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Category Archives: Linux
Finding Spamming IPs on Exim Mail Server
One of those days. Continue reading
Install and Configure Samba Server on Debian
We’ll install and configure Samba v3 server on Debian. Share access will be provided to Local Area Network (LAN) only. Connections from Windows and Linux clients will be covered. Continue reading
Install and Configure Squid3 Caching Proxy on Debian
Setting up a Squid caching proxy on a low-end 1GB RAM dual-core Debian Wheezy server. Continue reading
GRUB2 Rescue Mode “error: unknown filesystem”
I’ve recently added a second disk to my server, created a single partition /dev/sdb1 and put a ReiserFS filesystem on it. After system reboot I was presented with the grub rescue shell. Continue reading
Nginx Reverse Proxy for Apache2 (LAMP) with TLS/SSL on Debian
Install and configure Nginx to act as a reverse proxy for Apache over a TLS connection. Nginx, Apache and PHP configurations are covered. Continue reading
Configure Iptables Firewall on a Debian PC
Set up iptables firewall rules for inbound and outbound IPv4 traffic on a Debian PC (no routing). Continue reading
Rebuild initrd Image (Linux)
Sometimes kernel fails to boot due to improperly created initrd image, i.e. trying to mount /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 to /sysroot when using root volume on LVM.
Three lines of nash code can sometimes save you hours of Dexter. Continue reading
Pepper Flash Player for Chromium v35 on Debian Linux
NPAPI support was dropped from Google Chrome/Chromium v35 for Linux meaning that Java, Adobe Flash and any other NPAPI plugins don’t work in Linux version of Google Chrome v35. Continue reading
Upgrade from Mediawiki v1.21 to Mediawiki v1.23.0 on Debian
Mediawiki 1.23.0 is the first stable release of the new MediaWiki 1.23 release series. This is a Long Term Support release (LTS) and will be supported until May 2017. Continue reading