Two well known Debian developers have written the Debian Administrator’s Handbook. It is now available in paper back as well as ebook formats. Check it out! http://debian-handbook.info/2012/the-debian-administrators-handbook-is-available/
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Connect Midi Keyboard for Playback in Linux
Below is a simple how-to guide to use your USB midi keyboard in Linux to play some basic sounds back. I’ll show you some tips! 1. First, connect and power on your USB midi keyboard. 2. Next, on Debian or Ubuntu, install these packages which will pull in all related depedencies. sudo apt-get install qjackctl
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What’s New in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS
Ubuntu Server 12.04 will be released on 26 April 2012. Ubuntu 12.04 is supported with security updates until 2017 which makes Ubuntu LTS an attractive choice for use as a server. At the time of this blog post, 12.04 is still in Alpha 1 so many changes are still occurring. However, I will give you
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Disable SSLv2 in Cyrus IMAP server
Cyrus often ships by default with SSLv2 enabled which can be considered a security vulnerability. Here’s how to disable SSLv2 in your Cyrus IMAP server! 1. Edit the file /etc/imapd.conf sudo nano /etc/imapd.conf Find the following line, and remove the SSLv2 indication where it may be found: Before: tls_cipher_list: TLSv1:SSLv3:SSLv2:!NULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!LOW:@STRENGTH After: (below is the Debian
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ufw Allow From Specific IP on Specific Port
ufw is the friendly command line firewall utility in Debian and Ubuntu. I’ll show you how to create a specific rule syntax for allowing traffic in from a specific ip on a specific port. Say for example you want to allow traffic from 192.168.1.215 on udp port 88. Here is the command: $ sudo ufw
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ClamAV On-Access Scanning For Samba Shares
Your Linux-based samba file server can automatically scan for Windows viruses with clamav and svs.I’ll show you some tips on getting this running with Debian 6! 1. Install clamav In Debian 6, install clamav-daemon which will also pull in the other required clamav packages. sudo apt-get install clamav-daemon The on-access samba anti-virus scanner svs is
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