sysctl command

How do I find out that how many files are open and how many allowed in Linux server operating systems?

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I setup a CentOS Linux based Linux server running as a gateway and firewall server. However, I’m getting the following messages in the /var/log/messages log file:

Dec 20 00:41:01 fw01 kernel: Neighbour table overflow.
Dec 20 00:41:01 fw01 last message repeated 20 times

OR


Dec 20 00:41:01 fw03 kernel: [ 8987.821184] Neighbour table overflow.
Dec 20 00:41:01 fw03 kernel: [ 8987.860465] printk: 100 messages suppressed.

Why does kernel throw “Neighbour table overflow” messages in syslog? How do I fix this problem under Debian / CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / Ubuntu Linux?

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Linux Stop Flushing of mmaped Pages To Disk

by Vivek Gite on January 1, 2011 · 0 comments

How can I stop the flushing of mmaped pages to disk in Linux?

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The NAT based connectivity is useful for easy deployments. However I want to use full bridging, where the guest is connected directly to the LAN. How do setup and share physical network with host and rest of the LAN under Linux?

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How do I set advanced security options of the TCP/IP stack and virtual memory to improve security and performance of my system? How do I configure Linux kernel to prevent certain kinds of attacks using /etc/sysctl.conf? How do I set Linux kernel parameters?

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I‘m getting an error which read as follows under FreeBSD 7.2 server and Squid stable caching server:

WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors

How do I fix this problem and increase the number of system-wide available filedescriptors for FreeBSD server?

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Many commands accepts username and passwords on the command line and ps, top, sockstat and many commands can display this information to all users on the system. How do I prevent users from seeing information about processes that are being run under another UID to avoid information leakage under FreeBSD operating systems?

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