It seems to have been a long time since I’ve needed to setup remote logging. Our previous article Remote Logging for Mailgraph was based on Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, however since that time a few things have changed. So once again we will be setting up remote logging for mailgraph but now on Debian Server…. Read More
If you are running ProFTPD on Ubuntu 14.04, you may have noticed the server is being stopped weekly. Upon further investigation it turns out that the error seems to be happening when log rotation is taking place. If this is indeed the problem you are having then the log will reflect the following. The problem… Read More
In this article I will describe how to update the BIOS of your ALIX or PCEngines device using a serial console with XMODEM. For this process I will be using my favorite terminal emulator Tera Term. You will also need to grab the new BIOS here. Default serial console settings for your ALIX/PCEngines device (can… Read More
With Samba4 becoming more relevant everyday as a drop in replacement for AD, I am regularly fielding questions regarding password management. Below I will describe the basics of password management in Samba4 using the samba-tool. The following code shows the commands dealing with passwords and account expiration.
I recently had a customer in an absolute panic because their Exchange Server was stuck at the screen “Preparing to Configure Windows” and had been for several hours. This server is running Windows 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010, my fist step was turning to my trusty old friend “Google“. A brief search led me to… Read More
Hyperbox is an open-source Java client-server software that manages your virtualized infrastructure across your different hypervisors. It aims to provide a free alternative to commercial products like VMware vCenter/ESXi and Citrix XenCenter/XenServer. It is primarily used with Virtualbox, its favorite hypervisor backend, but is designed with a modular architecture in mind and could use any… Read More
Below is a complete list of all VMware ESXi Server 5.5 Releases and Build Numbers. Build numbers prior to version 5.5 will no longer be tracked in this post. ESXi 5.5 Releases Name Version Released Build ESXi 5.5 Update 3 ESXi 5.5 Update 3 2015-09-16 3029944 ESXi550-201505002 ESXi 5.5 Patch 5 2015-05-08 2718055 ESXi550-201504001 ESXi… Read More
Roundcube webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality youd expect from an email client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking. It is easy to install/configure and runs on a standard LAMP server. The skins use the latest web standards to… Read More
AfterLogic WebMail Lite is a fast and easy-to-use webmail front-end for your existing IMAP mail server, Plesk or cPanel. It’s minimalist interface is combined with a rich feature set, no tradeoffs here. Built on the latest HTML5 and CSS3 technology. Install it on your web servers for personal or commercial use, redistribute, integrate with other software,… Read More
Google Chrome for Windows has long been plagued by font rendering problems. From fonts that appear slightly “off” compared to other platforms, to flat out rendering errors, text simply doesn’t look that good in Chrome. Fortunately, a new feature of the browser (version 35+) has finally brought support for DirectWrite. DirectWrite is Microsoft’s text rendering API… Read More