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  • Install Camfrogserver Advanced 6.0 On Ubuntu Linux

    ubuntu Author: JamesYTags: Comments: 3

    Install Camfrogserver Advanced 6.0 On Ubuntu Linux This is an updated tutorial on how to install Camfrog Server on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat).  When I first saw that Camfrog Server was released I was excited until I realized it was only for RedHat AS/ES 4.x 5.x, CentOS 4.x 5.x, Fedora 6.x 7.x 8.x operating systems. Then I realized you can convert rpm packages to deb packages using alien; you can even have alien install the rpm automatically after converting it.

  • The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 17 (Qiana)

    linux_mint Author: howtoforgeTags: , Comments: 5

    The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 17 (Qiana) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 17 (Qiana) 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 securesystem without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 17 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 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.

  • Linux Basics: How to Add and Delete Shell Users on Ubuntu

    ubuntu Author: howtoforgeTags: , Comments: 0

    Linux Basics: How to Add and Delete Shell Users on Ubuntu Linux Adding and removing shell users on a fresh Linux server remain amongst the most fundamental tasks every Linux user/system administrator must know. As a matter of fact, when a user creates a new server, they are simply given the default root account to begin with.

  • How To Install The Latest Git On Ubuntu 14.04

    ubuntu Author: howtoforgeTags: , , Comments: 6

    How To Install The Latest Git On Ubuntu 14.04 This tutorial explains the process of installing Git on Ubuntu 14.04. For the uninitiated, Git, the client for the immensely popular GitHub, is a commonly used open source distributed version control system that was originally developed by Linus Torvalds with the objective of supporting Linux Kernel development.

  • How To Install Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.5

    centos Author: howtoforgeTags: , , , , , Comments: 1

    How To Install Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.5 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 6.5 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.

  • Using mount --bind To Move The Website And Email Directory Of a ISPConfig 3 Server To a New Directory

    ispconfig Author: tillTags: , , , , , , , , Comments: 19

    Use mount --bind To Move The Website And Email Directory Of a ISPConfig 3 Server To a New Directory In the following guide, I will explain the procedure on how to move the email and website directory of a ISPConfig 3 installation to a new partition. This might become handy when your current partition runs out of space.

  • Samba Server Configuration in OpenSuSe 13.1

    opensuse Author: howtoforgeTags: , , Comments: 1

    Samba Server Configuration in OpenSuSe 13.1 This guide explains how to configure samba server in Opensuse 13.1 with anonymous & secured samba servers. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients.

  • The Perfect Desktop - Xubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

    xubuntu Author: Falko TimmeTags: , , Comments: 6

    This tutorial shows how you can set up a Xubuntu 14.04 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. Xubuntu uses the lightweight XFCE desktop environment.

  • Configure Linux to use NTLM authentication proxy (ISA Server) using CNTLM

    debian Author: juaneloTags: , Comments: 2

    Configure Linux to use NTLM authentication proxy (ISA Server) using CNTLM Cntlm is an NTLM / NTLM Session Response / NTLMv2 authenticating HTTP proxy intended to help you break free from the chains of Microsoft proprietary world. You can use a free OS and honor our noble idea, but you can't hide. Once you're behind those cold steel bars of a corporate proxy server requiring NTLM authentication, you're done with. The same even applies to 3rd party Windows applications, which don't support NTLM natively.

  • Howto add two factor authentication to OTRS with privacyIDEA

    tux Author: cornelinuxTags: , , , , , , , Comments: 0

    Howto add two factor authentication to OTRS with privacyIDEA In this howto we will show, how easy it is to add two factor authentication with OTP token to OTRS. This is done for the support agents to protect support cases and customer data against attackers and misuse. Nevertheless this can be done for the customers in the very same way.