Questions tagged [arch-linux]
Arch Linux (or Arch, pronounced /ˈɑrtʃ/) is an independently developed, Linux-based operating system for i686 and x86-64 computers. It is composed predominantly of free and open source software, and supports community involvement.
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sshd service fails to start
I'm not sure why it isn't starting or why its preventing me from connecting, i get this error:
sshd.service - OpenSSH Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service; enabled)
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Is Arch Linux suitable for server environment?
Do you consider Arch Linux suitable for server environment? Its rolling release model and simplicity seems to be a good thing, because once you installed it, you do not need to reinstall like the ...
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How do you use systemd's journalctl patterns
I am trying to use journalctl's pattern matching on SYSLOG_IDENTIFIERS. As an example, I have a ton of message tagged sshd:
$ journalctl -t sshd | wc -l
987
but if I try to use pattern matching to ...
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MySQL (MariaDB) Not Starting [closed]
I am running Arch Linux 4.8.4-1 on a 64bit installation. I installed MariaDB via pacman. When I try to start it with systemctl start mysqld, it gives me
Job for mariadb.service failed because the ...
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Ping: sendmsg: operation not permitted error after installing iptables on Arch GNU/Linux
Yesterday I got a new computer as my homeserver, a HP Proliant Microserver.
Installed Arch Linux on it, with kernel version 3.2.12.
After installing iptables (1.4.12.2 - the current version AFAIK) ...
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Blank Page: wordpress on nginx+php-fpm
Good day.
While this post discusses a similar setup to mine serving blank pages occasionally after having made a successful installation, I am unable to serve anything but blank pages. There are no ...
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sudo rejects password that is correct
sudo (Which I have configured to ask for a password) is rejecting my password (as if I mis-typed it) I am absolutely not typing it incorrectly. I have changed the password temporarily to alphabetic ...
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sar: enable data collecting
I've just installed the sysstat package on Manjaro. When running sar for the first time I see:
Cannot open /var/log/sa/sa21: No such file or directory
Please check if data collecting is enabled
How ...
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Running systemd inside a docker container (arch linux)
I am trying to see if I can run systemd inside a docker container (which is running arch linux in the container).
I start docker with all capabilities, and bind mount in cgroups:
docker run -it --...
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What "access rights" could be blocking access to a gitlab repository?
I'm trying to setup gitlab (6.5.1) on a fresh clean server. Everything appears to work, but git is unable to push to any project. Following the commands from the newly created project page and pushing ...
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Can I copy the entire /var/lib/mysql folder to a different server? (mysql vs mariadb, different versions)
I used to have a Linux system (LMDE) with MySQL. The system used innodb_file_per_table for most of the databases. (not sure about the version, whatever is the "latest" in LMDE)
I am now on a new ...
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How to determine which packages need upgrading in Arch Linux?
I know that pacman -Su upgrades all packages. But how can I get just the list of packages that need upgrading?
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Nginx doesn't have permission to access files with the same ownership
i've just installed nginx on an Archlinux box and encounter this problem:
Nginx is configured to run as "nginx", a new user/group that I added, in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:
user nginx nginx;
For ...
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Mount Point Does Not Exist, Despite Creating It
I'm trying to install Arch on a Virtualbox VM. I'm following along this guide, and this video. Not sure if relevant, but the VDI file is on an external hard drive.
I've created 3 partitions as per ...
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Resizing partition fdisk fails with invalid argument
I recently resized a VPS from a 50GB SSD to a 300GB SSD through my hoster's control panel. I now am trying to resize my main partition with fdisk to be able to use all the new space. However, fdisk ...
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Connected to openvpn, but no Internet connection
I have openvpn on a remote server, it's Arch Linux. I'm able to connect to it, but there's no internet after I connect, meaning, when I open a browser and trying to load a website, it's getting stock ...
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How can I create separate configuration files for php (cli) and php-fpm on an arch linux
Is it possible to create separate php.ini files for php (cli) and php-fpm, like it is possible on debian and ubuntu with two folders /etc/php/7.0/cli and /etc/php/7.0/fpm?
I will be also cool if I ...
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Make systemd user service depend on system target
I have a user service in ~/.config/systemd/user/example.service like so:
[Unit]
Description=Example service
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'host google.com > /var/tmp/...
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Vagrant NFS share doesn't show updated file if size doesn't change
When mounting /vagrant over NFS, a changed file on the host is not refresh on the guest if the size doesn't changes. Quick update/typo are not immediately reflected unless I make enough modification ...
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Pacman doesn't work in Docker image
I need to run an Arch Linux container but I can't install anything on it :
When I try to run pacman -Syyu --noconfirm
error: failed to initialize alpm library
(could not find or read directory: /var/...
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Linux can't find file that exists
I'm trying to get Google's Dart language up and running, but it errors when running dart2js. I'm running Arch linux and I installed dart-sdk from AUR. Some relevant terminal output lies below.
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kube-proxy won't start in Minikube because of permission denied issue with /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_max
After updating Arch Linux (sudo pacman -Syu) and restarting the system, Minikube fails to start because of kube-proxy. The logs show it was trying to modify /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_max ...
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"failed to open stream: Read-only file system" when trying to create file outside webroot with php
I'm trying to setup nextcloud on a RaspberryPi 3 running arch linux (alarm) for a week now.
I've setup apache, php with php-fpm, postgresql and installed nextcloud-testing from the AUR (because ...
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How to make a secure MongoDB server?
I'm wanting my website to use MongoDB as it's datastore. I've used MongoDB in my development environment with no worries, but I'm worried about security with a public server.
My server is a VPS ...
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bashrc not loaded in /bin/bash shell
When I ssh into a server (4.3.3-2-ARCH), my .bashrc is not loaded (however, I can load it manually by sourcing it).
I don't have any other files in my home folder, like .profile. The shell is also ...
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Apache (Linux) httpd listen on link-local IPv6 address
I would like Apache to listen on the link-local ipv6 address on a particular interface. I have the following line in my httpd.conf:
Listen [fe80::a00:16ff:fe89:420f]:80
Which is based on the Apache ...
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Introspection of initramfs systemd services - How?
Background
I'm running ArchLinux, using the systemd binary to start necessary services as part of the initramfs (root fs decryption, mounting etc.).
I would like to examine what systemd units are ...
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How to remove a root CA certificate?
I am trying to delete a root CA certificate, but the trust anchor --remove command specified in the official Red Hat 8 documentation gives out a read-only error.
sudo trust anchor --remove --verbose &...
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QEMU-KVM Linux virtualization on the command line
I recently discovered that qemu-kvm has a very promising -curses option that, instead of starting an X window, will show a nice ncurses output from the guest suitable for managing a Linux guest from ...
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Using symbolic links with git
I used to have my system configuration files all in one directory for better management but now i need to use some version control on it.
But the problem is that git doesn't understand symbolic links ...
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placing shell script under systemd control
Assuming I have a shell script like this:-
#!/bin/sh
# cherrypy_server.sh
PROCESSES=10
THREADS=1 # threads per process
BASE_PORT=3035 # the first port used
# you need to make the PIDFILE dir and ...
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Change default certificate signing algorithm in ssh-keygen
Presently, OpenSSH 7.8 (Fedora 28/Arch) is unable to negotiate with a OpenSSH 7.4 (CentOS 7) server utilizing a certificate signed key, as described in a bug filed on redhat's bugzilla. OpenSSH ...
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Why does the "nocto" NFS mount option in Linux not prevent flush-on-close?
I've been learning about the close-to-open policy of NFS, which causes each
file to be flushed to the server as it's closed, to ensure consistency across
clients. (See http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/...
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open() "/run/nginx.pid" failed (13: Permission denied)
Currently, I've set up a nextcloud server with nginx and I enabled it with sudo systemctl enable nginx.service. When I'm rebooting, than I'm getting an error message which complains about a proxy ...
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VPN server on Arch Linux
Trying to set up a VPN server on an Arch Linux box. All I want is for it to be usable by OS X and iPhone OS. I'm a noob at VPN and can't seem to have much luck Googling. What software do I need to ...
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Cannot start the Net-SNMP daemon from systemd (but it works from the command-line)
When I start Net-SNMP from systemd, there is no error message but the daemon does not run:
% sudo systemctl start snmpd
%
When I start it from the command line, it runs:
% sudo /usr/sbin/snmpd
and ...
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balanced (currentness vs. stability) linux server distribution
I am a long-time user of Gentoo, both on the desktop and server. As a software engineer,
I love its flexibility and customizability (as well as the fact that it is bleeding edge and a rolling release)....
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Archlinux and openssh
I need to setup an Archlinux vps with openssh, everything is running smoothly except that I couldn't ssh in.
I noticed openssh wasn't installed so I looked on the wiki which said to do :
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Running systemd based container in LXC
I'm currently trying to run an Arch Linux container using LXC on an Ubuntu 12.04 host. Arch Linux has recently migrated to systemd, which according to a variety of places has some problems operating ...
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Docker image build hangs at "pacman -S ..."
I am trying to build a Docker image from the official Arch Linux image. These are the things I have done so far:
I PULL-ed the official Arch Linux Image:
docker pull base/archlinux
I wrote this "...
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ZFS datasets no longer automatically mount on reboot after system upgrade
I have an Arch linux ZFS backup system which wasn't updated for a long time because it was working perfectly and there was no reason to bother. After a recent upgrade, though, my ZFS datasets are no ...
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What's the best server to use with ASP.Net on Mono? [closed]
I am reconfiguring my website from scratch and basically I want it to run Mono(well, ASP.Net inside Mono)
According to the Mono Project there appears to be two options, Apache or Nginx.
Which one ...
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gunicorn 19.2 fails to start with 18.0 configuration
I've got a dev server running gunicorn/Django behind nginx. As part of a wider server environment update, I attempted to upgrade gunicorn from 18.0 to 19.2.1, but the service would no longer start. (...
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Enabling IPv6 for docker breaks hosts IPv6 connectivity resulting in neither having IPv6 connection
Preface: I am newbie in both Docker and networking stuff, especially, IPv6. Am a software developer, not system/network administrator.
I am running Arch on Linode and am looking to set up Docker with ...
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git http-backend show info when accessing per browser
I'm currently hosting my own git-repos for my private projects. For this, I use Apache and the standard git http-backend.
Now, a repo can be accessed under an URL like this:
http://vcs.myserver.lc/...
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Apache won't start - unable to find IPv4 address of "(none)"
Due to browsing through stack exchange and google, I'm getting the feeling it has to do with my hosts file. Which is currently rw-r--r--, and contains:
#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org&...
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Install vagrant plugin on archlinux
I am trying to install vagrant plugin in ArchLinux and get error Marshal.load reentered at marshal_load. Here is output with debug on:
vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostmananger --debug
INFO global:...
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Updating GoDaddy DNS from linux [closed]
I have the following setup:
A domain registered with GoDaddy
A plug computer running ArchLinuxArm with a dynamic public IP
Updated Domain in GoDaddy DNS Manager to point to public IP of plug computer
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NetworkManager & dnsmasq - ignore auto DNS settings
I'm running Arch Linux with NetworkManager and dnsmasq set up. It all seems to work fine, except that I try to use the new CloudFlare 1.1.1.1 DNS, but the resolver keeps using the DNS that is ...
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Installing 32 bit libraries on arch linux
I can't seem to find the answer anywhere.
So far I've figured out that I need to add (uncomment)
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
On "/etc/pacman.conf" and then run:
sudo pacman-...
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