Common Server issues – FAQs and answers from those in the know
"Failed to connect to system scope bus" after dnf update
11 February 2026 @ 11:22 am
I run a Rocky Linux 10 VM. Today I did a dnf update. After that the system behaves strange. I cannot shutdown -r now or reboot. Entering systemctl daemon-reload gives me:
Failed to connect to system scope bus via local transport: Connection refused
Looks like the DBus is damaged. I don't know which package is the guilty one, as very many packages are updated. Any ideas?
NTPd stopped working
11 February 2026 @ 8:42 am
I found a strange behaviour by NTP synchronization.
That NTP server worked fine until now when some clients reported a wrong date/time set to today but in year 2000.
After investigation I found the issue in the restriction in /etc/ntp.conf file.
I had this restriction policy:
restrict default notrap nomodify nopeer
To solve this issue I had to remove nopeer from this restriction rule.
What I'm trying to understand is why that worked correctly in past, but not now. I know that NTPd is pretty obsolete, but the migration to a new NTP server (chronyd based) is going slow so I have to maintain also the old NTPd server.
Did anyone had any similar issues?
Roundcube or postfix - send email from any From:
10 February 2026 @ 3:05 pm
I have my own postfix which is sending emails through some external service. This external service is Roundcube but with one address "from" configured (account, not alias). I have already catch-all service which moves all emails coming to my domain to one account, but need the other way - to send as any [email protected].
Is it possible to configure that with postfix on my side or in roundcube from the external service but not creating aliases nor new accounts?
Configuring PFSense IPsec between two vms on two different networks [migrated]
10 February 2026 @ 1:13 am
I am a beginner in network and I'm building in my home lab a simulation that I have to deal in the future at my real job.
So basically I have two different networks:
On Oracle Virtualbox
LAN A:172.16.10.1/24
host A - 172.16.10.10 NIC1: LAN Segment
FW A pfsense - 172.16.10.1 NIC1: Bridge, NIC2:LAN Segment
On VMWare
LAN B: 192.168.20.1/24
host B - 192.168.20.101 NIC1: Lan Segment
FW B pfsense - 192.168.20.1 - NIC1: NAT, NIC2: LAN Segment
So the topology would be something like that:
HostA -> fwA (bridge) -> wanA -> IPSEC -> wanB -> fwB (NAT) -> HostB and the inverse way too
But in all my attempts, I was no able to connect through this VPN, I configured the IPSec correctly (I guess) on both sides
fwA Config
Traefik IngressRoute not working
9 February 2026 @ 3:43 pm
I do have the follwing Service :
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
labels:
app: whoami
name: whoami
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: whoami
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: whoami
spec:
containers:
- image: traefik/whoami:latest
name: whoami
ports:
- containerPort: 80
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: whoami-svc
spec:
type: ClusterIP
selector:
app: whoami
ports:
- port: 80
It can be reached with the following ingress :
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: whoami-ingress
annotations:
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints: web
spec:
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /whoami
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: whoami-svc
port:
number:
Migrate Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2025 [closed]
9 February 2026 @ 1:17 pm
I have two domain controllers, Windows Server 2012. I need to migrate to Windows Server 2025.
Could you provide the exact step by step as I didn't make it before.
How do I fix Dell PowerEdge R730 out of resources error? [closed]
9 February 2026 @ 1:11 pm
I bought a Dell PowerEdge R730 from an Alibaba vendor. The operating system will not boot. I asked the vendor, but they seem to be just a seller.
This is the image I'm getting.
Details: When the hardware diagnostic runs using the Life Cycle Controller, there's an 8% progress bar that then jumps to 20% and stays there. At 20%, in the section that displays the components being diagnosed, some have a green checkmark, while the two hard drives installed in the server are circled in blue, as if it's stuck analyzing them.
I booted the operating system using the Lifecycle Controller. I started the operat
Details: When the hardware diagnostic runs using the Life Cycle Controller, there's an 8% progress bar that then jumps to 20% and stays there. At 20%, in the section that displays the components being diagnosed, some have a green checkmark, while the two hard drives installed in the server are circled in blue, as if it's stuck analyzing them.
I booted the operating system using the Lifecycle Controller. I started the operateasyrsa/openssl: How to cross-sign a CA for smooth transitioning (OpenVPN use-case)
9 February 2026 @ 1:00 pm
I've got a CA that will eventually expire, which is/was used to issue certificates for some infrastructure based on OpenVPN connections. The VPN details shouldn't matter here, as I'm actually struggling with the certificate handling under the hood.
What I have:
An old CA, called CA1
Server and client certificates that were generated using CA1
A new CA, called CA2
A period of time during which new clients (with new CA2 certificates) must be able to connect to the server in parallel to existing clients (CA1 certificates)
My approach (actually suggested by GPT-5) was to deploy a server certificate chain consisting of a new server certificate signed by CA2, plus a CA1-cross-signed certificate of CA2. The CA bundle involves both CA1 and CA2 certificates. However, I couldn't get old clients to accept this server2 -> CA2-by-CA1 -> CA1 chain. Here are the steps for offline testing:
Can't deliver email to Maildir virtual users using LMTP
9 February 2026 @ 11:18 am
I set up a mail server on my local network and created two virtual users. They are fully recognized by the system, the path to Maildir is set correctly, but when I try to send a message from one virtual user to another, I get an error saying that this user does not exist.
Feb 09 10:53:19 domain postfix/submission/smtpd[5136]: 0E4D41A2083: client=unknown[10.12.16.175], sasl_method=PLAIN, sasl_username=sender@domain \
Feb 09 10:53:19 domain postfix/cleanup[5141]: 0E4D41A2083: message-id=<3261b657-8530-4c9e-8a3e-cc6dd040e20c@domain >
Feb 09 10:53:19 domain postfix/qmgr[5130]: 0E4D41A2083: from=<sender@domain >, size=520, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb 09 10:53:19 domain postfix/lmtp[5142]: 0E4D41A2083: to=<receiver@domain >, relay=domain [private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.08, delays=0.03/0.01/0.02/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (host domain l[private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 550 5.1.1 <receiver@domain > User doesn't exist: receiv
NUT upsmon connection fails every twelve hours
9 February 2026 @ 10:31 am
Using NUT upsmon, I am experiencing a five-to-ten second connection failure exactly every twelve hours.
As this results in a mail notification each time, I would like to know what could be causing this and how to rectify this.
Here is the log:
Feb 07 12:51:16 pve1 nut-monitor[5016]: Poll UPS [eaton-usv@localhost] failed - Data stale
Feb 07 12:51:16 pve1 nut-monitor[5016]: Communications with UPS eaton-usv@localhost lost
Feb 07 12:51:16 pve1 nut-monitor[1467190]: Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.8.1
Feb 07 12:51:26 pve1 nut-monitor[5016]: Communications with UPS eaton-usv@localhost established
Feb 07 12:51:26 pve1 nut-monitor[1467424]: Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.8.1
Feb 08 00:51:18 pve1 nut-monitor[5016]: Poll UPS [eaton-usv@localhost] failed - Data stale
Feb 08 00:51:18 pve1 nut-monitor[5016]: Communications with UPS eaton-usv@localhost lost
Feb 08 00:51:18 pve1 nut-monitor[2433189]: Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.8.1
Feb 08 00:51:23 pve1 nut-monitor[5016]: Commun