The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.Apache v2 is the next generation [...]
This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 4.7
server that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache
web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS,
BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP,
Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version
of CentOS 4.7, but should apply to [...]
This is a detailed description about how to set up a Mandriva 2008 Spring Free (Mandriva 2008.1) server on the x86_64
platform that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache
web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS,
BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP,
Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written [...]
Mail servers today are especially overburdened with Spam. This is actually costing organizations millions of dollars in purchasing hardware just to process the Spam. It takes server memory and CPU cycles to determine if an email is Spam or not and as Spam increases new servers have to be built to separate the [...]
Sometimes sharing files and folder between Windows and GNU/Linux can be annoying and problematic especially for beginners.
In this article we’re going to see how to setup Samba and how to get both Windows and GNU/Linux sharing and browsing public share the right way.
We have two scenarios :
1. GNU/Linux browsing Windows shares.
2. Windows browsing Samba shares.
Let’s [...]
In part one of this tutorial looked at installing and configuring greylistd alongside Exim to help combat the evils of Spam. In this second part I will look at getting some information out of greylistd — handy if you need to troubleshoot why the CEO’s “urgent” message hasn’t arrived yet!
Captain Slog
Greylistd is the daemon called [...]
Each time I install (or reinstall/reformat) a development server of my own I install Samba instead of any FTP server as I use Windows as my development platform and prefer to simply network the remote folder. Here is a quick how-to on setting up Samba and sharing a folder.
First we need to install Samba, either [...]
This howto explains installing Zivios
Master Service version 0.5.0. Zivios is an n-tiered PHP-5 application,
providing identity management, single sign-on, user, group and computer
provisioning, as well as remote management of services. It uses MySQL
and OpenLDAP as
it’s data store, with OpenLdap being the primary back end for identity
management and application
integration and MySQL being used for panel specific data.
Read [...]
The usual practice of configuring your email client to retrieve email from your ISP’s servers works well, but not for all situations. Suppose you add a laptop as a compliment to your desktop machine, or you’d occasionally like to use your spouse’s computer to read your email — you can run into problems trying to [...]
Untangle
bundles common open-source applications for blocking spam, spyware,
viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network in one single Linux
distribution. It can be integrated into existing networks either as a
router or as a transparent bridge (directly behind the router, but
before the switch that connects the client PCs with the router). The
best thing about Untangle is that [...]
This article will tell you how to install and use Webmin, a web user interface mainly used for administering servers. If you are not a sysadmin, don’t run away: Webmin can also be used on a single desktop too. You may struggle to remember all the command line operations to manage, say, run levels or [...]
Usually people manages Linux boxes using Windows clients but sometimes, someone (like me, for example) needs to manage a Windows server from a Linux host (it could be a normal client or another server which wants to talk to Windows).
IMO, Active Directory is one of the best product from Microsoft, since it’s based on a [...]
This article shows how to run a file- and print-server for small and
medium enterprises (SME) on one single Ubuntu 8.04 server. It is very
easy to set up, and management is done with an easy-to-use web
interface called eBox
so once the system is set up, you can forget about the command line.
eBox was developed to administrate advanced [...]
If you have a huge collection of music and would like to build a media streaming server to manage your collection, then Jinzora is the right one for you.
Jinzora is a Web based media streaming and management system. It is supported in various platforms and it allows you to access your music collection from any [...]
This article describes how you can set up Apache and Tomcat, linked
with mod_jk. It also explains how you set up the SSO (single sign on)
solution JA-SIG CAS to protect servlets (provided by tomcat) and static
content (provided by Apache). I worked with OpenSuse 10.2 and 11,
Apache2, Tomcat 5.5 and 6. It should work on other distributions [...]