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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS apt Lock Contention During Auto Updates

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 October 2020 Affected versions: 20.04 LTS 📖 ~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 & […]

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How To Install the Send-Only Mail Server "Exim" on Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install the Send-Only Mail Server “Exim” on Ubuntu 12.04

Due to the popularity of Gmail, Google Apps, Outlook.com, Yahoo! Mail & a myriad of other providers, many cloud-server users mistakenly fail to install a mail server, initially. However, humans are not the only ones that send electronic mail. If fact, many Linux server applications also need to send email. This tutorial will review how to install a send-only mail server on Ubuntu 12.04.

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Common Problems 118503

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – NTP drift causes clock skew and auth failures – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 27 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 📖 ~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 […]

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Common Problems 117964

Ubuntu 18.04 root partition out of disk space

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 27 October 2020 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 16.04 — libmediainfo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libmediainfo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5237-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15395 CVE-2020-26797 CVE-2019-11372 CVE-2019-11373 Upstream summary: It was discovered that MediaInfoLib incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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How To Use Apache as a Reverse-Proxy with mod_proxy on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Apache as a Reverse-Proxy with mod_proxy on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial, you’ll set up Apache as a basic reverse proxy using the mod_proxy extension to redirect incoming connections to one or several backend servers running on the same network. This tutorial uses a backend written with the Flask web framework, but you can use any backend server you prefer.

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Common Problems 118399

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS apt Lock Contention During Maintenance

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 October 2020 Affected versions: 16.04 LTS 📖 ~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 & […]

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How To Install and Configure Varnish with Apache on Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure Varnish with Apache on Ubuntu 12.04

Varnish is an HTTP accelerator and a useful tool for speeding up a server, especially during a times when there is high traffic to a site. It works by redirecting visitors to static pages whenever possible and only drawing on the virtual private server itself if there is a need for an active process. This tutorial covers setting up Varnish with Apache on Ubuntu 12.04.

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Ubuntu 16.04 — whoopsie — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — whoopsie — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4450-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11937 CVE-2020-12135 CVE-2020-15570 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1850608 CVE-2019-11484 CVE-2019-11476 Upstream summary: Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Whoopsie incorrectly handled memory. A local attacker could use this issue to cause Whoopsie to […]

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