[HowtoForge] Newsletter 12/08/2011

HowtoForge Newsletter 12/08/2011
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*** Version 1.3 of the ISPConfig 3 Manual ***
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The next update of the ISPConfig 3 Manual is available in PDF format (version 1.3 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.4; Date: 10/25/2011).

Version 1.3 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.4 (Date: 10/25/2011)
Author: Falko Timme
333 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.).

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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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* Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD
* Install GNOME 3 (With Mint GNOME Shell Extensions) Or Mate On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
* Enabling Compiz On Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
* Mounting Remote Directories With SSHFS On Ubuntu 11.10
* Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Squeeze (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL)
* Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.7 (LAMP)
* Simple Bash Script To Work As A Daemon

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Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD
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This article is about how to create a DVD image of the Ubuntu distribution on your machine with the exact same software included on the disk. This can be done using a software called Remastersys. Remastersys allows you to either create iso-backups of your whole system, including the home folder, or just backups of the installed software, leaving the home folder aside.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-your-own-distributable-ubuntu-dvd

Install GNOME 3 (With Mint GNOME Shell Extensions) Or Mate On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
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This tutorial shows you how you can install the GNOME 3 desktop on Ubuntu 11.10 with the shell extensions that are used in the Linux Mint 12 release (Lisa) (these shell extensions are called Mint GNOME Shell Extensions - mgse). These shell extensions give GNOME 3 the look and feel of GNOME 2. For those who prefer GNOME 2 this tutorial shows how to install Mate from the Linux Mint repositories on Ubuntu 11.10. Mate is a GNOME 2 fork.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/install-gnome-3-with-mint-gnome-shell-extensions-or-mate-on-ubuntu-11.10-oneiric-ocelot

Enabling Compiz On Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
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This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz on a Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). Xubuntu uses the Xfce desktop environment which is a fast and stable alternative for those that are not happy with Unity or Gnome 3. With Compiz 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-on-xubuntu-11.10-oneiric-ocelot

Mounting Remote Directories With SSHFS On Ubuntu 11.10
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This tutorial explains how you can mount a directory from a remote server on the local server securely using SSHFS. SSHFS (Secure SHell FileSystem) is a filesystem that serves files/directories securely over SSH, and local users can use them just as if the were local files/directories. On the local computer, the remote share is mounted via FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace). I will use Ubuntu 11.10 for both the local and the remote server.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/mounting-remote-directories-with-sshfs-on-ubuntu-11.10

Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Squeeze (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL)
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This guide explains how to install Maia Mailguard, a spam and virus management system, on a Debian Squeeze mailserver. Maia Mailguard is a web-based interface and management system based on the popular amavisd-new email scanner and SpamAssassin. Written in Perl and PHP, Maia Mailguard gives end-users control over how their mail is processed by virus scanners and spam filters, while giving mail administrators the power to configure site-wide defaults and limits.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-maia-mailguard-on-debian-squeeze-virtual-users-domains-with-postfix-mysql-p1

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.7 (LAMP)
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LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a CentOS 5.7 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-centos-5.7-lamp

Simple Bash Script To Work As A Daemon
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If you need some snippets or codes to run for ever, but not more that one instance, you need to rapidly check the code, or script and if it has died! It's the time to run it again. To be sure of this function, just add the following lock handler at the top of your script.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/simple-bash-script-to-work-as-a-daemon

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