Errror on VMWare on my CentOS box- vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured, for this system Rumi, January 28, 2011January 28, 2011 "vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured, for this system. To (re-) configure it, invoke the following command: /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl" I've been receiving this error since I've been trying to setup VMWare workstation ver 5.0 on my Centos box. It is now resolve after issueing the command- VMWARE_DEBUG=yes… Continue Reading
Install & Configure Popasswd in Debian (for Horde) Rumi, January 7, 2011 $ apt-get install poppassd # installs server-side mechanism for changing the password $ cd /var/www-ssl/horde/passwd/config $ cp -p backends.php.dist backends.php $ vi backends.php: – delete all but 'poppassd' ########################################### # note: # My poppassd service didnt start, because the deb-package put the startup command in # the /etc/inetd.conf superserver file,… Continue Reading
Installing Horde in Debian 5 Rumi, January 7, 2011 Default installation is with Apache + mod_php5 + php-mysql: # aptitude install horde3 Packages installed looks like: apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-common fckeditor horde3 libapache2-mod-php5 libmcrypt4 php-cache php-date php-db php-file php-http-request php-log php-mail php-mail-mime php-mail-mimedecode php-net-dime php-net-ftp php-net-smtp php-net-socket php-net-url php-pear php-services-weather php-soap php-xml-parser php-xml-serializer php-xml-util php5-cli php5-common php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-mysql… Continue Reading
Creating SSL certificates using openssl Rumi, November 26, 2010 Here was my requirements- I need one of my domain (it was actually an IP redirection) with SSL setup on my IIS 6 (windows 2003 server) system. The IIS have several virtual hosted domains already and one of them needed this SSL setup For some reason- Windows openssl didn't give… Continue Reading
Howto Install VMware Workstation 6.5 in Ubuntu Rumi, November 25, 2010 Thought it might e quite useful on setting up vmware on my network- Continue Reading
Dissection of SPF (Sender Policy Framework)- A way to configure your DNS server SPF parameters Rumi, September 26, 2010 Pick a default. SPF domains have to publish at least two directives: a version identifier and a default mechanism. mydomain.com. TXT “v=spf1 -all” This is the simplest possible SPF record: it means your domain mydomain.com never sends mail. It makes sense to do this when a domain is only used… Continue Reading
UltiDev Cassini Web Server for ASP.NET Applications Rumi, September 25, 2010 What is UltiDev Cassini Web Server? UltiDev Cassini is a free, light-weight and redistributable web server that can host ASP.NET 3.5, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 applications and static HTML sites. Whenever your customers need an alternative to IIS — UltiDev Cassini web server is the answer. UltiDev Cassini was built… Continue Reading
Top 5 Best Linux Firewalls Rumi, September 25, 2010 iptables If you are new to any of the top 5 firewalls mentioned here, please read the rest of the article to understand more about them. 1. Iptables iptables is a user space application program that does packet filtering, network address translation (NAT), and port address translation (PAT). iptables is… Continue Reading
Allow ICMP Rule on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2 Rumi, August 25, 2010 To allow inbound Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) network traffic, use the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security node in the Group Policy Management MMC snap-in to create firewall rules. This type of rule allows ICMP requests and responses to be sent and received by computers on the network. Continue Reading
How do I Compress a Whole Linux or UNIX Directory? Rumi, June 10, 2010 It is very easy to compress a Whole Linux/UNIX directory. It is useful to backup files, email all files, or even to send software you have created to friends. Technically, it is called as a compressed archive. GNU tar command is best for this work. It can be use on… Continue Reading