Ubuntu / Debian Linux: Services Configuration Tool

Your Debian / Ubuntu Linux box security depends upon access to system services (one of many aspects). For example, you may need to provide a web server (Apache service) to serve web pages. However, if you do not need use a service, you should always turn off all unused...

How to: Install and manage iSCSI Volume under Linux

Internet SCSI (iSCSI) is a network protocol that allows you to use of the SCSI protocol over TCP/IP networks. It is good alternative to Fibre Channel-based SANs. You can easily manage, mount and format iSCSI Volume under Linux. It allows access to SAN storage over...

A Really Smart Way to Raise Funds for Your Organization

The Linux Foundation reintroduced their Visa credit card today. The concept is simple: each time a Linux Foundation card holder uses their card, a donation is made to The Linux Fund by the card issuer, U.S. Bank. Think of it as reward points going where they are needed......

Howto Setup a Lighttpd Chroot Jail Web Server under Debian Linux

Security, speed, compliance, and flexibility--all of these describe LightTPD which is rapidly redefining efficiency of a webserver; as it is designed and optimized for high performance environments. A chroot on Linux or Unix OS is an operation that changes the root directory....

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released and how to upgrade to latest version

Debian 4.0 has been released. According to the release announcement this version "supports a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and...

Network File System (NFS) Server and Client Configuration in Debian

NFS was developed at a time when we weren’t able to share our drives like we are able to today - in the Windows environment. It offers the ability to share the hard disk space of a big server with many smaller clients. Again, this is a client/server environment. While this...

XAMPP - All in one web server Installation and Configuration in Debian

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. Full Story

Debian Networking Tutorial for Beginners and advanced users

This is detailed step step debian networking tutorial for Beginners and advanced users.This includes Configuring your network using GUI,Command line,using ifconfig with examples and troubleshooting your network tips. Full Story

MySQL Backup And Recovery With mysql-zrm On Debian Sarge | HowtoForge - Linux...

This guide describes how to back up and recover your MySQL databases with mysql-zrm on a Debian Sarge system. mysql-zrm is short for Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL, it is a new tool that lets you create full logical or raw backups of your databases (regardless of your...

[Debian-Sarge] Tunneling NFS over SSH | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

The goal of this howto is building an NFS server that works on an SSH tunnel. This way all traffic between your hosts and the file server is encrypted and thus more secure. Normally you should enter a password every time you try to establish an SSH connection but since we...

How To Set Up A DHCP Server For Your LAN | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tuto...

This tutorial describes how to set up a DHCP server (ISC-DHCP) for your local network. DHCP is short for "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", it's a protocol that handles the assignment of IP addresses, subnet masks, default routers, and other IP parameters to...

Setting up Subversion and websvn on Debian | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tu...

This howto will illustrate a way to install and configure Subversion and websvn on a Debian server. With Subversion you have a powerful version control system for your software development, and websvn is an easy-to-use webinterface to your SVN repositories written in...

[Debian Sarge] Installing A Bind9 Master/Slave DNS System | HowtoForge - Linu...

In this tutorial two Bind DNS servers will be installed, one as the master and the other as a slave server. For security reasons Bind9 will be chrooted in its own jail. Using two servers for a domain is a commonly used setup and in order to host your own domain you are...

complete Debian Linux Server Setup Guide

Debian Installation,FTP Server Setup,Webserver Setup,Samba Server Setup,Database Server Setup,time clock sync server, Mail Server Configuration,VNC Server setup,Proxy Server Setup,SSH Server Setup,tftp Server Setup,DHCP Server Setup,  IPtables Configuration,DNS Server...