Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Where to post questions that might not fit serverfault?
I have a issue with high system cpu usage with qemu but because i use a panel (virtualizor) that (probably?) doesn't fit on sf. I mainly just dont want to get downvoted into oblivion because "it ...
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What is the URI that points to the voting stats?
The last question I read in Meta-SF piqued my ..What is the URI to get the voting stats?
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My bounty was returned - Why?
There was 5 or 6 days left on the bounty for a question of mine, and when I logged back in I noticed I had be awarded the reputation back. In the question, it no longer says a bounty is available. ...
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Please explain this reputation change?
Could someone please explain why I lost 1 reputation after downvoting an answer on this question? Maybe I'm just having a stupid moment?
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I've finished 100 days of consecutive login's into SF and I should have been getting the Fanatic badge but it's not there, how could this be?
Today is my 100th consecutive day in visiting the site and when I looked on my profile it said something like "Thanks for your efforts, you've earned the Fanatic badge, let's track the next badge..." ...
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Where can I find topics for every site of this network?
where can I found topics for every site of this network and differences between superuser and serverfault.
This is perfect network where you can find answer for almost question you need. and it's ...
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Could oom, oom-killer and outofmemoryerror be merged to oom?
Could oom, oom-killer and outofmemoryerror be merged to oom?
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Who is removing a tag I use?
There was an hpsa tag, until a few days ago, that I was tagging my questions about HP's Server Automation Software suite with. Someone went through and replaced it with hp.
Today, (~7 hours ago) I re-...
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Why was this question about Amazon CloudFront put on hold as off-topic?
My question about whether Amazon CloudFront offered DDoS protection was put on hold as off-topic because I was allegedly asking for "product, service, or learning material recommendations".
I was ...
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Question-ban due to unmigrated questions
I have asked several questions on serverfault.com, which some users have decided belong better on superuser.com (although I don't think I agree and the demarcation is not clear anyway). Now, these ...
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Moderators abusing rules [closed]
What were the reasons of my ban from SU, MSU (for a period of 1 month)? and extension of ban in SO from 7 days to a month without any warning and notification?
"A Day in Penalty Box" tells:
If ...
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Asking a question about HTTP and HTTPS ports for hosting a website
I'm trying to figure out what StackExchange site would handle questions related to software ports, and their purpose?
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Need help unlocking a question
I feel like my question is locked by a moderator without cause (anymore).
What's the equivalent of Nagios time periods in Prometheus?
Can someone step in here?
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Merge the tags about Linear Tape Open: lto, lto-3, lto-4
Linear tape open is a famous tape drive technology.
The LTO Consortium defines the new generations LTO-1, LTO-2... from time to time. It makes sense to merge all tags to lto, because the the version ...
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Why was my edit rejected?
I suggested an edit to an answer that improved it IMO quite a bit, but not enough to merit a separate post:
https://serverfault.com/review/suggested-edits/150104
It got rejected because it was "...
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Question closed by moderator on assumption that it was 'home stuff' which is incorrect!
My question was closed by freiheit because he assumed my question related to 'home stuff' whereas it was very much related to my business and concerns hardware at my business address even! How can I ...
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I do not have question, But system banned me
I do not have any questions in my list, But system sends me 'question ban' message.
How can I get rid of it? Why does it ban me?
My questions are not listed in my questions tab.
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Why was this question closed?
The closing of this question as off-topic doesn't make sense to me:
https://serverfault.com/questions/342467/how-does-the-change-in-java-licensing-affect-freebsd
The reason is:
Questions on ...
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I think my question was mistakenly closed and moved to SuperUser
I believe my question was mistakenly closed and moved to SuperUser. The FAQ states that questions about
managing the hardware or software of servers, workstations, storage or networks
tools used for ...
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Why Are Certain Cross Platform Questions Closed?
I ran across the following question today:
How to completely disable apache access log?
While I understand that SuperUser is the best place for desktop related questions this one is clearly not one. ...
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In which way my question was off-topic
I posted a question a few days ago about VirtualHost in Apache on CentOS server: My post here
This question was flagged off-topic: "Administration panels are off topic.". In any ways my question is ...
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Does participation here mean expropriation of author moral, i.e. unalienable, rights? [closed]
First, to @all-sending-me-to-FAQ,
Where do FAQ tell that:
that contributions are downvoted on the basis of their formatting merits (mostly because the author had not finalized his discussion, ...
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post put on hold, no feedback, edited it several times, made comments but no reply from mods for days, now closed im blocked from new questions
I think Ive corrected the problems and waited long enough, but with no feedback or replies from the initial mod its pretty frustrating and feels like he was just taking his angst out on me. This is ...
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Are HTTP, web servers and web clients not used in a business environment?
Do the request lines of HTTP messages now all or mostly use full URLs or path components of URLs? is quickly closed, because:
This question appears to be off-topic for this site. While what’s on-
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Discourage / prevent "didn't read the question" answers
If a user keeps posting poor answers to your questions such as because skimming the question, is the best action to take to downvote or is there some way to prevent it? I don't like when that happens ...
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2 failed questions and im banned from new ones !!! and im not even asking questions but sharing my solutions?
The first is irrepairable, it just should not have been asked here i agree, the second i have correct.
Ive read about hidden deleted questions, where are they ?
Is this site too harsh ?
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One user with offensive username
What can i do if i see a user using an username offensive for my religion? because this is community used by differents people from many places of the world
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Legal issues upon capturing digital proof upon hosting services scam
Is ServerFault the wrong place to ask for advice of ...
how should someone register/capture digital scam proof to be legally
sustainable and enough for building a case with a Consumer Protection
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I cannot read when typing (reading and editing only upon successive submissions)
My posts are frequently hijacked by comments:
"Stop typing and start reading"
"don't make so many revisions"
Generally understanding these cyclic worries, I should explain that I cannpt do any ...
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Question migrated to superuser and then deleted
Why was the question https://serverfault.com/questions/354781/how-to-access-setup-of-this-router?noredirect=1 migrated to super user? I mean, doesn’t network equipment belong here?
EDIT: The question ...
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Should questions be asked again in another board if one does not answer?
I have asked a question about Mail-servers in ServerFault How to correctly configure postfix and opendkim and let receiving server know all details mailed-by signed-by? and have also put a bounty on ...
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Question about MAC addresses anomaly went wrong by too many editors
This is the question
Connectivity issues when setting guest MAC to the same as the host MAC on ESXi 5
As some of you may see - this question has a little pragmatic problems:
This was not the ...
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Overzealous Moderation - Thread wrongly put on hold
https://serverfault.com/questions/820124/how-can-i-get-access-to-a-new-version-of-mysqldump-on-a-server-that-is-out-of-da
My question appears to me to be:
Concerning information technology systems
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Question closed, but it was a complete question that could be answered
So I have this question, https://serverfault.com/revisions/430754/1, and it got closed.
Here is an forum question related to what I'm asking (this first post tells it all) http://www.webpagetest.org/...
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How to know the cause(s) of a down vote?
I'm a user of stackexchange and few days ago I started using Serverfault. I posted the first question on it and it got 2 down votes even after the question has been answered in 3 days. I figured out ...
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OK, so I just edited my on-hold question
I wrote this question 24 hours ago and amazingly, no less than FIVE of the mods put it "on hold." Apparently I wasn't specific enough in pointing out that this was a BUSINESS QUESTION.
I ...
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But What About Otto? Can we hate that yet?
Since SF likes to play whack-a-mole with products that it doesn't like, let's get the decision to hate Otto out of the way early.
Otto, if you hadn't heard, is the successor to Vagrant.
I think this ...
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I was in the midst of answering a question when my answer was deleted. Why?
I was working on this answer. The only sin I can imagine that I was committing was saving too frequently the work in progress in case I am dragged away from my desk by a more serious fire that needs ...
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On hold for a valid question conforming to guidelines
Im certain that the answers of several of the "power members" of the community are not in a good light in this question I have asked, but they can edit their responses.
https://serverfault.com/...
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Could you kindly unblock my newbie question?
I asked a question about a topic that I have to deal with even though I have no prior expertise. I was not given any constructive feedback and I do firmly believe my quesstion was within the ...
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Will someone please add this tag? tickzoom
Can someone add the tag tickzoom at stackexchange?
I don't have enough reputation yet to add the tag.
Why? We developers at tickzoom want to track the specific tag tickzoom so we can watch for ...
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