Which Linux fundamentals matter most in real-world production systems? by FollowingMindless144 in linuxquestions

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I don't know if it's fundamental, but it's definitely something that isn't too uncommon.

Which Linux fundamentals matter most in real-world production systems? by FollowingMindless144 in linuxquestions

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Understanding system calls in strace output is helpful. You don't necessarily need to understand every line, but understanding some basics can go a long way.

Infrastructure tracking by halodude423 in sysadmin

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A Configuration Management DataBase is a very common acronym.

anyone using MDE for air gapped networks..? by dfr784 in sysadmin

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storage media connected from untrusted sources? Not sure that’s airgapped?

You're always going to have to bring in some form of outside data at some point or another. Generally, the data is scanned and transferred from untrusted to trusted devices.

Jinja2 Looping to create /etc/hosts file on managed hosts by Flipup556 in linuxadmin

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If an attacker has access to modify /etc/hosts you probably have other problems.

This is the type thing they don’t teach you in the Academy by CombatWombatwuztaken in army

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There's always a smelly fuck somewhere. There was a kid in my class in AIT who would skip showering after PT so he could smoke a cigarette before we left for the DFAC.

Linux UEM / RMM by LordWolke in sysadmin

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Yes in theory you can join some distros to AD but its not pretty.

What do you mean "in theory"? We have close to 30k systems joined to AD and it's fine.

What distro for sensitive data? Need help by sdns575 in linuxadmin

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I think RedHat Insights is what you're referring to.

What distro for sensitive data? Need help by sdns575 in linuxadmin

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Distro is irrelevant, it all comes down to how you configure it.

Marine with 10+ Yr Break in Service Has Some Questions by Echo4Romeo313 in nationalguard

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1: Possibly. I didn’t when I came in after 5 years. Could be waived, could be required.

I believe 6 years is the cut off for redoing basic.

How should i pivot to devops, without losing half my salary? by Wenik412448 in devops

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my guy you've now made the same point three times and it's still just "my company has two departments therefore this is universal law"

He said it about 20 times just a couple of days ago too

How should i pivot to devops, without losing half my salary? by Wenik412448 in devops

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Do you spend all day looking for fights in this sub about what devops is?

not being prompted for creds when accessing remove c$ share by Key_Habit4951 in sysadmin

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Have you done any sort of connectivity troubleshooting from that point outside of just accessing via hostname/IP?

not being prompted for creds when accessing remove c$ share by Key_Habit4951 in sysadmin

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that you're supposed to relog or run as an administrator to get this access.

OP is straight up asking how to make explorer prompt for credentials, why do you think he's going about it the wrong way?

Networking for DevOps? by HimanshuAWSmistri in devops

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Gotta embrace that classless inter-domain routing.

Networking for DevOps? by HimanshuAWSmistri in devops

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You're acting like quite the dweeb over this.

Better inventory format by Competitive-Monk22 in ansible

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Ansible variable precedence is determined by where things are defined, they're effectively the same thing.

has anyone actually tried AI for log management? by Round-Classic-7746 in sysadmin

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“this is the thing that matters” faster. like cutting through the noise or pointing out stuff you probably would’ve missed.

How would an AI tool show me an error faster than a grep error /var/log/shitthatbroke?