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Common Problems 115431

Chronyd Time Drift Causing TLS and Repository Failures

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 August 2019 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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FreeBSD 12 — powerdns — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — powerdns — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: powerdns — denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2302 CVE-2012-0206 CVE-2015-1868 CVE-2015-5230 CVE-2015-5311 CVE-2015-5470 CVE-2016-2120 CVE-2016-6170  +12 more Upstream summary: PowerDNS Team reports: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2022-01: incomplete validation of incoming […]

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FreeBSD 12 — bind98-base — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bind98-base — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bind — denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5166 CVE-2012-5688 CVE-2013-2266 CVE-2013-3919 CVE-2013-4854 CVE-2014-0591 CVE-2014-8500 CVE-2014-8680 Upstream summary: ISC reports: We have today posted updated versions of 9.9.6 and 9.10.1 […]

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Common Problems 118466

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – GRUB rescue prompt appears after update

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu 16.04.7 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention […]

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How to Configure Swap Space on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Swap Space on Debian 9

Introduction How to Configure Swap Space on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 9. This […]

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Common Problems 113548

Windows Server 2012 R2 — .NET Framework 4.8 install fails or repair leaves applications broken — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 August 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related […]

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How to Set Up Prometheus Windows Exporter on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Prometheus Windows Exporter on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Set Up Prometheus Windows Exporter on Windows Server 2012 R2 The Prometheus Windows Exporter (formerly known as wmi_exporter) is an open-source metrics collection agent that exposes Windows performance counters, WMI data, and system metrics in the Prometheus exposition format over HTTP. This makes Windows Server 2012 R2 natively scrapable by Prometheus, enabling integration […]

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How to Install and Configure Postfix Mail Server on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Postfix Mail Server on RHEL 8

Postfix is a high-performance, security-focused Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) that ships with RHEL 8 and is the default replacement for Sendmail. It handles the delivery of outbound email and, when configured correctly, accepts inbound mail for local users. Understanding Postfix is foundational for any RHEL administrator who needs to send system alerts, application notifications, or […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — bind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — bind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1714)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 August 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1714 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6471 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Common Problems 118508

Permission denied (publickey) for valid SSH user

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 August 2019 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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