since that partition is gone.

Too bad it is KVM only right now. Not that KVM is bad, it's just early. The have LXC coming "soon" and that will be really awesome. I want VDI on LXC so that we can do it faster and on top of Scale HC3.

@JaredBusch said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04: @Dashrender said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04: @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04: Windows DUMBASS-ory.. Talking to my brother, he mentioned some 'issues' with Windows not releasing the lock on the partition. He suggested and this is the really dumb part on windows. To boot Windows and RESTART normally. Since grub starts Ubuntu by default, it booted normally into Ubuntu. I did the lsblk -f as before, only this time for /dev/sda4 - there is a UID for it. AND it shows as NTFS.. so,.. FFS Windows,.. FYS. now,.. to see how to prevent this stupidness in the future. This why someone suggested that you go into Windows and do a full shutdown with shift shutdown.... normal shutdowns now aren’t full shut downs to allow the system to boot faster. But he did that and it made no difference Yup - a FULL shutdown didn't do anything more that the SHIFT shutdown.

@scottalanmiller said in Zimbra Services Fail to Start; Removing Stale PIDs: @dbeato said in Zimbra Services Fail to Start; Removing Stale PIDs: @dbeato said in Zimbra Services Fail to Start; Removing Stale PIDs: @scottalanmiller said in Zimbra Services Fail to Start; Removing Stale PIDs: @dbeato said in Zimbra Services Fail to Start; Removing Stale PIDs: I have only had this happened on the upgrades between versions and OS upgrade. This happened to us while simply up and running. Middle of the day. Very odd. Weird What version? 8.8.10_GA_3716 Hmmm I just upgraded from 8.8.9 to 8.8.11 last week or two weeks ago.

@Dashrender said in Companies that use a Linux distro on workstations: @JaredBusch said in Companies that use a Linux distro on workstations: @Dashrender said in Companies that use a Linux distro on workstations: @JaredBusch said in Companies that use a Linux distro on workstations: @Dashrender said in Companies that use a Linux distro on workstations: @travisdh1 said in Companies that use a Linux distro on workstations: @Dashrender said in Companies that use a Linux distro on workstations: I ask - does saying Linux really matter though? Isn't it much more important to actually list the distro? At least the OP asked specifically Linux Distro. Which is why I listed the specific distribution and desktop. imo, it should always be linux as it is a generic term. Kind of like Windows, which one? I read your statement like this "it should always be linux as it is a generic term. HUH? so which side are you on? Personally - I think the term linux should be dropped by everyone (well at least by 99.9%) because it's nearly meaningless. Asking if something runs on linux is meaningless. Asking if something runs on Fedora or Ubuntu has meaning - because you know the actual OS you'll be running them on. the generic nature of 'linux' is one of the most confounding confusers for laypeople. We should just drop it. it doesn't matter. We never talk about the Windows Kernel, or the Mac OS Kernel - We talk about Windows 10 (OK, we're starting to run into a problem here too because there are 7 versions of Windows 10 - and the same can be said for Mac OS). But if we drop the word linux, people can start talking about Fedora or Ubuntu, etc and suddenly the world becomes a smaller, much more manageable place. Actually Linux should mean the same as Windows or MacOS anymore as you pointed out. What specific build is what matters. W10R1510, W10R1809, Fedora, MacOS wtf ever those are called. No - I disagree - Linux isn't like Windows or MacOS at all - Linux is not an OS - Windows/MacOS are OSes. If you say, runs on Windows, you can be pretty damned sure it's going to run on Windows 10. if you say it runs on Linux, you have no clue if that's Fedora, Ubuntu, etc. And while we might be able to get it to work, the layperson would never even try with the requires to get onto a linux Distro it's not designed for. Actually if it says runs on linux, it will run on pretty much all of them. The developer may only provide binaries or packages for certain specific distros. But if it builds on one, it will build on pretty much all of them. I gave you that out already - but I also said - normals will never do that. Which is the whole purpose of my comments... it's about normals, laypeople. Not IT pros. people like me ! Well worse than me I guess.

@black3dynamite said in Deploying NodeBB 1.11.1 on CentOS 7 with MongoDB 4: @scottalanmiller said in Deploying NodeBB 1.11.1 on CentOS 7 with MongoDB 4: @black3dynamite said in Deploying NodeBB 1.11.1 on CentOS 7 with MongoDB 4: @scottalanmiller said in Deploying NodeBB 1.11.1 on CentOS 7 with MongoDB 4: @JaredBusch said in Deploying NodeBB 1.11.1 on CentOS 7 with MongoDB 4: Otherwise, there is no reason to use CentOS, nor avoid the Fedora RPM packages. Actually there is, the RPM packages for MongoDB are "breaking". You can't auto-update with them without bringing your forum down. Several updates in the last two years were not just breaking, but very breaking. Fedora RPM for NodeJS is acceptable, but would put you several versions behind typically. For MongoDB, it would put you behind with updates while creating a risk that a seemingly trivial update to the OS would be expected to totally hose the database (3.4 to 3.6 to 4.0 are all updates that have to be manually handled for MongoDB with the actual data being massaged to handle it, but the OS just changes the engine version and lets the data stop working.) Its probably be best to start using the MongoDB repo instead of using RHEL and Fedora repo, with the news about them planning on removing MongoDB from their repo. I do that anyway. MongoDB is very good about their repos. You do the same with nodejs on Fedora too? There are lots of ways to do it, but I like this model for control. NVM is good, too.

So, circling back. How is the backup project going?

I just did it. The guide still applies, apart from getting 15 and not 13.

@stacksofplates said in Grub Entries cleanup and maintenance: @travisdh1 said in Grub Entries cleanup and maintenance: @DustinB3403 You never touch grub yourself. You let the system take care of it for you when it adds or removes kernels. As to removing old kernels, it depends on the distribution you use. A good distro just takes care of this for you. The annoying ones make you do it manually. RedHat/CentOS/Fedora = automatically cleans up older kernels. You don't do anything and it will keep a sane number by default. I think it's 4 and a recovery option. Debian/Ubuntu = keeps all kernels till you manually remove them. I forget offhand what the command is besides it's an option for apt. This is one reason I'm happily moving things from the old rental box to my new server for my home lab. The old rental box has Ubuntu with a tiny little 256MB /boot partition. It can keep ~3 kernels, and that's it, ugh! You can install without /boot. IIRC there is a other config change with unattended-upgrades to auto remove kernels. You normally can, yes. Since my current home lab box is a rental, I could only choose from the options they gave me at the time. Today, they'd let you use your own iso, but still wouldn't recommend them for anything other than a test lab.

@FATeknollogee said in Fedora 29 Server (or 28) install is stuck...?: Update from SM: "After we perform more test and use a non-widescreen monitor, we can finish installing Fedora 29 on our 4C version MB." Very odd.

@Emad-R IOPS varies wildly by how it is tested. The question for your Windows tests would be... how was it tested? We know how the Linux was tested, it tells us. Knowing how the Windows was tested is the real need at this point.

@black3dynamite said in MeshCentral Agent Supported Linux Distros: I'm able to connect to the Desktop on Fedora 29 Gnome (Xorg). At the lock screen too. Same here.