[HowtoForge] Newsletter 07/14/2011

HowtoForge Newsletter 07/14/2011
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*** Version 1.2 of the ISPConfig 3 Manual ***
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The next update of the ISPConfig 3 Manual is available in PDF format (version 1.2 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.3.3; Date: 05/04/2011).

Version 1.2 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.3.3 (Date: 05/04/2011)
Author: Falko Timme
308 pages

The manual can be downloaded from these two links:

http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/ispconfig-3-manual/
http://www.howtoforge.com/download-the-ispconfig-3-manual

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ISPConfig Monitor App for Android Phones
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With the ISPConfig Monitor App, you can check your server status and find out if all services are running as expected. You can check TCP and UDP ports and ping your servers. In addition to that you can use this app to request details from servers that have ISPConfig installed; these details include everything you know from the Monitor module in the ISPConfig Control Panel (e.g. services, mail and system logs, mail queue, CPU and memory info, disk usage, quota, OS details, RKHunter log, etc.).

Download/Usage
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For download and usage instructions, please visit http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/ispconfig-monitor-app-for-android/ .

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New HOWTOs:
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* How To Make An Ubuntu 11.04 Classic Desktop Resemble A Mac (With Elementary, Docky & Gloobus-Preview)
* Securing OpenVPN With A One Time Password (OTP) On Ubuntu
* Enabling Compiz Fusion On An OpenSUSE GNOME 11.4 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8100)
* Using Version Control For Your /etc Directory With etckeeper And Bazaar On Debian Squeeze
* CentOS 5.6 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
* Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.6

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How To Make An Ubuntu 11.04 Classic Desktop Resemble A Mac (With Elementary, Docky & Gloobus-Preview)
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This article shows how you can change the appearance of your Ubuntu 11.04 desktop (with the Ubuntu Classic interface, i.e., GNOME instead of Unity) so that it resembles a Mac. This can be achieved with the help of Elementary, Docky, and Gloobus-Preview. Elementary is a project that provides a popular icon set and GTK theme; Docky is an interactive dock (like the one you know from a Mac) that provides easy access to some of the files, folders, and applications on your computer, and more; and Gloobus-Preview is an extension for the Gnome Desktop Environment designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file or directory.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-make-an-ubuntu-11.04-classic-desktop-resemble-a-mac-with-elementary-docky-and-gloobus-preview

Securing OpenVPN With A One Time Password (OTP) On Ubuntu
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So, you got yourself a nice OpenVPN box. People need to login with their certificates but... if their laptop is stolen anyone could login. Sure, you could add password login but that's a bit outdated. The solution for this is using an OTP (one time password).

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/securing-openvpn-with-a-one-time-password-otp-on-ubuntu

Enabling Compiz Fusion On An OpenSUSE GNOME 11.4 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8100)
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This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an OpenSUSE 11.4 GNOME desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8100 here).. With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/enabling-compiz-fusion-on-an-opensuse-gnome-11.4-desktop-nvidia-geforce-8100

Using Version Control For Your /etc Directory With etckeeper And Bazaar On Debian Squeeze
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This tutorial explains how you can store the contents of your /etc directory in a version control system (VCS) with the help of etckeeper on Debian Squeeze. etckeeper hooks into Debian's package manager apt so that whenever you install/remove a package with apt, etckeeper will commit all changes to the /etc directory to your VCS; it also tracks file metadata such as permissions which is important for files such as /etc/shadow. Using etckeeper, you can go back to a previous version of /etc if an update has overwritten valuable configuration files. Not only will etckeeper track apt's changes to /etc, it will also do a daily auto-commit so that your manual changes go to VCS as well; in addition to that, you can do commits at any time manually.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/using-version-control-for-your-etc-directory-with-etckeeper-and-bazaar-on-debian-squeeze

CentOS 5.6 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
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This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on CentOS 5.6 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/centos-5.6-samba-standalone-server-with-tdbsam-backend

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.6
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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 a CentOS 5.6 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-centos-5.6

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