For future reference ...Had a few issues related to Horde sending mail. Although it appeared as though the mails were sent there was an issue with Horde using Sendmail.One proposed solution was to edit php.ini and amend the disable_functions line in... » More
Using PHP to query Active Directory resulted in a few problems e.g.Warning: ldap_search() : Search: Can't contact LDAP server in ... ldap_search(): Search: Operations errorWarning: ldap_search() : Search: Partial results and referral received The... » More
The default installation of Nagios is pretty ugly but can be tarted up with the Nuvola icons and some stylesheets from the following page:http://www.nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=Detailed%2F1723.html;d=1 Scroll down the page to the files section... » More
Good article here:http://www.xenocafe.com/tutorials/linux/redhat/change_hostname_without_reboot/index.php Short and to the point!
Used the instructions at the following link:http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-sync-amarok-with-ipod-classic-3rd-generation-ipod-nano/2008/03/10to get the new iPod Nano Video working. Shame Apple can't be more open!Now to work out how to get videos working... » More
A MySQL crash on Red Hat system resulted with:/etc/init.d/mysql statuscoming back with: mysql is not running but lock existsSolved by removing the lock file: rm /var/lock/subsys/mysql If this happens again it may also be necessary to remove the pid file... » More
This short article will demonstrate by example password-less ssh from a Solaris 8 box which will backup the contents of a linux box using rsync.In the example there are 2 users involved and 2 machines involved:User: bak2solaris Machine: mylinuxbox... » More
If desired the default scores for rules in spamassassin (located in /usr/share/spamassassin/50_scores.cf) can be changed by setting the scores either in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf or another .cf file in the directory. For example, my_scores.cf could... » More
I was considering installing tripwire on a CentOS 5.1 install but I happened upon an article about 'aide' which also notifies the system admin about changes to core files (and thus possible intrusions) Of course any genuine newly installed... » More
Sa-update replaces Rules-Du-Jour providing fresh spam rules to spamassassin in a similar way that freshclam provides viri updates to ClamAV.Presumably Spamassassin is installed but if it isn't: yum install spamassassin*This will install the main... » More
