Linux Tutorials on the topic “linux”

• Racoon Roadwarrior Configuration

  Author: matija.zeman • Tags: linux, security • Comments: 0

  Racoon Roadwarrior Configuration Racoon Roadwarrior is a client that uses unknown, dynamically assigned IP addresses to connect to a VPN gateway (in this case also firewall). This is one of the most interesting and today most needed scenarios in business environment. This tutorial shows how to configure Racoon Roadwarrior.

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• Integrate Thunderbird with Active Directory

  Author: artaxerxes • Tags: linux • Comments: 2

  Integrate Thunderbird with Active Directory To integrate Thunderbird to the AD, you must already have installed and configured Kerberos and Samba so that you can use the net ads to obtain the information you need. There are a lot of documentation out there to get to that point. I will just highlight the main points for the sake of completeness.

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• Creating .deb-Packages With Checkinstall

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, debian, ubuntu • Comments: 3

  Creating .deb-Packages With Checkinstall Checkinstall is a nice tool to create simple .deb-packages that you can use in your local network (e.g. if you have to install the same piece of software on multiple computers running Debian). It lets you compile and install software from the sources like before, but with the difference that you end up with a simple Debian package which also means that you can easily uninstall the software you just compiled by running dpkg -r!

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• How to Build an Effective Mail Server Defense

  Author: alinap • Tags: antivirus, freebsd, linux, security • Comments: 3

  How to Build an Effective Mail Server Defense When speaking of mail server-related security, one tends to limit the issue to message applied security measures, and even more to Antivirus and Antispam protection. This is however only one stage in the more complex process of securing your server. This article aims at identifying and explaining all security layers, highly important when choosing a certain mail server and consequently when configuring and using it.

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• Quota does not work under SuSE 8.2!

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: ispconfig, linux • Comments: 0

  On a standard SuSE 8.2 installation the quota module is not loaded into the kernel which is why quotaon -avug gives back an error. Load the quota module manually with insmod quota_v1 and insmod quota_v2 To have those modules loaded on every bootup of the system please insert modprobe quota_v1 and modprobe quota_v2 in /etc/init.d/boot.local.

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• How can I get a list of quotas assigned to my users and groups and of the space used by them?

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux • Comments: 0

  repquota -avug shows a list for both users and groups. repquota -au shows a list for users, repquota -ag a list for groups.

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• How do I start the X server in Suse 9.2 when the graphic card is working work in text mode?

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: linux • Comments: 1

  To start the X server from a text mode session, execute the command: startx

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• The Perfect Setup - White Box Linux / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux • Comments: 0

  The Perfect Setup - White Box Linux / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 This is a detailed description about the steps to be taken to setup a Linux server based on White Box Linux that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.).

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• NIC Bonding/Teaming - Debian Sarge

  Author: themachine • Tags: linux • Comments: 12

  Author: BJ DierkesLast Update: December 1st, 2005Contact: wdierkes [at] 5dollarwhitebox [dot] orgThis is a basic howto on the configuration of NIC Bonding/Teaming with Debian Linux. I have recently made changes fixing typos that would have kept this from working properly!

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• Booting Debian from external firewire on Powerpc Mac

  Author: boborosso • Tags: linux • Comments: 0

  Booting Linux from a mac with firewire requires either editing initrd of an initrd kernel or building a custom one without initrd and with scsi and firewire support compiled in. Not for newbies, unless you know already how to make your firewire drive work under Linux (even if you cannot make it boot).The new beta debian etch installer is able to recognize firewire drives, so I succesfully compiled a kernel and installed the bootloader, so that the installing process could complete. Tested with a maxtor one touch and a titanium powerbook v.2

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