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For questions specific to AlmaLinux OS, the RHEL ABI-compatible Linux distribution. If you happen to be using AlmaLinux, but you’re not sure that your question is specific to AlmaLinux, don’t use this tag; mention your environment in your question.

AlmaLinux OS is a Linux distribution which is ABI-compatible with the matching RHEL release (i.e. AlmaLinux 9.2 is ABI-compatible with RHEL 9.2). It is managed by the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, a 501(c)(6) non-profit.

Other RHEL-style setups can be migrated to AlmaLinux using a migration tool; this can handle CentOS, CentOS Stream, Oracle Linux, RHEL, Rocky Linux, and Virtuozzo Linux.

Community support is available through mailing lists, on Reddit, on chat, and on forums. Commercial support is available through various third-parties.

This tag should be used for questions specific to AlmaLinux. If you are using AlmaLinux, but aren’t sure that your question is specific to AlmaLinux, mention that in the question but don’t use the tag. If your question is specific to RHEL-style distributions, you may use the tag, but do mention in your question that you’re using AlmaLinux.

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What is the purpose and benefit of a Security Profile in Almalinux setup screen?

On AlmaLinux during setup there is an option to choose a Security Profile. I run live and public websites on this server, so security is good, but I don't know what these are and how it could benefit me. Should I choose one of these, and if so,…
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dnf history undo last - Cannot find rpm nevra

I have done an update on AlmaLinux 8.6 to AlmaLinux 8.7. I would like to undo the update but it is not letting me. Here's the error message: Error: The following problems occurred while running a transaction: Cannot find rpm nevra…
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How to remove all installed weak dependencies packages for RHEL and its derivatives

I know that setting install_weak_deps=False in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf will allow you to not install the weak dependencies package when using the dnf installer later. However, how can I list all the packages installed before setting this option? I want to…
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AlmaLinux 9 microcode

microcode_ctl-20220207-1.20220510.1.el9_0.noarch.rpm is an AlmaLinux microcode patch RPM package. What is the difference between BIOS microcode and OS (in this case, AlmaLinux 9) microcode?
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Insmod causes key rejected by service

I am running AlmaLinux 9 (RedHat 9 clone) and have compiled a new kernel module. I am running in a VM with UEFI and secure boot enabled. When I insert the module I get the following error: insmod: ERROR: could not insert module npreal2.mod: Key…
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ec2 Alma 9.2 stuck on old kernel version

# the issue: dnf check-update Last metadata expiration check: 1:35:58 ago on Sun Jun 4 10:26:18 2023. Security: kernel-core-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.aarch64 is an installed security update Security: kernel-core-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.aarch64 is the…
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Does AlmaLinux use both `ifcfg-` and `nmconnection` locations for storing network configuration?

I'm working on a system where we rename some of the network interfaces for consistency in the application. We're struggling to configure the IP addresses during the installation. I did a bit of testing, by configuring connections with nmtui and it…
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VNC Server: cannot log in from desktop when logged from VNC user

I have setup VNC server on my laptop. When I log into the laptop via VNC, I cannot log into my laptop from the desktop GUI. The problem is if I close my VNC session and forget to log out from VNC, I cannot log in the laptop from the desktop GUI. I…
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GRUB menu text and text on shutdown is very small

I’ve installed AlmaLinux 8.6 on a Dell XPS 15 7590. The GRUB menu text and the text that appears when shutting down is very small I can barely read it. How can I fix this issue with the small text? hwinfo --framebuffer displays nothing. Both vbeinfo…
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How do I set the size of /run (tmpfs)

I’m running AlmaLinux 9.2 (systemd v.252) on a small embedded(-ish) system, where I like to keep a lot of stuff in /run. When I was using CentOS7.x this was on the order of 1.5G, and I never really thought about it. However, since we have moved to…
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Remove default route on AlmaLinux 9 / RH9

I'm running AlmaLinux 9 (a red hat 9 clone), and I would like to permanently remove a default route. My routing table is shown below, and I would like to remove the 172.31.252.1 route. I know how to temporarily remove a route with 'ip route'…
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Compiling mono-basic causes 'System.Xml.dll' could not be found

I am running on AlmaLinux9 (RedHat 9 clone) and have added mono-* from the EPEL repos. All worked well, but I also needed mono-vbnc so I downloaded the mono-basic project source from github. I ran ./configure and then make, but make is having…
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Where did podman put my container?

I just installed AlmaLinux 9 (a Red Hat 9 clone), and setup containers with podman which is the new standard for RH9. Following some instructions online, I succesfully downloaded and ran a container as follows: docker run -d \ --name…
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Resource limits getting enforced only for processes in user's terminal not for su [user] from root's terminal

Cgroups v2 is enabled in almalinux 9.1 with kernel 5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 and systemd 250 (250-12.el9_1.3). Content of /etc/systemd/system/user-1002.slice.d/override.conf: [Unit] Description=User Slice for UID…
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When connecting to SSH externally, it shows as connected from the external source IP sometimes and other times it's from the internal gateway's IP

I have setup port forwarding rules on the firewall which maps external ports to internal SSH ports. The SSH port forwarding rules are for systems running on different OSes including CentOS 6, CentOS 7 and AlmaLinux 8. When connecting from outside…
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