[HowtoForge] Newsletter 02/25/2010

HowtoForge Newsletter 02/25/2010
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New HOWTOs:
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* Network Analysis With Wireshark On Ubuntu 9.10
* Creating MySQL Backups With AutoMySQLBackup On Ubuntu 9.10
* VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.1.x On A Headless Debian Lenny Server
* Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Fedora 12
* Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 9.10
* Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.2
* Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd On FreeBSD
* How To Enforce YouTube Safety Mode To Block Objectionable Content With SafeSquid Content Filtering Proxy

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Network Analysis With Wireshark On Ubuntu 9.10
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Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer (or "packet sniffer") that can be used for network analysis, troubleshooting, software development, education, etc. This guide shows how to install and use it on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop to analyze the traffic on the local network card.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/network-analysis-with-wireshark-on-ubuntu-9.10

Creating MySQL Backups With AutoMySQLBackup On Ubuntu 9.10
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AutoMySQLBackup is a shell script that lets you take daily, weekly and monthly backups of your MySQL databases using mysqldump. It can back up multiple databases, compress the backups, back up remote databases, and email the logs. This tutorial explains how to install and use it on an Ubuntu 9.10 server.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-mysql-backups-with-automysqlbackup-on-ubuntu-9.10

VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.1.x On A Headless Debian Lenny Server
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This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.1.x 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-3.1.x-on-a-headless-debian-lenny-server

Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Fedora 12
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This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Fedora 12. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86_64 servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-an-nfs-like-standalone-storage-server-with-glusterfs-on-fedora-12

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 9.10
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This document describes how to install a Proftpd 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 with this setup.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-hosting-with-proftpd-and-mysql-ubuntu-9.10

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.2
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Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11.2 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-lighttpd-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-opensuse-11.2

Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd On FreeBSD
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iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. Since version 0.6, it supports FreeBSD 7.2 and 8.0 (both i386 and x86_64). iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual domains and users. The OpenLDAP backend of iRedMail allows you to integrate all kinds of applications. This guide shows you how to integrate pure-ftpd into the iRedMail ldap backend on FreeBSD 7.2, passwords will be stored in ldap and you can change the password through webmail.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-mail-and-ftp-hosting-with-iredmail-and-pure-ftpd-on-freebsd

How To Enforce YouTube Safety Mode To Block Objectionable Content With SafeSquid Content Filtering Proxy
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Google recently announced 'Safety Mode' for YouTube. When you opt in to Safety Mode, videos containing mature content, objectionable material, or age restrictions will be filtered out of the site's search results. If a user inputs a direct link to a mature video, Safety Mode blocks viewing. You also have the option of 'locking' Safety Mode. When you see the 'Safety Mode' option at the bottom of any YouTube video page, you can choose to opt in to the service and lock that preference with your YouTube account password (you have to be logged in). That setting will be locked until the password is input to change it. It can not be unlocked by any other YouTube account.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-enforce-youtube-safety-mode-to-block-objectionable-content-with-safesquid-content-filtering-proxy

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