[HowtoForge] Newsletter 08/13/2009

HowtoForge Newsletter 08/13/2009
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New HOWTOs:
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* The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.1 Gadgets
* Ubuntu 9.04 Samba Server Integrated With Active Directory
* Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04
* Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Debian Lenny
* VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 2 On A Headless Debian Lenny Server
* Vim Basics
* Configuring fail2ban With SquirrelMail On CentOS 5.3/ISPConfig 3
* Using Built-in Policy Importer In Firewall Builder

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The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.1 Gadgets
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This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 3.1 Gadgets desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. gOS is a lightweight Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 8.04, that comes with Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; gOS 3.1 Gadgets uses the GNOME desktop.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-gos-3.1-gadgets

Ubuntu 9.04 Samba Server Integrated With Active Directory
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This howto describes how an Ubuntu 9.04 Samba server is integrated with Active Directory, and how to use Winbind; the Linux server sees the domain users and groups transparently. I assume that your Ubuntu server is installed and ready to be configured with Samba.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-9.04-samba-server-integrated-with-active-directory

Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04
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Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy to configure Web Server. It supports the widespread technologies nowadays: FastCGI, SCGI, PHP, CGI, TLS and SSL encrypted connections, virtual hosts, authentication, on the fly encoding, load balancing, Apache compatible log files, and much more. This tutorial shows how you can install Cherokee on an Ubuntu 9.04 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-cherokee-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-9.04

Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Debian Lenny
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This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-hosting-with-pureftpd-mysql-on-debian-lenny

VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 2 On A Headless Debian Lenny Server
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This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun xVM VirtualBox 2 on a headless Debian Lenny server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/vboxheadless-running-virtual-machines-with-virtualbox-2-on-a-headless-debian-lenny-server

Vim Basics
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This tutorial is going to speak about vim basic use. Vim is a powerful text editor used in CLI (command line interface). Because linux uses a lot of configuration files, you'll often need to edit them and vim is a great tool to do so.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/vim-basics

Configuring fail2ban With SquirrelMail On CentOS 5.3/ISPConfig 3
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This tutorial shows how you can prevent unlimited login attempts and hence brute force attacks against your SquirrelMail web login by using fail2ban.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/configuring-fail2ban-with-squirrelmail-on-centos-5.3-ispconfig-3

Using Built-in Policy Importer In Firewall Builder
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This article continues the series of articles on Fireall Builder, a graphical firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). This article demonstrates how you can import existing iptables or Cisco router configuration into Firewall Builder.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/using-built-in-policy-importer-in-firewall-builder

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