I want to use my Ubuntu server to be a router for two private networks on my network.
I also want this server to serve DHCP requests for the private networks.
How do I set up an Ubuntu 16.04 server to do this?
This post was created to try and be a 'catch all' canonical question/answer pair for 'How do I Install MSSQL Server' and 'How Do I Install MSSQL Server Tools' questions.
I am looking to set up MS SQL Server for Linux, and quite possibly its tools (on the server itself or other systems) so I can interact with SQL Server. How can I go about doing this?
This question is similar to Download files from a list but it is not the same as I want to go beyond this. Please do not close as a duplicate.
I have a list of files to download in a text file foo.txt. There is a directory foo which I'm in, and I use wget -i ../foo.txt to pull the files down. That's all fine and dandy.
However, what I need to do is download the files in there with a specific type of naming pattern. It's pulling down json files that are being spit out by API calls to a specific server, but I need it to be saved in a specific pattern such as foo_1.json, and because it's not actually linking to a foo_1.json file it won't save it as such.
Is there any way to expand upon the wget functionality to save files it downloads in a specific filename pattern, say, sequentially?
If not, alternative CLI methods not using wget are acceptable.
As Adobe no longer supports Flash on Linux (see "NOTICE" below), is there a way to use Chrome's Pepper Flash plugin with Firefox?
NOTICE! Flash no longer is supported for Linux EXCEPT as part of Chrome (with the exception of the extremely out of date Firefox 11.2 version, even though it gets security updates, it is still ancient and not updated that frequently). This is detailed in the Roadmap for Flash Runtimes from Adobe. The relevant section is Platform support, sub section Personal Computers, section Linux, quoted here (January 14, 2015 was when this was pulled, and the most important lines in this have been bolded for important reasons because people won't want to read the whole thing here):
Linux
Adobe has been working closely with Google to develop a single, modern API for hosting plug-ins within the browser. The PPAPI, code-named "Pepper", aims to provide a layer between the plug-in and browser that abstracts away differences between browser and operating system implementations. You can find more information on the Pepper API at http://code.google.com/p/ppapi/.
Because of this work, Adobe has been able to partner with Google in providing a "Pepper" implementation of Flash Player for all x86/64 platforms supported by the Google Chrome browser. Google now distributes this new Pepper-based Flash Player as part of Chrome on all platforms, including Linux.
For Flash Player releases after 11.2, the Flash Player browser plug-in for Linux will only be available via the "Pepper" API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe. Adobe will continue to provide security updates to non-Pepper distributions of Flash Player 11.2 on Linux for five years from its release.
Flash Player will continue to support browsers using non-"Pepper" plug-in APIs on platforms other than Linux.
Adobe will not be providing a Pepper-based debug player implementation of the Flash Player browser plug-in on Linux.
As of Adobe AIR 3, Adobe has discontinued support for Adobe AIR for Linux operating systems.
What VPN types does Network Manager support, and what packages do I specifically need to install to allow the support of those VPN protocols?
Is there any way to set up minimum passcode requirements, such as a minimum length, requirement of mixed case alphanumerics and at least 1 symbol in the passcode, and enforce that at passcode changes?
How do bugs in ubuntu get categorized and what is a bug's life cycle?
Also, "What does each bug's 'Status' mean, and how is it determined"
How is a specific bug's importance decided for bugs against packages in ubuntu?
And by Importance, I mean 'Low', 'Medium', and other importance values on the Launchpad bug trackers.
Why are packages in the official Ubuntu repositories older than the latest (upstream) versions from Debian Sid, PPAs, the authors, etc.?
This is the output of aptitude update:
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Hit http://deb.torproject.org natty InRelease
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release.gpg
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
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Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted amd64 Packages
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages [469 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
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Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
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Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_US
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.getdeb.net natty-getdeb InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_US
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net natty-getdeb Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net natty-getdeb Release
Ign http://deb.torproject.org natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://deb.torproject.org natty/main Translation-en
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Reading package lists...
Is there any way I can get rid of the translation stuff? I'm tired of it resulting in tons of repository checks rather than it checking far fewer repositories (69 actual repos vs. 169 checks)
Where can I find the changelog between versions of the kernel released for Ubuntu 10.04? Note that I need to find the changelog for 10.04 from an 11.04 system, so if I have to, I can run a VM for this purpose.
"Why do I need the kernel changelog?" you may ask. I need it because I'm going to package a custom build of the kernel for myself onto a PPA I own, and I need the changelog to show my changes to the kernel in addition to all previous changes done by the Ubuntu developers.
I'm trying to figure out in the rkhunter config how I can whitelist the detection of certain ports, such as ports used for IRCds, and other ports which I have for services which run on non-standard ports.
Does anyone know how to configure this so that rkhunter does not throw warnings about detecting the ports I wish to whitelist?
Can the zsh shell be configured to show what bash shows when a command does not exist, similarly to this:
kahless:~$ sysv-rc-conf
The program 'sysv-rc-conf' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
rather than the ZSH prompt:
[kahless /home/teward]% sysv-rc-conf
zsh: command not found: sysv-rc-conf
Note I do not want to change the prompt itself, but I want to change the result from zsh: command not found to a bash-like output of The program 'progname' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: or similar.
Is this possible with ZSH?
I'd like to be able to disable the Ubuntu splash screen that I see on boot with the indicator meter of progress, and replace that with a text-only readout of the boot up process (such as you can get by hitting the esc key during the splash screen). Is this possible?
I am not asking to disable X and get to text-only login, I"m asking how to deactivate the "Ubuntu" loading screen with the dots, so that I can see text output from the boot process - processes being started, kernel messages, etc. When I wrote this question I was not asking how to disable X altogether, only the boot splash screen.
I'd like to be able to create a package that doesnt contain any code or programs itself, but instead installs other packages that exist in the repositories onto a computer, sort of how the ubuntu-restricted-extras package does?
I know that WireShark allows live packet capturing as well as details being displayable in the GUI. Is there any similar program that operates on a CLI, rather than a GUI? This is intended for use on a server install, in which only CLI is available (and also where disk space is limited, so much that the dependencies for the wireshark packages cannot be installed (i.e. the packages for the GUI).
I know that in bash you can set up aliases in a .bash_aliases file so that the command you type doesnt need to be a command stored in the binaries in the system. Is there any way I can get aliases into zsh?
Does anyone know if this is possible? I'm a Star Trek fan, and there's this screensaver that's for Windows that mimics a Star Trek systems panel, and I'd love to have that on Ubuntu (so would some of my friends).
(quote from chat)
Got a PPA on launchpad for source packages for an IRC bot project I'm associated with (since its all the intermediate packaging for the stuff between releases, it's classified as an "experimental" PPA). Question: I've already packaged the stuff for a lucid build. Any clue how I'd be able to create the same packaging, except package it for maverick, and put it up to the same PPA that I've put the lucid packaging to?
With regard to kernels and backports, I noted a backported kernel available to 10.04 LTS builds, slightly older than the cutting-edge kernels in 10.10. Any reason for a lack of backports for them? (although the currently backported kernel for lucid is 2.6.35, >= 2.6.36 is newer and seems to be in the 10.10 and later repositories)