Linux Tutorials on the topic “ubuntu”

  • Adding An ODBC Driver For MySQL On Ubuntu

    Author: clawooTags: , Comments: 4

    Adding An ODBC Driver For MySQL On Ubuntu Sometimes you may find the need to develop cross platform applications which make use of a database. ODBC can be a solution to your portability needs, but unfortunately it is not as easy to set up an ODBC connection on Linux as it is on Windows. This tutorial attempts to shed some light on this process by guiding you towards adding an ODBC driver on Ubuntu. The process described below has been tested on Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.10.

  • Port Triggering Using A NAT Firestarter Firewall And Specter In Debian/Ubuntu

    Author: jeff_kTags: , Comments: 0

    Port Triggering Using A NAT Firestarter Firewall And Specter In Debian/Ubuntu Many that play PC games, such as battle.net, need to be able to set up port triggering. Typical "hardware" routers have the ability to set this up from online menus. However, using a Linux PC to perform your router functions can provide much more control and versatility than can be realized with a "hardware" router. All of your NAT (network address translation), firewall, and port forwarding functions can be implemented by iptables, the de facto firewall in Linux versions 2.4.x and 2.6.x.

  • Installing SugarCRM Community Edition On Ubuntu 8.10

    ubuntu Author: Falko TimmeTags: Comments: 5

    Installing SugarCRM Community Edition On Ubuntu 8.10 SugarCRM is a webbased CRM solution written in PHP. SugarCRM is available in different flavours called "Editions" ("Community" (free), "Professional", and "Enterprise"). In this tutorial I will describe the installation of the free Community Edition on Ubuntu 8.10. With the modules My Portal, Calendar, Activities, Contacts, Accounts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases, Bugtracker, Documents and Email, SugarCRM Community Edition offers everything that can be expected from a CRM solution.

  • Installing And Configuring OpenLDAP On Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

    ubuntu Author: MiguelTags: Comments: 14

    Installing And Configuring OpenLDAP On Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex With Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, the way OpenLDAP is used and configured has changed. In Intrepid, OpenLDAP is no longer configured via the slapd.conf file, but via the slapd.d directory that contains ldif files to configure OpenLDAP.

  • How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Ubuntu 8.10

    mysql Author: Falko TimmeTags: , , Comments: 2

    How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Ubuntu 8.10 mylvmbackup is a Perl script for quickly creating MySQL backups. It uses LVM's snapshot feature to do so. To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a read lock on all tables and flushes all server caches to disk, creates a snapshot of the volume containing the MySQL data directory, and unlocks the tables again. This article shows how to use it on an Ubuntu 8.10 server.

  • Quick And Easy Setup For DomainKeys Using Ubuntu, Postfix And Dkim-Filter

    postfix Author: johnwilson1969Tags: , Comments: 11

    Quick And Easy Setup For DomainKeys Using Ubuntu, Postfix And Dkim-Filter This is a quick tutorial for setting up DomainKeys on Ubuntu (I used 6.06LTS - but should work the same on others) using dkim-filter with Postfix so emails from your domain will not constantly end up in Yahoo's spam filter.

  • How To Configure Apt Sources.List - For Complete Newbies

    Author: NUNZTags: Comments: 5

    How To Configure Apt Sources.List - For Complete Newbies So you were playing with your Apt sources.list and somehow ruined it. No matter how hard you try you cannot get it back. Every time you try to install a package you get error messages. Now what? Don't despair ... I've been there and found an easy answer: The Aptitude Source-O-Matic: http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/source-o-matic/

  • The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 6 (Felicia)

    linux_mint Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 7

    The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) 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. Linux Mint 6 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 8.10 that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.

  • How To Configure Apache To Use Radius For Two-Factor Authentication On Ubuntu

    apache Author: nowenTags: , , , Comments: 1

    How To Configure Apache To Use Radius For Two-Factor Authentication On Ubuntu This document describes how to add WiKID two-factor authentication to Apache 2.x using mod_auth_radius on Ubuntu 8.1. A previous article described how to add two factor authentication to apache on Fedora. Interestingly, a patch has been created to update mod_auth_radius to work with Apache 2.2+, however, it has only been updated for Debian and Ubuntu. For Fedora and other RedHat flavors of Linux, it is recommended that you use mod_auth_xradius.

  • Installing ubuntu-system-panel (USP) On Ubuntu 8.10

    ubuntu Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 20

    Installing ubuntu-system-panel (USP) On Ubuntu 8.10 ubuntu-system-panel is a simple launcher for the GNOME desktop, providing easy access to Places, Applications and common configuration items for your computer. This guide shows how to install and configure it on an Ubuntu 8.10 desktop.