Debian Mail Server with Exim as MTA Rumi, January 7, 2011 Install LAMP Base System: # installed: (L)inux – apt-get install apache2 # installs (A)pache – apt-get install mysql-server # installs (M)ySQL – apt-get install php5 phpmyadmin # installs (P)HP and mySQL Webtool – Installation of the webmin system-administration webapplication (cgi-perl with its own webserver): -> since etch, there is no… 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
Install SquirrelMail Rumi, January 6, 2011 To install the SquirrelMail webmail client, run apt-get install squirrelmail Then create the following symlink… ln -s /usr/share/squirrelmail/ /var/www/webmail … and configure SquirrelMail: squirrelmail-configure 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
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
Mail relaying with Virtualmin Rumi, August 30, 2010 In a typical Virtualmin configuration, email for domains that you host will be delivered to mailboxes on the system for reading by users using Usermin or an IMAP client like Outlook or Thunderbird. However, in come cases you may want mail ultimately delivered to another server, such as an Exchange box… 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
Windows 7 theme for Ubuntu 9.10 , March 29, 2010 An interesting article, as it looks it transforms the entire OS theme into Windows 7 like…. 🙂 http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=W7_Theme Continue Reading