If you are using subversion(svn), you may or may not know that it has a pluggable architecture that allows you to automate certain aspects of the workflow with hook scripts. These hook scripts are written in bash on Linux and batch files on Windows, today we will be focusing on bash. Below are some basic… Read More
If you are running Dell OpenManage on Ubuntu 12.04 as I previously detailed, then chances are you would also like to automate alerts via email. Since Dell OpenManage does not natively support e-mails we will need to turn to our trusty bash script in order to accomplish this task. The only requirement for my script… Read More
Like many, I have always been a fan of the old Linksys WRT54G/GS/GL routers. These routers have been and still are a work horse in many installations of mine. Originally I was a proponent of DD-WRT firmware and most of my production installs started with DD-WRT. Since that time I have become an even bigger… Read More
Alfresco helps teams share, manage and retain content across the extended enterprise with simplicity that end users love and smarts that IT can endorse. Alfresco enables organizations in more than 180 countries to collaborate more effectively, improve business process efficiency and ensure information governance. Across cloud, mobile, hybrid and on-premise environments, Alfresco is smart enterprise… Read More
Pure-FTPd is a free (BSD), secure, production-quality and standard-conformant FTP server. It doesn’t provide useless bells and whistles, but focuses on efficiency and ease of use. It provides simple answers to common needs, plus unique useful features for personal users as well as hosting providers. Pure-FTPd is actively supported, and it was always designed with… Read More
ProFTPD (short for Pro FTP daemon) is a FTP server. ProFTPD is Free and open-source software, compatible with Unix-like systems and Microsoft Windows (via Cygwin). Along with vsftpd and Pure-FTPd, ProFTPD is among the most popular FTP servers in Unix-like environments today. Compared to those, which focus e.g. on simplicity, speed or security, ProFTPD’s primary… Read More
In my home shop, a lot of testing gets done using Virtualbox. As part of that testing backups are commonly made of virtual machines that mirror production configurations. I typically use thin provisioning on my test rigs. On of the things i have noticed is in working with the virtual machines the backups get very… Read More
DSPAM is a scalable and open-source content-based spam filter designed for multi-user enterprise systems. On a properly configured system, many users experience results between 99.5% – 99.95%, or one error for every 200 to 2000 messages. DSPAM supports many different MTAs and can also be deployed as a stand-alone SMTP appliance. For developers, the DSPAM… Read More
To fix the problem, in “/etc/rsyslog.conf” create the following template line. $template sysklogd,”%TIMESTAMP% %syslogtag%%msg%” This is the same as the default template, but with the hostname removed (since sysklog will supply it). Then later in the file (it has to be later – templates have to be defined before you can use them) you just… Read More
Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses, that you can set up in less than 30 minutes. Zentyal Linux small business server can be configured as a Gateway, UTM, Infrastructure Manager, Office Server, Unified Communications Server or a combination of them. Zentyal offers small businesses a professional and secure IT solution,… Read More