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Originally Posted by xavier242

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To folks munching popcorn laughing... Linux sucks especially when there are no drive image backups (or any system backups) and you're not a Linux SSH guru and the box isn't in front of you. All the stuff I'd normally use on Linux for troubleshooting isn't installed. I'm afraid of changing ANYTHING on the server as that may kill the site permanently. Thus the prototype box build (at every Admin job I've had it was SOP to test on the prototype before deploying to the production box). The new production TTD server is getting a damn GUI desktop I can securely VNC into. I haven't touched a terminal only Linux box in 25 years.
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xavier242

OMG Dude. You're dealing with vBulletin 2004 issues that have been custom tweaked for decades on end. It's been fucked since jumpstreet. You need to legacy this site as a sub-domain and start a fresh server with modern software. Godspeed John Glen. P.S. Remember, you don't have to be the best - just suck less. Love and kisses.