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".
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How do I scan my Linux system for rootkits, worms, trojans, etc.?
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: linux, other, security •
Comments: 3 Either with chkrootkit or with rkhunter. chkrootkit Either install the package that comes with your distribution (on Debian you would run apt-get install chkrootkit ), or download the sources from www.chkrootkit.org and install manually: wget --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.pangeia.com.br/pub/seg/pac/chkrootkit.tar.gz tar xvfz chkrootkit.tar.gz cd chkrootkit-<version>/ make sense Afterwards, you can move the chkrootkit directory somewhere else, e.g. /usr/local/chkrootkit:
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How To Create A Local Debian/Ubuntu Mirror With apt-mirror
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, ubuntu •
Comments: 27 How To Create A Local Debian/Ubuntu Mirror With apt-mirror This tutorial shows how to create a Debian/Ubuntu mirror for your local network with the tool apt-mirror. Having a local Debian/Ubuntu mirror is good if you have to install multiple systems in your local network because then all needed packages can be downloaded over the fast LAN connection, thus saving your internet bandwidth.
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Installing Popular Applications On Your Ubuntu Desktop With Automatix2
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 0Installing Popular Applications On Your Ubuntu Desktop With Automatix2 Although Ubuntu comes with lots of applications that can be installed on your desktop, there are still some applications that are available only from third-party repositories. Finding all these repositories and installing these applications manually is very time-consuming, but fortunately some people have created a script called Automatix2 (which is the successor to Automatix) which automates the task for you. It comes with a graphical interface so that you can run it from your desktop, and this tutorial describes how you do it.
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Setting Up A PXE Install Server For Multiple Linux Distributions With Ubuntu Edgy Eft
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ubuntu •
Comments: 15 Setting Up A PXE Install Server For Multiple Linux Distributions With Ubuntu Edgy Eft This tutorial shows how to set up a PXE (short for preboot execution environment) install server with Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft). A PXE install server allows your client computers to boot and install a Linux distribution over the network, without the need of burning Linux iso images onto a CD/DVD, boot floppy images, etc. This is handy if your client computers don't have CD or floppy drives, or if you want to set up multiple computers at the same time (e.g. in a large enterprise), or simply because you want to save the money for the CDs/DVDs. In this article I show how to configure a PXE server that allows you to boot multiple distributions: Ubuntu Edgy/Dapper, Debian Etch/Sarge, Fedora Core 6, CentOS 4.4, OpenSuSE 10.2, and Mandriva 2007.
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Installing A LAMP System With Fedora Core 6
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora •
Comments: 10 Installing A LAMP System With Fedora Core 6 This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora Core 6 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version of Fedora Core 6, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well.
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How To Compile A Kernel - The CentOS Way
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: kernel, centos • Comments: 11How To Compile A Kernel - The CentOS Way Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on CentOS systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution. It also shows how to patch the kernel sources if you need features that are not in there.
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How To Compile A Kernel - The Mandriva Way
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: kernel, mandriva • Comments: 2How To Compile A Kernel - The Mandriva Way Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on Mandriva systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution. It also shows how to patch the kernel sources if you need features that are not in there.
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How To Compile A Kernel - The SuSE Way
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: kernel, suse • Comments: 4How To Compile A Kernel - The SuSE Way Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on SuSE systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution. It also shows how to patch the kernel sources if you need features that are not in there.
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How To Compile A Kernel - The Fedora Way
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: kernel, fedora • Comments: 18How To Compile A Kernel - The Fedora Way Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on Fedora systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution. It also shows how to patch the kernel sources if you need features that are not in there.
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Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (+ SMTP-AUTH, Quota, SpamAssassin, ClamAV)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, debian, postfix •
Comments: 71 Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (+ SMTP-AUTH, Quota, SpamAssassin, ClamAV) 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.
