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Installing MySQL Administrator Tool To Connect To Remote Databases
Author: SamTzu • Tags: debian, mysql, ubuntu • Comments: 4Installing MySQL Administrator Tool To Connect To Remote Databases This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install MySQL Admin tool on an Ubuntu 11.04 system and how to connect to a remote host with it. This should also work on most Debian based operating systems.
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How To Set Up SSL Vhosts Under Nginx + SNI Support (Ubuntu 11.04/Debian Squeeze)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: security, debian, ubuntu, web server, nginx •
Comments: 3 How To Set Up SSL Vhosts Under Nginx + SNI Support (Ubuntu 11.04/Debian Squeeze) This article explains how you can set up SSL vhosts under nginx on Ubuntu 11.04 and Debian Squeeze so that you can access the vhost over HTTPS (port 443). SSL is short for Secure Sockets Layer and is a cryptographic protocol that provides security for communications over networks by encrypting segments of network connections at the transport layer end-to-end. In addition to that I will show how to make use of SNI (Server Name Indication) to allow multiple SSL vhosts per IP address.
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Upgrade/Migrate VMware ESX / ESXi 4.* To ESXi 5.0
Author: neofire • Tags: virtualization, vmware • Comments: 6Upgrade/Migrate VMware ESX / ESXi 4.* To ESXi 5.0 VMware has recently released its new VM hypervisor product, VMware ESXi 5.0. VMware is replacing its current ESX model with ESXi and the biggest change (between ESX and ESXi) is the architecture, as most of you VM gurus are well aware of, but for the people that don't know I will quickly explain.
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Debian/Ubuntu - unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/sshd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: errors •
Comments: 5 Error: Debian/Ubuntu - unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/sshd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted You try to upgrade OpenSSH on Debian/Ubuntu (packages openssh-client and openssh-server) and get the following errors: Unpacking replacement openssh-server ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openssh-server_1%3a5.5p1-6_amd64.deb (--unpack): unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/sshd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted configured to not write apport reports Preparing to replace openssh-client 1:5.1p1-5 (using .../openssh-client_1%3a5.5p1-6_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement openssh-client ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openssh-client_1%3a5.5p1-6_amd64.deb (--unpack): unable to make backup link of `./usr/bin/ssh' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
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CentOS 5.6/Dovecot - Fatal: listen(::, 143) failed: Address already in use
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: errors •
Comments: 0 Error: CentOS 5.6/Dovecot - Fatal: listen(::, 143) failed: Address already in use You try to start Dovecot on CentOS 5.6 and get the following error: Fatal: listen(::, 143) failed: Address already in use
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 15
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora, lighttpd, mysql, php, web server •
Comments: 0 Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 15 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Fedora 15 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Restricting Users To SFTP Plus Setting Up Chrooted SSH/SFTP (Debian Squeeze)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, security •
Comments: 12 Restricting Users To SFTP Plus Setting Up Chrooted SSH/SFTP (Debian Squeeze) This tutorial describes how to give users chrooted SSH and/or chrooted SFTP access on Debian Squeeze. With this setup, you can give your users shell access without having to fear that they can see your whole system. Your users will be jailed in a specific directory which they will not be able to break out of. I will also show how to restrict users to SFTP so that they cannot use SSH (this part is independent from the chroot part of this tutorial).
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How To Upgrade VMware ESXi 3.5 To 4.1 Update 1 (Free Version)
Author: neofire • Tags: virtualization, vmware • Comments: 2How To Upgrade VMware ESXi 3.5 To 4.1 Update 1 (Free Version) In this guide I will show you how to upgrade VMWare ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.1 Update 1 (Free Version) without going through the pain of reinstalling your host server and then restoring your VMs.
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The Perfect Desktop - Pinguy OS 11.04
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 5 The Perfect Desktop - Pinguy OS 11.04 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Pinguy OS 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. Pinguy OS 11.04 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 11.04.
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Converting Audio Files On Linux Mint
Author: CSch •
Tags: ubuntu, desktop •
Comments: 5 Converting Audio Files On Linux Mint This article covers the issue of converting audio files on Linux Mint. Converting audio files can be a hard thing to accomplish if one does not have the proper tools to do so, that is why I will also cover a few different applications capable of converting.
