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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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: lighttpd, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 1 Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.04 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an Ubuntu 10.04 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On CentOS 5.4
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, centos, security •
Comments: 0 Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On CentOS 5.4 This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a CentOS 5.4 system. With mod_chroot, you can run Apache2 in a secure chroot environment and make your server less vulnerable to break-in attempts that try to exploit vulnerabilities in Apache2 or your installed web applications.
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The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2010.1 Spring With GNOME
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, mandriva •
Comments: 3 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva One 2010.1 Spring desktop (with the GNOME desktop environment) 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.
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Ubuntu 10.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: samba, storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 10.04 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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The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2]
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ispconfig, mandriva •
Comments: 1 The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2] This tutorial shows how to set up a Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig 2 (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box). This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of Mandriva 2010.1.
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How To Make An Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop Resemble A Mac (With Elementary, Docky & Gloobus-Preview)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 10 How To Make An Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop Resemble A Mac (With Elementary, Docky & Gloobus-Preview) This article shows how you can change the appearance of your Ubuntu 10.04 desktop so that it resembles a Mac. This can be achieved with the help of Elementary, Docky, and Gloobus-Preview. Elementary is a project that provides a popular icon set and GTK theme; Docky is an interactive dock (like the one you know from a Mac) that provides easy access to some of the files, folders, and applications on your computer, and more; and Gloobus-Preview is an extension for the Gnome Desktop Environment designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file or directory.
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Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, dns, powerdns •
Comments: 1 Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Debian Lenny This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on a Debian Lenny system. PowerDNS is a high-performance, authoritative-only nameserver - in the setup described here it will read the DNS records from a MySQL database (similar to MyDNS), although other backends such as PostgreSQL are supported as well. Poweradmin is a web-based control panel for PowerDNS.
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Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Lenny (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, debian, email, postfix •
Comments: 6 Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Lenny (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL) This guide explains how to install Maia Mailguard, a spam and virus management system, on a Debian Lenny mailserver. Maia Mailguard is a web-based interface and management system based on the popular amavisd-new email scanner and SpamAssassin. Written in Perl and PHP, Maia Mailguard gives end-users control over how their mail is processed by virus scanners and spam filters, while giving mail administrators the power to configure site-wide defaults and limits.
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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Mandriva 2010.0
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, mandriva, security •
Comments: 0 How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Mandriva 2010.0 This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Mandriva 2010.0 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 Software RAID1 On A Running System (Incl. GRUB2 Configuration) (Ubuntu 10.04)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 31 How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running System (Incl. GRUB2 Configuration) (Ubuntu 10.04) This guide explains how to set up software RAID1 on an already running Ubuntu 10.04 system. The GRUB2 bootloader will be configured in such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the hard drives fails (no matter which one).
