PamFax offer a service for sending documents and scans to fax numbers worldwide. Paymeny by PayPal which is handy. Linux installers in Deb, Rpm and tarball.
This is my summary of Yum repositories for future reference. Yum (and apt on Debian systems) is an easy way to install software on Red Hat/CentOS systems and to keep those systems up-to-date. There are a variety of repositories with different software... » More
We use ClamAV mainly for scanning incoming email for malware and phishing scams. ClamAV comes with a default database usually stored in /var/clamav or /var/lib/clamav . To get up-to-date malware definitions the following sources can be... » More
I was thinking of trying to export/convert the Exchange Global Address List GAL so that I could then import this into other email client address books such as Evolution or Thunderbird. While it would be possible to do this with any language and running... » More
Taking an IP address down on one host:/sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 downTaking the IP address up on another host:/sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 111.222.111.222 netmask 255.255.225.0 upUse arping to update the ARP tables:/sbin/arping -S 111.222.111.222 -BSo the switch... » More
So I want to be able to test web access from outside our network. On my private server I have Squid running on port 3128 so:ssh -L 3128:localhost:3128 jonny@myprivateserver.comThen I can configure Firefox (with FoxyProxy) to use localhost port 3128 as a... » More
To manually block an IP address accessing ProFTPd you can use the following in the ProFTPd config file:<Limit LOGIN>Order deny,allowDeny from 111.222.111.222Allow from all</Limit></Global>Of course it would be better to use IPtables... » More
On Ubuntu install binchunker with:sudo apt-get install bchunkThen create the iso at the command-line with the following:bchunk myfile.bin myfile.cue newfile.isoMore info here
A roundup of my top top utilities for troubleshooting problems on servers.htopIn terms of alternatives to the traditional top command htop is pretty good (being better than the older atop too). Maybe it is just the colours but it is also useful to get a... » More
Smbclient operates like a command-line ftp client which allows sending commands to the samba server. The following syntax worked for me:/usr/bin/smbclient '//anotherserver/myshare' -D 'mydirectory/' -c 'mkdir "testlog5"' -U 'myusername%mypass'I got a bit... » More
