http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html I do the following. Normally the local machine queries /etc/resolv.conf for DNS servers. dnsmasq in turn queries resolv.conf for it's dns servers and can serve clients on the LAN their DNS/DHCP requests I want the machine...
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Using Knoppix and the dd utility to restore a WinXP partition Image to a Hard Disk
These are my notes on how I successfully restored a Windows XP image I took of a partition. I can't remember how exactly I took the partition image of the Windows XP installation. I can remember the following points I was dual booting at the time and I needed the XP...
Create a Apache SSL Certificate for Fedora 7
First remove the original test certs. Find their location as follows cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf | grep ^SSLCert SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key Get rid of the current cert / key rm -f...
Changing the default dovecot imaps certificate on Fedora 7
edit /etc/pki/dovecot/dovecot-openssl.cnf to your settings cd /etc/pki/dovecot/ rm ./*/dovecot.pem find the dove mkcert.sh file locate mkcert.sh and run it /usr/libexec/dovecot/mkcert.sh
Moving Computers
I am trying to move from my Ubuntu box across to Fedora 7. It's not trivial because I have many things configured by hand on the Ubuntu box. Joomla 1.0.x Postfix + Dovecot + Amavisd + Squirrelmail Gallery 2 Madman Music Manager OpenVPN I like to setup my mail server...
Getting off the Fedora 7 Development Bandwagon
If you installed Fedora 7 using the 6.93 Development Live Image then it probably configured yum to use the development repositories. I have had problems with XFCE4 specifically the terminal application exiting when I click the `Terminal' menu option. Because 6.93...
Fedora 7 I know why Ubuntu beats You
I prefer Redhat distributions to install secure firewall installations because of the sensible admin tools and the ease of dsl setup. For a desktop system I like to quickly be able to install packages and Ubuntu uses Synaptic and it's quick. Fedora uses Yum and the...
My commonly used OSS admin tools Windows XP
Every few months at work I check for upgrades of the software that I use. I have the normal Windows XP Pro SP2 with Office 2k3 and Acrobat Reader Installed. The rest of my software that I use on a daily basis is open source. GIMP 2.2.14 - Image editing PuTTY 0.60 -...
Instlux – Can’t mount partition
I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop and am using Instlux from http://instlux.sourceforge.net/ to install Ubuntu 6.x. One issue I had was when I booted into the Instlux menu and pressed enter to start loading the kernel I got an error message saying it can't mount the...
Quick & Easy Subnet Scan Using Windows XP Utilities
Open a cmd.exe session and enter the following. for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping –w 100 –n 1 10.0.0.%i | findstr “Reply†Where 10.0.0. is replaced with your subnet address e.g. 192.168.20. Adjust the range of hosts you want to scan by change the first 1 in...
