Linux Tutorials on the topic “debian”

• Mounting Remote Directories With SSHFS On Debian Squeeze

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, security, storage • Comments: 2

  Mounting Remote Directories With SSHFS On Debian Squeeze This tutorial explains how you can mount a directory from a remote server on the local server securely using SSHFS. SSHFS (Secure SHell FileSystem) is a filesystem that serves files/directories securely over SSH, and local users can use them just as if the were local files/directories. On the local computer, the remote share is mounted via FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace). I will use Debian Squeeze for both the local and the remote server.

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• Running Magento 1.6.0.0 On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.04

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, nginx, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 2

  Running Magento 1.6.0.0 On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.04 This tutorial shows how you can install and run Magento 1.6.0.0 on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.04 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). Magento is an open-source, feature-rich ecommerce platform; I will use the Magento Community Edition here which is licensed under an open source certified license (OSL v3.0). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.

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• The Perfect Desktop - Mepis 11

  Author: CSch • Tags: debian, desktop • Comments: 6

  The Perfect Desktop - Mepis 11 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mepis 11 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. Mepis is a Linux distribution based on Debian Stable.

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• Using Old Debian Versions In Your sources.list

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian • Comments: 14

  Using Old Debian Versions In Your sources.list You might be in a situation where you have a sytem with an old Debian version that has reached end of life, like Etch, Sarge, Woody, etc., and a distribution upgrade is not an option for you (maybe because you have customized the system so much that you fear breaking the system by doing a distribution upgrade). The "normal" repositories for these old versions do not exist anymore, which means you cannot install new software or update existing packages using apt. This tutorial shows how you can modify your /etc/apt/sources.list to still get packages for your old Debian version using apt.

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• How To Create A Debian Wheezy (Testing) OpenVZ Template

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, openvz, virtualization • Comments: 2

  How To Create A Debian Wheezy (Testing) OpenVZ Template This tutorial explains how to create an OpenVZ template for Debian Wheezy (Debian Testing) that you can use to create virtual Debian Wheezy machines under OpenVZ. I searched for a Debian Wheezy OpenVZ template, but couldn't find one, that's why I decided to create it myself. This guide can also be used for creating Debian Lenny templates and templates for recent Ubuntu versions.

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• Installing MySQL Administrator Tool To Connect To Remote Databases

  Author: SamTzu • Tags: debian, mysql, ubuntu • Comments: 4

  Installing 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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• 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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• Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Debian Squeeze

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: dns, debian, powerdns • Comments: 4

  Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Debian Squeeze This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on a Debian Squeeze 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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• Using scponly To Allow SCP/SFTP Logins And Disable SSH Logins On Debian Squeeze

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, security • Comments: 4

  Using scponly To Allow SCP/SFTP Logins And Disable SSH Logins On Debian Squeeze scponly is an alternate shell that restricts users to SCP and SFTP logins, but disallows SSH logins. It is a wrapper to the OpenSSH suite of applications. With the help of scponly, you can allow your users to use clients such as WinSCP or FileZilla to upload/download files, but you refuse SSH logins (e.g. with PuTTY) so that your users cannot execute files/programs. This tutorial shows how to install and use scponly on Debian Squeeze.

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