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- Mandrake Linux's libDrakx makes it easy to build user interfaces
- Mandrake's libDrakx allows you to create GUI or text interfaces with relative ease, especially if you have some Perl under your belt. We'll work through creating a simple window, as well as a more complex list interface.As Linux has become more popular, distributors have tried to put a more friendly...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Stew Benedict, Mandriva Linux, Mandrake, libDrakx, Perl, configuration tool, Linux
- Technical articles 2002-10-17
- Capture MySQL data from the Web with Access
- Transferring data from one database system to another can be a major hassle. Follow these steps to easily get data from MySQL into Access.MySQL has emerged as a popular database within the Internet community for a number of reasons, including:· It's fast.· It's free.· It runs on Linux and a number of other...
- Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Access Database, Stew Benedict, Web, MySQL, Microsoft Access, database
- Technical articles 2002-10-14
- Configure IT Quick: Deploy and configure RAID 5 settings via command line
- Learn how to administer your RAID 5 hard drives without the help of WindowsSun Microsystems' Solstice DiskSuite is a powerful disk management metatool that can be used to configure RAID 5 disk striping with parity on Solaris servers.In this Daily Drill Down, I will show you how to configure software...
- Tags: Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., information technology, Stew Benedict, metadevice, RAID 5, RAID, disk, database
- Technical articles 2002-08-14
- Build complex GUI applications with Gtk2-Perl
- Gtk+ Gimp toolkit has been a fairly common library for building GUI elements in Linux, used by the Gimp and Gnome projects for their widget library. Gtk+ has now evolved to Gtk+2, which brings a more sophisticated look to the widget set. Using the Gtk2-Perl package, you can utilize this...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Stew Benedict, Gnome2-Perl module, Gtk2-Perl, Perl, Gtk+2, GUI
- Technical articles 2003-03-17
- Install DiskSuite and be on your way to simple disk administration
- RAID, disk partition, and file system management are some of the more difficult parts of a system administrator's job. Stewart Benedict shows you how to install an amazing tool to make these tasks simple.Simplification is the name of the game when it comes to disk administration. If you feel like...
- Tags: RAID, UNIX, Operating systems, Storage, Stew Benedict, simplification, DiskSuite 4.2.1, Sun Solaris, disk, Solstice DiskSuite, metadevice
- Technical articles 2002-07-03
- Ntop enables powerful network logging and analysis
- Ntop allows you to mimic the powerful tools used by UNIX administrators. Combine it with Perl or PHP, and you'll be able to get a good look at network activity.Ntop is an interesting application, available for both UNIX and Windows platforms. It displays network data in an interactive shell, intop,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Scripting languages, Development tools, Stew Benedict, analysis, network, Ntop, Unix
- Technical articles 2002-05-14
- Implement Solaris-Linux IPSec connectivity
- Few networks have uniform client types, so connecting disparate systems has become a key task. The rise of Linux has added yet another system to the mix. This article outlines one approach for connecting Linux and Solaris systems.As organizations move to a global infrastructure, with workers scattered all over the...
- Tags: VPNs, UNIX, Operating systems, Network security, Servers, Stew Benedict, Sun Solaris, IPSec, Sun Solaris 8, Linux
- Technical articles 2002-03-29
- Making sense of tcpdump with add-on enhancements
- Tcpdump is a useful tool for tracking down network performance issues, but the output can be difficult to decipher. Check out these add-on products to make the job easier.As a system architect, you may need a tool beyond a simple "ping" to help you analyze the traffic on your network...
- Tags: Stew Benedict, Tcpdump, wrapper
- Technical articles 2002-03-20
- TCP: UNIX system commands and access control
- TCP may have a high overhead, but that's offset by its reliability. UNIX offers numerous system commands to work with TCP. Find out how you can use some of these commands to see and control which TCP ports are available on your system.Transmission Control Protocol TCP and Internet Protocol IP...
- Tags: TCP/IP, NETWORKING, data stream, Stew Benedict, Unix system, access control, Unix, TCP
- Technical articles 2002-03-19
- Configure IT Quick: Build a virtual private network with FreeS/WAN
- See how to put together the various pieces of the puzzle to build a FreeS/WAN VPN server on Linux.FreeS/WAN is a Linux implementation of IPSec, the IP security protocol. IPSec implements encryption and authentication at the IP level, which allows encryption of any and all data transferred via IP, rather...
- Tags: VPNs, Network security, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Stew Benedict, IPSec protocol, VPN, information technology, IPSec, FreeS/WAN VPN server, encryption
- Technical articles 2001-11-27
- Build Your Skills: Features, testing, and performance tuning of Sendmail
- Read about a proven program that can do some pretty sophisticated mail processing.In the last Daily Drill Down, “Understanding sendmail from the ground up,” I covered where to get sendmail, as well as how to build it from source and set up a basic sendmail.cf using the sendmail .mc files...
- Tags: performance, Stew Benedict, domain, Sendmail Inc.
- Technical articles 2001-11-14
- TechRepublic Tutorial: Understanding sendmail
- Discover how sendmail works.Sendmail has been around almost as long as UNIX itself. The authors of the famed O'Reilly "bat" book compare it in complexity to the "Gordian knot" of ancient history. It's true; sendmail is a fairly complex program. A casual read of /etc/sendmail.cf by mere mortals can send...
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, Stew Benedict, oxcart, Gordian, Sendmail Inc.
- Technical articles 2001-10-31
- Lock IT Down: Getting started with Solaris: Security out of the box
- Learn how to perform some basic lock-down procedures on a Solaris system.Solaris 8.0 comes with a wealth of features, but before you take your brand-spanking-new install and connect it to the Internet, you may want to look at what is enabled and lock things down a bit.In this Daily Drill...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Stew Benedict, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Telnet, SSH, computer security, security
- Technical articles 2001-07-04
- Configuring Solaris as a dial-up server
- For enterprise-level IT departments, setting up a dial-up server is critical to business. Stew Benedict walks you through setting up a dial-up server with Solaris and then makes the connection with an array of operating systems.You have Solaris up and running and set up to your internal network. You have...
- Tags: Modems, Servers, Stew Benedict, modem, serial port, server, cable, Sun Solaris
- Technical articles 2001-01-30
- Configuring Solaris as a dial-up server
- For enterprise-level IT departments, setting up a dial-up server is critical to business. Stew Benedict walks you through setting up a dial-up server with Solaris and then makes the connection with an array of operating systems.You have Solaris up and running and set up to your internal network. You have...
- Tags: Modems, Servers, Operating systems, Stew Benedict, modem, serial port, server, cable, Sun Solaris
- Technical articles 2001-01-30
- Messages from make install
- The window managers and terminal applications that ship with Solaris are a bit hungry in the area of memory consumption—and a bit old-fashioned looking. In this Daily Drill Down, Stew Benedict shows you how to build and set up XFce.The window managers and terminal applications that ship with Solaris are...
- Tags: Construction, UNIX, Operating systems, Stew Benedict, XFce, window, window manager, Sun Solaris, desktop
- Technical articles 2000-12-28
- Messages from make install
- The window managers and terminal applications that ship with Solaris are a bit hungry in the area of memory consumption—and a bit old-fashioned looking. In this Daily Drill Down, Stew Benedict shows you how to build and set up XFce.The window managers and terminal applications that ship with Solaris are...
- Tags: Construction, UNIX, Operating systems, Stew Benedict, XFce, window, window manager, Sun Solaris, desktop
- Technical articles 2000-12-28
- Setting up Web-based groupware applications on Solaris
- You can put those spare Solaris CPU cycles to work with a Web-based groupware application. Here, Stew Benedict walks you through the running of Apache and guides you along until you have your groupware app up and running.Okay, now that you have your Solaris box set up on your home...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Scripting languages, Stew Benedict, Sun Solaris, PHP, MySQL, freeware
- Technical articles 2000-12-05
- Setting up Web-based groupware applications on Solaris
- You can put those spare Solaris CPU cycles to work with a Web-based groupware application. Here, Stew Benedict walks you through the running of Apache and guides you along until you have your groupware app up and running.Okay, now that you have your Solaris box set up on your home...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Scripting languages, Stew Benedict, Sun Solaris, PHP, freeware, MySQL
- Technical articles 2000-12-05
- Solaris on a budget: Getting started
- In much of the Internet infrastructure, Sun's Solaris reigns supreme. If you're looking to gain some Solaris experience, but think you can't afford it, read Stew Benedict's Daily Drill Down on getting started without spending big bucks.With the explosion of the Internet and the Linux OS, more people are developing...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Corporate communications, Servers, Processors, Stew Benedict, SCSI, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, processor
- Technical articles 2000-10-31
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