Looking for up-to-date Fedora DVD images? Want to change the default software selection?Or just fancy a new Linux project? Neil Bothwick shows you how to remaster Fedora with your own customisations — read on for all the details…
There is nothing magic about distro installation discs - they are basically a program and a bunch of [...]
I am pretty sure most of you
guys have hard about the Vulnerability in BIND. Dan Kaminsky earlier this month
announced a massive, multi-vendor issue with DNS that could allow attackers to
compromise any name server - clients, too. I thought I would share with you all
one of the quickest solutions systems [...]
This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with [...]
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has emerged as a popular technology for modern voice communications. Many organizations have replaced their analog or proprietary digital telephone systems with VoIP-based solutions. This allows the consolidation of telephone services into an existing IP infrastructure. In addition, using IP to host voice services lets the organization leverage existing expertise–while [...]
This tutorial shows how to install and use mod_python
on various distributions (Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/CentOS, Mandriva,
OpenSUSE) with Apache2. mod_python is an Apache module that embeds the
Python interpreter within the server. It allows you to write web-based
applications in Python that will run many times faster than traditional
CGI and will have access to advanced features such as ability to [...]
In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a Fedora 9 server for
OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers
(VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver
project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial
virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual
servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch [...]
This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses
virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This
is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a
single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with
this setup.
Read more at HowtoForge
TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) is a popular free on-the-fly disk encryption software that can encrypt files, partitions, whole disks and even a windows installation. It is an extremely useful and important tool if you wish to keep personal and confidential data from being accessed by unauthorized people. TrueCrypt even supports plausible deniability, allowing you to hide an [...]
This guide explains how to set up mod_geoip
with lighttpd on a Fedora 9 system. mod_geoip looks up the IP address
of the client end user. This allows you to redirect or block users
based on their country. You can also use this technology for your OpenX (formerly known as OpenAds or phpAdsNew) ad server to allow geo [...]
This guide explains how to set up mod_geoip
with Apache2 on a Fedora 9 system. mod_geoip looks up the IP address of
the client end user. This allows you to redirect or block users based
on their country. You can also use this technology for your OpenX (formerly known as OpenAds or phpAdsNew) ad server to allow geo [...]
This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server
(version 1.0.6) on a Fedora 9 desktop system. With VMware Server you
can create and run guest operating systems (”virtual machines”) such as
Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has
the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same
hardware which saves [...]
The main problem with Pulseaudio and Skype on Fedora 9 (maybe also
on other distributions) is stuttering, crackling sound. This document
describes how to fix the sound issues between Skype 2.0 and Pulseaudio
on Fedora 9.
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Areca
is a personal file backup software developed in Java. It allows you to
select files or directories to backup, filter, encrypt and compress
their content, and store them on your backup location. Areca supports
incremental backups and generates backup reports, which can be stored
on your disk or sent by email. This guide explains how to install and
use it [...]
This document describes how to make your laptop’s hotkeys usable on
Fedora. I’ve tested this with Fedora 8 but it should also work with
other Fedora versions - and maybe, with a little modification, also
with other distributions.
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OK, so you want to build a binary RPM package for deployment on your
servers. You have a .spec file or .src.rpm that you got from one of the many
repositories such as freshrpms.net or dag.wieers.com, or that you wrote
yourself.
Read more at HowtoForge