Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Requesting undeletion of old roomba'd question that I'd like to answer and make visible
https://serverfault.com/questions/841780/fragmentation-leads-to-excessive-vhdx-backup-size
Took me nearly 2 years to figure it out by myself, way too long for SF. Since it's a wtf-worthy curiosity and ...
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Can't flag to close as "Off-topic" with custom reason
If I flag a question on SU, I have the three close reasons (product reccomendations, software dev, web apps, the "This question belongs on another site" or "Other (add a comment).
If I flag a ...
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Can ownership of question be manually replaced?
I refer to this question: Command line to list users in a Windows Active Directory group? - once upon a time a driveby question by a user that no longer exists in the system.
The quetsion has ...
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Tag synonym: datacentre -> datacenter
"Two countries separated by a common language", indeed...
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I no longer see any link or button to add comments - is it my browser, or the site?
I recently noticed that I do not see any way to add comments - on this site and also on wordpress.stackexchange.com. I can't tell if that's to do with my point status on these sites, or if my recent ...
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Tag merge request for bigip
Please merge tags "bigip" and "f5-big-ip". I can't imagine a situation where they would refer to disparate topics.
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Why is the question about Nginx, MySQL and Wordpress is off-topic?
I have a question about my Server Fault post: Wordpress via 3 PHP versions
Is here a place I'm able to ask questions about servers' software?
I thought the questions about installing Wordpress and ...
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There is a spelling error in my comment and I can't edit it. What are my options?
I've already made an appointment with my psychiatrist. What else can I do now that editing is no longer possible?
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Where did the profile images go?
Currently as I am browsing Server Fault I see pages looking like this:
As you can see most of the profile images have disappeared. Right clicking on a broken image and choosing to see the image in a ...
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Change bounty description
I have just put a bounty on a question Rewrite all *.php to single index.php before php-fpm processes it (apache) - canonical answer required and accidentally negated one sentence. I can't see a way ...
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Not accepting questions from my account [duplicate]
I asked 6 questions with my account. The first two questions were down voted and closed. But I was able to use my account and I asked more 4 questions. These 4 questions weren't up voted but neither ...
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CDN a bit flaky? [closed]
I'm having the occasional problem loading pages on serverfault, and every time I get a "hung" page load, the status bar (or what passes for it in Chromium) will say "Waiting for cdn.sstatic.net". It'...
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Why isn't the quote button working correctly here?
I just tried to answer this ServerFault question and wanted to paste a quote from the homepage of Webmin, the software I was recommending. The exact text I wanted to quote was:
Webmin is a web-based ...
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I would like to reopen this question
I would like to reopen
How do I shutdown the Host over ssh on ESXi 5 so it shuts down the guests properly?
It is not a duplicate.
What can i do?
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Why can't I find chat button link on server faults like its in Stack overflow?
Well title explains it all, just made a server fault account and wanted to chat with people about servers but can't find link to chat rooms.
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Is there an 'upload a file' option?
I've posted a question regarding Windows NTLM authentication. One of the serverfault members asked me if I can upload a *.pcap file with the NTLM authentication process.
So the question is can I ...
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Reputation point varies
When i go to my user profile and check server fault site the reputation point showing diffrent(31 reputation points) and when i click on the stack exchange drop down menu on left hand side corner it ...
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Where to ask for hardware advice? (netbook)
What is the right site to ask about hardware advice? In particular, I realize serverfault would be right for big iron, but what about netbooks?
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Typed an answer and posted a comment - without the necessary rep.?
I entered an answer to a question and it got posted as a comment. But I don't have enough reputation to post comments and it was meant to be an answer.
How could this happen? Have I done something ...
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Subscribing to answers
I have a question about my Server Fault post: finding cause for kernel-power error 41 (scenario 3)
Generally, how can I get notified when someone answers my question? I don't want to keep checking ...
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what is the status of my ban?
I recall a ban on asking questions on serverfault. Aside from asking a question to see what happens, how do I know whether that ban is still in effect? Looking at my rep, I see:
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Countering a question closure by moderators
Is there a feature, or any scope for such a feature, where by a question closed by moderators can be counter-argued and re-opened?
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Server fault: reached question limit
This is my profile on server fault: https://serverfault.com/users/178670/realtebo?tab=questions&sort=activity
I am not here to ask to remove by block. I ask you to explain what make me fall into ...
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Is the voting queued for later application to the rate currently being 1?
Is the the votes queued for later application to the rate with current score equal to 1?
Are the new/coming votes accumulated for future accruing to suspended user?
If the score is 1, is further ...
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1 duplicate and 1 closed question - enough to limit my account from posting?
I had a novice account here, 4 questions asked (more answers):
https://serverfault.com/users/208540/t-todua?tab=questions
and out of 4, only 1 was marked as duplicate and 1 closed. However, my ...
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Why serverfault about us leads to stackoverflow about us?
When I open about us item in help menu in serverfault, it leads me to https://stackoverflow.com/company/about
Is this a mistake or something?
Edit. Same thing about business item. http://business....
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Tag Removal Request: cram-md5
cram-md5 was a worthless tag with 1 question. It is now a worthless tag with 0 questions.
Please remove this tag.
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Tag merge for switch and ethernet-switch
switch (396 questions) and ethernet-switch (16 questions) should be merged with switch being the primary.
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Explanation of closed posts
I have question I asked on [server fault <-mistake on my part, long day] StackOverflow, it was originally locked by mods asking for debugging details. I thought I had explained the issue fairly ...
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How to add a comment with a referral to the user whose username has a space inside the string? (@)
Lets say an user "John Doe" commented under some answer post.
How to write a comment that will contain a referral to John Doe's username? (referral by using the @ symbol).
I've tried:
@(John Doe)
@...
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Why was my question regarding creating an Archlinux AMI closed as not constructive?
Creating an ArchLinux AMI
I would like to know why my question isn't constructive, is it the way I worded my question? Did I forget details I should have added? Or is it something else I did wrong? ...
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I don't see the "flag" link on posts?
Is there a certain level you need to be at to have the ability to flag posts?
I looked at the FAQ and it shows the image illustrating how the flag link is next to edit and whatnot. However, I don't ...
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Why is this question off-topic?
I was looking at this question which is historic but massively upvoted, and I don't understand why it's off topic.
Does orientation affect hard drive lifespan?
Mounting hard drives would seem to be ...
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Reasked/rewrote my question over a year ago but still banned
How can I get unbanned? it seems crazy that I can not ask questions on the serverfault site when I have a positive rep overall.
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remove ban on asking question but Locked questions
I want to remove my ban on asking questions so I have to edit my questions but my questions are locked and no more edited. They are useless for community but they are not going to delete. Now How I ...
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Please remove question 363427
Please remove my question: Migrate profiles from x86 to x64 Vista?
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What's going on with the recommendation tag?
Just spotted this question on the front page which has been tagged with recommendation, yet when I click on the tag, it appears as though no questions have this tag.
What's going on here? Note the ...
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Mystery 100 rep for being on Ubuntu?
When I hit the "associate account" button on SF, it immediately gave me 100 rep and said something about it being for associating with my ubuntu.stackexchange.com account. How does this work, and why ...
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What StackExchange board is best for asking about setting up a linux server for VPN, Jira, GitLab and some VMs?
I am very far from being an expert in systems admin (I'm a programmer) but I want to set up my own private work environment with a VPN, Jira, GitLab and a bunch of VMs (some with linux servers, some ...
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Login between sites not linked? Or what am I doing wrong?
I just discovered all of the social features of the site. More importantly I just discovered sister sites like
android.stackexchange
gaming.stackexchange
unix.stackexchange
When I went to android....
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Merge guest account with StackExchange account
Can an admin please merge my guest account with my StackExchange account? I messed up migrating the guest account to a full account.
Guest Account: https://serverfault.com/users/89184/waleed-ahmad
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Mirgration of questions to U&L
On reflection I feel that I should have posted the following three questions of mine on U&L rather than SF. Can they please be migrated?
How to block a specific GID via PAM?
Can authconfig/...
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More detail about reasons for question closure, please
I have a question about my Server Fault post: Client-side UAC seems to be enough to permit code to be "Run As Administrator" on Windows Server
I'm not clear why this question was closed. ...
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Bounty an exceptional answer on a closed question
On the question Why does x86 represent 32bit when x64 represents 64bit?, Daniel C. Sobral gave an amazing answer. I'd like to bounty it because I never could find any of the information he shared.
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Can answers on about GPO alterations to User Groups Be Merged?
Due to confusion of the answer given by Joe in the question below and the addition of my picture and information, can the answers be merged together for fellow users looking for the answer to this ...
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This was off-topic ..?
My question about hwclock equivalent was off-topic? Why is that?
hwclock equivalent in Windows server
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improving a question: "It does not meet our quality standards." error
I'm getting the following error message when I try to post a question:
"It does not meet our quality standards."
This is the text of the question I'm trying to ask:
"is there a way to configure a ...
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Try to get the question reopened or should I just delete it?
I posted this question because I believed it to be relevant to professional system administration. Yes, I am the user, but I am also a systems engineer/programmer and I couldn't figure out how to ...
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