Articles by Falko Timme

About Falko Timme

Falko Timme is an experienced Linux administrator and founder of Timme Hosting, a leading nginx business hosting company in Germany. He is one of the most active authors on HowtoForge since 2005 and one of the core developers of ISPConfig since 2000. He has also contributed to the O'Reilly book "Linux System Administration".

• Mandriva 2009.1 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: mandriva, samba, storage • Comments: 0

  Mandriva 2009.1 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Mandriva 2009.1 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

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• Fedora 11 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, samba, storage • Comments: 0

  Fedora 11 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Fedora 11 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

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• Ubuntu 9.10 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: samba, storage, ubuntu • Comments: 2

  This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 9.10 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

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• OpenSUSE 11.2 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: samba, storage, suse • Comments: 0

  OpenSUSE 11.2 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on OpenSUSE 11.2 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

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• Fedora 12 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, samba, storage • Comments: 0

  Fedora 12 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Fedora 12 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

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• Mandriva 2010.0 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: mandriva, samba, storage • Comments: 1

  Mandriva 2010.0 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Mandriva 2010.0 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

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• Running A File-, Print-, Proxy-, DHCP-, AND Time-Server For Small/Medium Enterprises

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: control panels, debian, samba, storage • Comments: 1

  Running A File-, Print-, Proxy-, DHCP-, AND Time-Server For Small/Medium Enterprises This article shows how to run a file-, print-, HTTP proxy- DHCP-, and time server for small and medium enterprises (SME) on one single Debian Sarge system. It is very easy to set up, and management is done with an easy-to-use web interface called eBox so once the system is set up, you can forget about the command line. eBox was developed to administrate advanced services for corporate networks, and it was created for Debian Sarge.

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• Running A File- And Print-Server With eBox On Ubuntu 8.04 Server

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: samba, storage, ubuntu • Comments: 9

  Running A File- And Print-Server With eBox On Ubuntu 8.04 Server This article shows how to run a file- and print-server for small and medium enterprises (SME) on one single Ubuntu 8.04 server. It is very easy to set up, and management is done with an easy-to-use web interface called eBox so once the system is set up, you can forget about the command line. eBox was developed to administrate advanced services for corporate networks.

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• Back Up (And Restore) LVM Partitions With LVM Snapshots

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, other, storage • Comments: 26

  Back Up (And Restore) LVM Partitions With LVM Snapshots This tutorial shows how you can create backups of LVM partitions with an LVM feature called LVM snapshots. An LVM snapshot is an exact copy of an LVM partition that has all the data from the LVM volume from the time the snapshot was created. The big advantage of LVM snapshots is that they can be used to greatly reduce the amount of time that your services/databases are down during backups because a snapshot is usually created in fractions of a second. After the snapshot has been created, you can back up the snapshot while your services and databases are in normal operation.

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• Set Up A Fileserver For Small/Medium Enterprises With SME Server 7.1

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, other, samba, storage • Comments: 3

  Set Up A Fileserver For Small/Medium Enterprises With SME Server 7.1 This tutorial shows how to set up a fileserver for small and medium enterprises with SME Server 7.1. SME Server is an open-source Linux server distribution (released under the GPL) based on CentOS that can turn a computer into a gateway, firewall, fileserver, printserver, mailserver (including webmail), etc. In this article we will focus on the fileserver aspect of SME Server.

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