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Working Draft

Server Fault is for system administrators and desktop support professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity for their company or clients.

If your question is about…

and it is **not** about…

  • Programming (Ask on StackOverflow instead)
  • Networking outside the professional workplace (Ask on SuperUser instead)
  • Running servers at home for personal use (ask on SuperUser instead)
  • General Unix/Linux computer troubleshooting (ask on Unix & Linux instead)
  • Advanced database topics (ask on DBA instead)
  • Product or service recommendations (see this blog post for the reason)
  • Career and Salary questions
  • Licensing (here is why) and Legal questions
  • How to circumvent security or organizational policy
  • Password cracking or "hacking" in general
  • Cheese

… then you’re in the right place to ask your question!

We also have …

… a list of questions that come up repeatedly in slightly different forms with links to the "best" answer that's been identified.

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