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The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jeos 9.10
Author: Rocky •
Tags: antivirus, ubuntu •
Comments: 54 The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jeos 9.10 This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Jeos based server as a spamfilter in Gateway mode. In the end, you will have a SpamSnake Gateway which will relay clean emails to your MTA. You will also be able to view your incoming queue, train your SpamSnake and carry out a few more advanced operations via MailWatch.
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Creating Encrypted FTP Backups With duplicity And ftplicity On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: backup, debian •
Comments: 5 Creating Encrypted FTP Backups With duplicity And ftplicity On Debian Lenny When you rent a dedicated server nowadays, almost all providers give you FTP backup space for your server on one of the provider's backup systems. This tutorial shows how you can use duplicity and ftplicity to create encrypted (so that nobody with access to the backup server can read sensitive data in your backups) backups on the provider's remote backup server over FTP. ftplicity is a duplicity wrapper script that allows us to use duplicity without interaction (i.e., you do not have to type in any passwords).
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Installing Speed Dreams 1.4.0 RC1 On Ubuntu 9.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 Installing Speed Dreams 1.4.0 RC1 On Ubuntu 9.10 Speed Dreams is is a free, 3d cross-platform, open source motorsport simulation and racing game, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop.
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Backing Up With rsync And Managing Previous Versions/History
Author: stefbon • Tags: backup • Comments: 14Backing Up With rsync And Managing Previous Versions/History This howto describes a method doing backups with rsync. This is done before, but this howto is also about managing previous versions, by copying to be changed and deleted items first to a history/version tree.
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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, ftp, security •
Comments: 2 How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Debian Lenny 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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Using iRedMail And OpenVPN For Virtual Email Hosting And VPN Services (CentOS 5.4)
Author: eddiechen •
Tags: centos •
Comments: 0 Using iRedMail And OpenVPN For Virtual Email Hosting And VPN Services, With Central Authentication Against OpenLDAP (CentOS 5.4) iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual domains and users. This tutorial shows you how to integrate OpenVPN into iredmail's ldap backend on CentOS 5.x, passwords will be stored in ldap and you can change the password though webmail.
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Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, debian, security •
Comments: 2 Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Lenny This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a Debian Lenny 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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Ubuntu Server 9.04 Bacula Bweb GUI
Author: billis34 •
Tags: backup, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Ubuntu Server 9.04 Bacula Bweb GUI Bweb is a perl based web program that provides a tool to do basic operations and get statistics. It obtains its information from your catalog database and the bconsole program.
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How To Set Up A USB-Over-IP Server And Client With Mandriva 2010.0
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: mandriva •
Comments: 0 How To Set Up A USB-Over-IP Server And Client With Mandriva 2010.0 This tutorial shows how to set up a USB-over-IP server with Mandriva 2010.0 as well as a USB-over-IP client (also running Mandriva 2010.0). The USB/IP Project aims to develop a general USB device sharing system over IP network. To share USB devices between computers with their full functionality, USB/IP encapsulates "USB I/O messages" into TCP/IP payloads and transmits them between computers. USB-over-IP can be useful for virtual machines, for example, that don't have access to the host system's hardware - USB-over-IP allows virtual machines to use remote USB devices.
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When To Use Indexes In MySQL
Author: tsmonaghan •
Tags: mysql •
Comments: 17 When To Use Indexes In MySQL This comes up in discussions almost every new project I work on, because it's a very important thing to consider when designing a database. When deciding when and how to create an index in your MySQL database, it's important to consider how the data is being used.
