md5sum differences on identical systems
- Mar
- 20
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in Analysis, Troubleshooting
In troubleshooting a problem a colleague noticed that there were md5sum differences in the files of identical systems: ServerOne # md5sum /lib64/libc-2.12.so 27a605fdeaf7c835493a098213c9eec1 /lib64/libc-2.12.so ServerTwo # md5sum /lib64/libc-2.12.so 13e3eb598abd09279efc05e215e77ae2 /lib64/libc-2.12.s Analyzing a hex dump of the .so files showed cyclical differences at matching locations. This is where I began helping to look at the problem. […]
read moreInstalling Splunk agent for log collection
- Feb
- 13
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in Logging, Troubleshooting
Splunk agent downloads and directions for enabling Splunk log collection. Overview: This page describes the initial process for Splunk log collection. The only server-side requirements are 1) installation of the Splunk agent 2) configuration of that agent to ask the Splunk deployment server for its configuration. A necessary follow-up step is a list of servers […]
read moreMySql, phpMyAdmin user creation and grant errors
- Jan
- 04
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in MySql, Troubleshooting
Recently I got a report from a user that they could not create a database using phpMyAdmin. When I logged in and did some testing I began getting errors when I attempted to create a user, a database or grant privileges as root… The root cause was a misalignment of the grants due to a […]
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