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Chrooted SSH/SFTP Tutorial (Debian Lenny)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: security, debian •
Comments: 33 Chrooted SSH/SFTP Tutorial (Debian Lenny) Since version 4.8, OpenSSH supports chrooting, so no patches are needed anymore. This tutorial describes how to give users chrooted SSH access. 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 use chrooted SFTP.
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The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2009.1
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, pclinuxos •
Comments: 5 The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2009.1 This tutorial shows how you can set up a PCLinuxOS 2009.1 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.
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Recover Deleted Files With foremost
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: linux •
Comments: 8 Recover Deleted Files With foremost foremost is a forensics application to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive. This short article shows how you can use foremost to recover deleted files.
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NIC Bonding On Debian Lenny
Author: AccessForbidden •
Tags: debian •
Comments: 13 NIC Bonding On Debian Lenny Ethernet bonding refers to aggregating multiple ethernet channels together to form a single channel. This is primarily used for redundancy in ethernet paths or for load balancing. This page refers in particular to performing ethernet bonding under Linux, and so does not limit itself to discussion of 802.3ad Trunk Aggregation.
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Record Installed .deb Packages In A Text File (Ubuntu/Debian)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, ubuntu, desktop •
Comments: 7 Record Installed .deb Packages In A Text File (Ubuntu/Debian) This short guide shows two methods of recording all your installed .deb packages in a text file that you can then use on another computer to install the same packages there. This is useful if you want to install the same set of packages on more than one computer.
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How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Fedora 10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, fedora, php •
Comments: 0 How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Fedora 10 This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 with mod_fcgid and PHP5 on Fedora 10. mod_fcgid is a compatible alternative to the older mod_fastcgi. It lets you execute PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners instead of the Apache user.
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How to encrypt a diskdrive in (X)Ubuntu Feisty with dm-crypt and LUKS
Author: Stephan Jau • Tags: security, ubuntu • Comments: 4How to encrypt a diskdrive in (X)Ubuntu Feisty with dm-crypt and LUKS Today security is one of the key aspects in our daily life - sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious. Security has many aspects and one of them is computer security or security of your or your business' computer data. In this tutorial I will show how to encrypt a whole disk drive using (X)Ubuntu Feisty, dm-crypt, and LUKS.
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Measuring Linux Latency With LatencyTOP On Ubuntu 8.10 And Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, ubuntu • Comments: 0Measuring Linux Latency With LatencyTOP On Ubuntu 8.10 And Debian Lenny LatencyTOP is a tool that lets you identify where in the system latency is happening, and what kind of operation/action is causing the latency to happen. This article shows how you can use LatencyTOP on Ubuntu 8.10 and Debian Lenny.
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Using Built-In Revision Control In Firewall Builder
Author: vkfwb • Tags: desktop, security • Comments: 0Using Built-In Revision Control In Firewall Builder Firewall Builder GUI has built-in revision control system that can be used to keep track of changes in the objects and policy rules. If data file has been added to the revision control system, every time it is saved, the system asks the user to enter a comment that describes changes done in the file in this session and stores it along with the data. The program also assigns new revision number to the data file using standard software versioning system whith major and minor version numbers separated by a dot. When you open this data file next time, the program presents a list of revisions alongside with dates and comments, letting you choose which revision you want to use. You can open the latest revision and continue working with the file from the point where you left off last time, or open one of the older revisions to inspect how the configuration looked like in the past and possibly create a branch in the revision control system. Here we take a closer look at the built-in revision control system.
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How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Ubuntu 8.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, php, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Ubuntu 8.10 This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 with mod_fcgid and PHP5 on Ubuntu 8.10. mod_fcgid is a compatible alternative to the older mod_fastcgi. It lets you execute PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners instead of the Apache user.
