General :: Maintenance - Make Changes In Maintenance Mode
May 4, 2010
I notice when Linux boots in maintenance mode the filesystem is read-only.
Is there a way to change this, perhaps remounting as writable?
An example of this being a problem is that I was unable to open vi because there were too many session files....
Not to mention it would be nice to actually fix problems....
What are you meant to be able to do if you can't make any changes to the filesystem? What kind of maintenance can be expected?
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Sep 6, 2015
I have been using Debian for around two years now. I have a small home server running Debian stable i386 and keep it regularly updated (once or twice a week I perform apt-get update and afterwards apt-get dist-upgrade). The system was originally installed with Debian Wheezy and afterwards upgraded.
However, after entering dist-upgrade tonight, around 42 packages had to be updated. I agreed and afterwards got some errors. After apt-get install -f, the result is as follows:
Code:
Select allnickolay@tegulicium:$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists ... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... Done
[Code] ....
After rebooting the system, I am presented with the Debian Maintenance mode (root password for maintenance or Control-D to continue).
I tried dpkg --configure -a, apt-get install -f and aptitude install -f.
Unfortunately, still no resolution of the conflicts.
I assume this has to do something with the new Jessie 8.2 release ...
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Apr 26, 2010
Poston my phone, so forgive the formatting. i just ran the ug to 10.04 from karmic and it appeared to run fine (no errors.) system rebooted and i get a "general error mounting filesystems" and then dumped to maintenance mode. root and swap mount successfully, but root is read only. is there any way to fix this short of a reload. i don't have a second pc very handy at the moment.
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Aug 6, 2011
I have a system with a fair amount of software on it. The system stopped working due to a hard drive error. The system have 5 hards drive ( 1T). I need to get into single user mode (maintenance) as some how I messed up the root password. When starting up I get the time out screen press esc and it takes me to GNU GRUB version 0.97 screen In this screen there are 6 different lines
CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.el5PAE)
CentOS base (2.6.18-238.el5)
I move the arrow down to CentOS base (2.6.18-238.el5) and pressed 'e' Then I get three lines
[Code]....
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Jan 3, 2011
I�m kind of newbie trying to figure out a LAMP setup that will require as little maintenance as possible, and still be reasonable secure and maintained.After lots of googeling i think CentOs 5.x looks nice, the only problem is that i need PHP5.2.13 or later.If i add it from some 3 rd party repository it looks easy to install but what happens when there is security patches needed etc?I don�t like the idea of compiling it myself, I would probably get it running but there is always lots of do and donts that im unaware about to get it �right� not only �running�.
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Feb 28, 2010
I have been running Ubuntu as my sole OS for about a month now, and aside from Computer Janitor, I have found no drive/fs cleaning tools, or defragging tools. I know this isn't Windoze, but surely there must be a way of maintaining your hard disk. I mean installs/uninstalls must leave detritus, and file moving must cause SOME fragmentation. Are there any apps, systems or methods in place that provide this functionality?
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Apr 27, 2010
I know on Windows boxes you can defrag and run disk checks on large file shares to find and fix errors. What would be the equivolent to those for an ext3 800GB samba share containing pictures, documents, and videos? Is their online vs. offline (during a reboot) things that should be done?
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Jun 10, 2011
any 1 could name some maintaince apps for fedora 14 like ccleaner and disk defragment and avg for win7 are the some usefull maintaince tools ....do linux has a any tool or utility to do maintaince of system to run smoother ?and also how to delete %temp% files ...that are no loonger needed ?
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Feb 8, 2010
I`m still new, curious and overwhelmed with the Rdhat 4 as i`m used to be more on other platform. Anybody can advise the routine maintenance that need to be done on the Redhat 4 server?
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Jan 16, 2011
I have just created a periodic maintenance schedule for friends using Windows XP, covering tasks needing to be done weekly, monthly, semi-annually and annually. That set me to wondering what maintenance my Kubuntu system needs. What periodic maintenance do you do?
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Sep 16, 2010
Looking for software to maintain a healthy file system.
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Feb 28, 2011
Are there any maintenance programs I should download and run on Fedora ? Example ccleaner and defraggler for windows?
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Jun 19, 2011
When I used windows, I used to perform following operations on regular basis:
1) disk cleanup
2) disk defragmentation
3) virus/spyware/malware check
4) deleting temp files left by deleted files
5) and many more.......
Does Linux system needs that to be done too? What should be done to maintain Linux in fast & furious condition....as it is now.....
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Apr 29, 2010
I was asked to take over maintenance for a web-site written in .asp. Can Appache handle it installed on linux, as a local test-server?
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Mar 4, 2011
I'm looking for a shop floor maintenance program that runs with Ubuntu. I have equipment that I need to track and schedule general and preventative maintenance on. Lots of Window junk ware available. I haven't found anything for Ubuntu yet. Can anyone recommend a program?
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Nov 8, 2010
I work for a small retail company which until recently consisted of just one location. This month, we will open two new stores.I have been given the task of setting up a VPN network between the three locations and maintaining it.This network will consist of a main data server on the original location which has four client computers.The second location (another part of town) will have three clients, and the third location will have one client, all connected to the main data server (Retail POS system.) This will be a hardware VPN, with the main data server and all of the client computers running Windows XP.I have been working with the telecom company that is installing the phone system and is providing the routers at each location for the VPN.
I realize that since these are all Windows based machines it is not a Linux question, but I know that many of the experts here maintain Windows machines as well in their work. I am not an IT professional (I am a gemologist), but because I have been a Linux user for most of the last ten years, my boss seems to think I could handle this task so rather than contract this work out, he has asked me to do this. I truly enjoy this type of work, but I am concerned that my lack of knowledge is going to catch up with me, even though I do have a fairly good basic knowledge of Linux networking.
My question is simply this: Can anyone here recommend a good book or online training course which will give me the knowledge I need to maintain this system and trouble shoot it? I have searched online and there are literally hundreds of such books and it is like wading through a swamp. With such a small network, I am sure I can learn what I need, but if someone can recommend a good training/reference book that you have personal knowledge of, I would appreciate the recommendation.
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Dec 12, 2008
I'm putting a new system in my wife's classroom that I would like to be able to maintain remotely. I won't be able to ssh into the system becuase it is on a highschool network that I have no control over. I have a VPN running at home so I could setup the system to connect to that, but I'm not sure how reliable that is plus I will then probably have to setup two NICs so that the system can also be present on the school network. Seems to add complexity and possible problems.
Are there other options here? I will do the research, I just need a starting place.
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Oct 15, 2010
Two part question:
1. what tools are recommended for designing web pages?
2. What tool sets are recommended for maintaining them?
I suspect that the first question really addresses the second rather than the literal question because of the source of the request. Here's the environment. A small church wants to post and maintain a website. Various non-tech persons will be responsible for maintaining much of
the content of the site. This tells me that they want/need a site that contains the necessary content maintenance tools within the site itself, not a tool on the individual desktops with the only real need for the design/dev tools being for initial construction of the site and a GOOD book on site design to guide construction of the site in the first place.
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Jul 9, 2011
I have been running 11.4 now for quite a while. I installed maintenance to it trough Yast's Online update and now can't boot except through the failsafe mode of GRUB. How can I pinpoint where the failure is?
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Jan 3, 2010
I'm so used to Windows having to run multiple malware scans with multiple tools. Running registry cleaners and running CCleaner to remove all of the old temp files, cookies etc.. Derfagging. Ok with Ubuntu no more malware scans. No more registry scans. It appears that there isn't a defrag tool? And what about the other things that tend to clog up the works, Temp files , cookies etc. Is that what the disc janitor is all about?
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Jun 10, 2010
Ubuntu Desktop 9.04 file system maintenance error at start up (press ctrl+d to continue)
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Feb 22, 2011
I decided to create a file server for my family. I have set up a RAID 6 (4 disk) array. My thoughts were to back up the array to a hard drive monthly. Store the drive in a WiebeTech Drivebox, off site, in a "fire proof" box. (The kind for papers sold at Staples or Office Depot. After a year, I would have 12 back-ups. I would then overwrite the previous hard drive. (i.e. HDD from March 2011 would be overwritten on March 2012.)
Additionally, I was wondering if there was recommended maintenance to verify the array is working properly. Right now, I am moving data to the array so quickly that I am backing up every few days between three hard drives. (Back-up #4 was written to Drive #1 after Drive #1 was reformatted.) I am aware that I could use rsync. (Which I currently use for backing up my portable USB HDD to the RAID array.)
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May 9, 2011
So I am using rsync (3.0.7 on MAC OSX) to backup one hard drive to a folder on another one. The is USB drive to USB drive and I have done the initial backup from one drive to a new formatted other drive with the following command:
Code:
rsync -avX --progress /Volumes/Source /Volumes/Destination
This all appears to be going smoothly as I type. I am going to write a script to do subsequent backups in the
[code]....
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May 16, 2010
My Ubuntu Linux system was switched off at the mains without being properly shut down. When it was restarted again, the file system checks failed and I was presented with the maintenance console command prompt. How do I check what is wrong with the file system. Is there any sort of generic repair command that checks the disk and fixes errors?
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Apr 1, 2010
Are there any commands or software that can do any of the following:
cache cleaner
orphan removal
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Aug 10, 2010
I'd like to keep root pw==sudo pw==user pw on a box with Code: $ lsb_release -ds Ubuntu 9.10 $ uname -rv 2.6.31-22-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 28 02:02:56 UTC 2010 Just now it hung going to sleep, so I shutdown via BRS. On cold boot, HD mount failed and I got the prompt to hit Esc to goto maintenance shell. I did that, got the prompt for the root password, and entered my sudo.
That failed! though it has worked before ... but I changed my user password on that box recently, and I'm pretty sure I haven't needed to fsck between then and now. I'm wondering: What do I need to do to set my root pw? I was able to C-d out of the shell, and karmic took care of itself, but I'd prefer not to rely on that. Is there a way to make my root pw always equal my user pw? If so, is that a Very Bad Idea?
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Mar 27, 2011
Before I start writing my own file maintenance script, maybe one such program/scripts already exist somewhere. Am looking for a file maintenance script/application that is configurable that I can use to process files under certain criteria, for example, removing files that are x-number of days old, gzip'ping files if they are core dumped files, removing files if they are zero-sized files etc. Am not sure logrotate is the solution that am looking for.
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Aug 7, 2010
Epson stylus d88 recognised by 10.04 no tests or maintenance available in local host and obviously not printing. It's like it's there but they cannot talk to each other
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Nov 4, 2010
I'd like to know if this is common security flaw or normal to open up FTP to the public which is of course protected with password for 3rd party access to maintain our public facing / production website ? If yes, what sort of FTP application to install in your Linux webserver?
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Oct 12, 2010
I had a hard disk used entirely for data archiving (no os files in there!) and it just failed, so I opened up the PC case and removed it. The problem is that I had set it to be automounted on startup (specified in /etc/fstab), and now when Fedora is loading it outputs an fsck error "cannot find/locate a superblock in /dev/sdb1" (that is the removed drive) and it throws me to a "maintenance terminal". I tried to remove the /dev/sdb1 entry from /etc/fstab, but the system wouldn't let me save the new file because the filesystem was in read-only mode.
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