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- Using chkconfig to control initscripts
- Dealing with Linux initscripts is a world unto itself for most users. Without the knowledge of an absolute time-saver like chkconfig, you might find yourself hacking away at scripts all night. Vincent Danen shows you around this amazing tool.This month, instead of looking at an actual script, we'll look instead...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Vincent Danen, initscript, symbolic link
- Technical articles 2001-05-23
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- Tech Tip: Become familiar with runlevels
- Linux systems typically use seven different runlevels, which define what services should be running on the system. The init process uses these runlevels to start and stop the computer. Runlevel 0 signifies that the computer has ...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Linux Tips Newsletter, Service, Linux, Productivity, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- Updating pre-login security warning
- A system I have inherited sends a message to users to warn that use of the system is for Official Business only... and warning of penalties for unauthorized use.. This message is sent to the users before they are prompted for their username.. and before the /etc/issue file is...
- Tags: linux, Old-VMS-Dog, security
- Q&A 2006-09-18
- Use OpenNTPD for time synchronization
- Traditionally, the time synchronization application used on Linux systems has been ntpd network time protocol daemon. However, for quite some time now, the developers behind OpenSSH have created a secure, lean, and easy to configure NTP daemon called OpenNTPD. Many Linux distributions provide OpenNTPD, but few use it as the...
- Tags: NTP, OpenNTPD, Servers, Hardware, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Tech Tip: Run services in Linux using daemontools
- Learn how to run services in Linux using the daemontools package to ensure high availability. The typical method for running services or daemons on a Linux system is to use initscripts--essentially, glorified shell scripts that start and stop services. While this approach works for the most...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Linux Tips Newsletter, Service, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2004-08-12
- Monitor network traffic with ntop
- Like the command-line tool with a similar name, ntop is a monitoring agent. Instead of monitoring system resource usage like top, ntop monitors network usage and provides some very sophisticated and informative data.Ntop, available at http://www.ntop.org/, can be downloaded and compiled from source or installed via your Linux vendor's package...
- Tags: ntop, network monitoring, Linux, General, Command Line
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Configure Snort to log packets to MySQL
- Last week, we looked at setting up Snort, a Network Intrusion Detection System. Now we will look at configuring Snort to log packets to a remote MySQL server where a graphical Web interface can be used to view captured packets and statistics. To begin with, on the...
- Tags: Snort, MySQL, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Use thttpd as your Web server when Apache is overkill
- When you need a Web server with fewer bells and whistles than Apache, thttpd may fit the bill. Vincent Danen gives you some tips on installation and features. While the Apache Web server may power 70 percent of the world's Web sites, it may not necessarily be the...
- Tags: Apache Software Foundation, Vincent Danen, Web servers, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Web server, server, thttpd, Linux Tips Newsletter, Web, TechRepublic Inc., Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
- Technical articles 2006-06-12
- Execute local Nagios checks on remote systems
- I've covered the system monitoring tool Nagios in a previous tip, focusing on using it to monitor remote systems and explaining some of its basic configurations. But, in addition to monitoring remote services and local statistics, it can monitor local statistics on remote servers with a little bit of work...
- Tags: Linux, General, Nagios, network monitoring
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Using the Courier-IMAP server
- If you are in need of a Linux IMAP server, never fear! Courier-IMAP server is a simple to use, stable, and scalable mail server. Come on in and let Vincent Danen show you how Linux and IMAP can work together.If you need to migrate to an IMAP mail setup and...
- Tags: Servers, Vincent Danen, IMAP, server, Post Office Protocol 3, QMail, Installing Courier-IMAP, e-mail
- Technical articles 2001-09-12
- /etc/rc.d/init.d/krb5server initscript
- So how do you secure your network and each workstation or server with one tool? The answer is simple: Kerberos. Kerberos is a program that authenticates workstations against a server, and Vincent Danen will explain it all to you.So how do you secure your network and each workstation or server...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vincent Danen, Kerberos, TGT, server, tool, password
- Technical articles 2000-12-19
- Evaluating BRU Professional backup
- Do you need a backup utility that runs with the power and stability of Linux? Do you need a tool that is capable of enterprise-level backups? Enhanced Software Technologies' BRU Professional could be just what you need--and more.New owners of BRUSince the publication of this article, BRU has changed hands...
- Tags: Backups, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Vincent Danen, backup, BRU Professional, Introducing BRU-Pro, Linux
- Technical articles 2001-08-08
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