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".

• Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On Ubuntu 10.04

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: storage, ubuntu • Comments: 12

  Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On Ubuntu 10.04 This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on Ubuntu 10.04. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

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• Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Fedora 13 & Lighttpd)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, lighttpd, php • Comments: 0

  Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Fedora 13 & Lighttpd) This guide explains how to integrate XCache into PHP5 on a Fedora 13 system (with Lighttpd). From the XCache project page: "XCache is a fast, stable PHP opcode cacher that has been tested and is now running on production servers under high load." It's similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and APC.

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• How To Integrate ClamAV (Through mod_clamav) Into ProFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, ftp, security • Comments: 0

  How To Integrate ClamAV (Through mod_clamav) Into ProFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into ProFTPd for virus scanning on a Debian Lenny system. This is achieved through mod_clamav. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through ProFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

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• Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.5

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: centos, nginx • Comments: 6

  Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.5 Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a CentOS 5.5 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

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• Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.3

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: lighttpd, mysql, php, suse • Comments: 0

  Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.3 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

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• Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On CentOS 5.5

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: centos, storage • Comments: 5

  Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On CentOS 5.5 This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on CentOS 5.5. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

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• How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 13

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, ftp, security • Comments: 0

  How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 13 This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 13 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

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• How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Fedora 13

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, fedora, web server • Comments: 0

  How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Fedora 13 This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on a Fedora 13 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.

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• Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On OpenSUSE 11.3

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

  Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On OpenSUSE 11.3 This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.

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• How To Automatically Add A Disclaimer To Outgoing Emails With alterMIME (Postfix On Debian Lenny)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, postfix • Comments: 8

  How To Automatically Add A Disclaimer To Outgoing Emails With alterMIME (Postfix On Debian Lenny) This tutorial shows how to install and use alterMIME. alterMIME is a tool that can automatically add a disclaimer to emails. In this article I will explain how to install it as a Postfix filter on Debian Lenny.

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