Questions tagged [scientific-linux]

Scientific Linux is an unofficial clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Scientific Linux logo and text

Scientific Linux is a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux, co-developed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Quote from the website:

Its primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common install base for the various experimenters.

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The Scientific Linux versions on Super User have the version number appended to the tag:

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iptables rules for nfs

I was getting below error while typing showmount -e 192.168.56.2 in client machine [root@client ~]# showmount -e 192.168.56.2 clnt_create: RPC: Port mapper failure - Unable to receive: errno 113 (No route to host) This is my nfs server…
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FTP client with "master password"

I'm searching for an FTP client that has a "master password" function. So all the password stored in the FTP client software is encrypted, and if I start the FTP client it asks for a master password, after then the passwords are decrypted, so I can…
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Kernel panic on boot

Last week I installed SL6.2 on my tower using the LiveCD iso and unetbootin without issue. I was taking my time configuring it since it was my first real jump into linux. I ran into problems when I was attempting to replace the nouveau video drivers…
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How to Create a network connection between host and guest using static ip in Oracle Virtual Box

In host I am using Scientific Linux 6.4 In guest I am using CentOS 6.4 Oracle Virtual Box Version 4.2.18 r88780 I want a create a network between host and guest machine using static ip so in Virtual Box I selected Host-only Adapter In base system…
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Nginx works on my linux machine but is not accessible from other computers in my local network

In my LAN network I have a server with Scientific Linux (RedHat or Fedora based distro), I've done yum install nginx but the welcome page is not accessible from other computers in my network. When I do telnet open localhost 80 and then GET /…
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Changing file browser in Scientific Linux

I use Scientific Linux Release 6.1 (Carbon) with GNOME 2.28.2. When I double-click on a folder on the Desktop it is opened in "File Browser". When I open a folder via "Places" on the Main Menu Bar, the folder is opened in "File Manager". I dislike…
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PBS batch jobs - the qalter command

I've got a giant computation running on a Scientific Linux cluster. At present I have over 600 jobs parked in the queue, waiting for processor time, while a few are running. I'm trying to use the qalter command on some of the idle but scheduled…
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ssh server on runlevel 3

I have been trying to setup a ssh server on my desktop for remote access and have been running into a few issues. The first I have found is that sshd is not starting on boot. As soon as I run: sudo service sshd start manually I am able to ssh…
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tftp server not working on scientific linux 6.1

I can't get tftp to work on my machine running Scientific Linux 6.1: [root@bugs ~]# ls /tftpboot/ default example.txt MX075000.002_107 MX075100.002_025 MX076000.002 MX076200.002 MX0779900.002 [root@bugs ~]# tftp localhost tftp>…
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SL7 (Fedora) Bluetooth Audio

I have installed Scientific Linux (a variant of Fedora). Ever since I installed it, the connection to Bluetooth speakers has been hit and miss. I have the Gnome desktop. The Bluetooth device is discovered, ISB394. If I have audio playing out of the…
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Scientific Linux 6.4 not working after restart

I have Windows and Scientific Linux 6.4 as well. One day I switched on my computer and I selected Scientific Linux (SL) in Grub (Windows is preselected). When I was in SL, I was not getting the Wi-Fi on light (which was there in Windows, when I shut…
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How to mount nfs share using autofs

I shared /data directory using nfs This is the content of /etc/exports /data *(rw,sync) I started these two services service rpcbind restart service nfs restart This is my firewall configuration *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT…
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fsck.ext4 unable to resolve UUID

While connecting remote iscsi storage I was getting above error. This is the configuration of my iscsi server(target) cat /etc/tgt/targets.conf tgtd service is running in server side. My client (initiator) configuration First I tried this command…
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FFmpeg fails to stream to FMS 4.5

I'm attempting to use ffmpeg to transcode an input video from whatever format it's in to an mp4 with h.264 video and MP3 audio and have the output go directly to FMS 4.5 using rtmp so the video will stream right after being transcoded. My ffmpeg…
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How to use Environment Modules without root access?

For some reason, I have a hard time finding a tutorial on how to manage user software install with Environment Modules (http://modules.sourceforge.net/) without root. the closest thing is http://www.hpc.cam.ac.uk/user/modules.html
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