Category: Configurations (Linux)

Many new Linux user finds it difficult to setup / modify new name server address (NS1 / NS2). Local name resolution is done via /etc/hosts file. If you have small network then use /etc/hosts file. DNS (domain name service is accountable for associating domain names with ip address, for example…

Step 1 Networking and Protocols In “Server mail protocols”-  select IMAP and POP3 You can also select IMAP (SSL) and POP3 (SSL) if you plan to server through SSL Step 2 Mail Files I decided not to store mail in the default location which is /var/mail In my earlier postfix…

Learn how to change the owner and group ownership of files and directories with the chown and chgrp commands. Caution: you need to do this whiled logged in as 'root' user. In order to set the ownership of a directory and all the files in that directory, you'll need the…

In webmin >Severs > Postfix mail server > Edit config file, change this small line- inet_interfaces = all #inet_interfaces = $myhostname #inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost #inet_interfaces = localhost The significance is- if you don’t uncomment inet_interfaces =all, your server is completely isolated from the network. It won’t listen other than…

By default all database and data are stored in /var/lib/mysql But whenever, you’re planning to setup a virtual hosted server, it is wise to set up and configure this db to be set up in some different bigger disk space. Like I use to place this data path to /home/mysql…

Webmin and Usermin are simply great- but it lacks the most widely used PhpMyadmin support! However, after googling for a while I got a solution for this. First need to download and setup the usermin module- here’s the URL for wbm package- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/files/phpmyadmin-1.0.wbm How to install PHPMyAdmin Module ? Go…