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".

• Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Fedora 8)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: antivirus, fedora, postfix • Comments: 4

  Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Fedora 8) This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota (quota is not built into Postfix by default, I'll show how to patch your Postfix appropriately). Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database (most documents I found were dealing with plain text passwords which is a security risk). In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses.

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• Creating Your Own Custom Ubuntu 7.10 Or Linux Mint 4.0 Live-CD With Remastersys

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: ubuntu • Comments: 8

  Creating Your Own Custom Ubuntu 7.10 Or Linux Mint 4.0 Live-CD With Remastersys This guide shows how you can create a Live-CD from your Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon or Linux Mint 4.0 system with a tool called remastersys. Remastersys is available in the Linux Mint romeo repository. You can customize your Ubuntu/Linux Mint system and then let remastersys create an iso image of it which you can then burn onto a CD/DVD.

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• Getting MySQL Status Values With mysqlreport

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: mysql • Comments: 0

  Getting MySQL Status Values With mysqlreport mysqlreport is a Perl script that displays a well-formatted report of important MySQL status variables (taken from MySQL's SHOW STATUS; output) that can help you gain an understanding of what is happening under MySQL's hood. It can help diagnose problems.

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• Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 0

  Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.

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• Adding And Updating SpamAssassin Rulesets With RulesDuJour

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: antivirus, linux, security • Comments: 2

  Adding And Updating SpamAssassin Rulesets With RulesDuJour This article explains how you can download additional SpamAssassin rulesets resp. automatically update these rulesets with a shell script called RulesDuJour. These additional rulesets can increase your spam recognition rate dramatically. Most of the rulesets that RulesDuJour supports can be found on the SA Rules Emporium web site.

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• Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 8 GNOME Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, fedora • Comments: 1

  Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 8 GNOME Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on a Fedora 8 GNOME desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.

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• Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Ubuntu 7.10)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: antivirus, postfix, security, ubuntu • Comments: 5

  Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Ubuntu 7.10) This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota (quota is not built into Postfix by default, I'll show how to patch your Postfix appropriately). Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database (most documents I found were dealing with plain text passwords which is a security risk). In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses.

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• Installation Guide: Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna (a.k.a. The Perfect Desktop)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, linux • Comments: 0

  Installation Guide: Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna (a.k.a. The Perfect Desktop) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 4.0 (Daryna) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 4.0 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 7.10 that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.

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• Enabling Compiz Fusion On An OpenSUSE GNOME 10.3 Desktop (ATI Mobility Radeon 9200)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, suse • Comments: 0

  Enabling Compiz Fusion On An OpenSUSE GNOME 10.3 Desktop (ATI Mobility Radeon 9200) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an OpenSUSE 10.3 GNOME desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.

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• How To Upgrade Your Desktop From Fedora 7 To Fedora 8

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, fedora • Comments: 2

  How To Upgrade Your Desktop From Fedora 7 To Fedora 8 This guide shows how you can upgrade your desktop from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8.

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