Sending a banner is a good way to let system users know what the expectations are. Configuring the banner for vsFTPd is an easy process involving two files. The file containing the banner must have the same name as the daemon. In this tutorial I store the banner in /etc/banners, but feel free to store it elsewhere. Read more…
There is a good amount of information on setting up a reverse proxy with apache. One of the better articles I came across was on Apache Week. The downfall to these articles is that most reference ProxyHTMLURLMap, part of the mod_proxy_html module, which is not included in the httpd rpm with Fedora Core. Read more…
Since the 1.0 relase is hot on the mirrors now is the perfect time to discuss this. As most of you know each time a new version is released you have to backup your config, flash the new image, setup the minimal amount to bring up the webgui so you can restore your config. Well with the help of a few scripts I wrote you can put all that in the past. Read more…
I’m going to assume you have a working install of Apache 2. I’ve based this off Fedora Core 5, however it should apply to most distros. Lets get started installing the ssl module. Read more…
When making modifications to configuration files I like to tag each line with my initials. This way I can keep track of and be able to reverse the changes if needed. The issue becomes remembering all the files that I have modified. Using a combination of the grep and find commands it is quite easy to do. Read more…
As the price of rack space goes up and fast hardware goes down more and more companies are moving towards virtual servers. VMware is a popular choice, especially with their free VMware Server application. Due to the hardware being virtualized one of the main issues is keeping the time clock accurate. After spending some time using VMware Server I found that my linux guest’s clock would be off by 5 sometimes 10 minutes. Read more…