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Andy's Debian HOWTOs

Andy — 2010-03-15T17:10:01+00:00

Welcome, I'm Andy and this is my Debian blog/wiki. Here's the collection of short original howto's I have published for Debian Linux. These are derived from notes I've taken during my professional life as a Linux systems admin. They are mostly server orientated, with a particular focus on virtual web, mail and database hosting.

Debian GNU Linux iHTML HOWTO

Andy — 2010-02-23T14:28:44+00:00

Installing iHTML First install UnixODBC as shown in the UnixODBC HOWTO. Next install some libraries iHTML uses: aptitude install libgd2 libpng3 libfreetype6 libjpeg62 Now we can download the iHTML installer from .

How to fix invalid MAC address on Nforce MCP network controller

2010-02-18T17:20:21+00:00

Recently I installed four systems with identical hardware and identical installations of Debian Etch. After installation was complete I found that while on three systems networking worked fine, on the fourth I could not bring up eth0, which gave the error:

Apache HOWTO

Andy — 2010-02-09T15:23:03+00:00

Install Apache and PHP: aptitude install apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php5 php5-curl php5-gd php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql phpmyadmin Edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: NameVirtualHost * Configure Apache to listen on the SSL port by editing /etc/apache2/ports.conf:

Texas Instruments T83-Plus Notes

Andy — 2010-01-29T00:43:20+00:00

Interesting Y-Functions to Graph A semi-circle, and the inverse semi-circle defined in terms of Y1: Y1=√(100-X2) and Y2=-Y1 A parabola and the inverse parabola: Y1=X2 and Y2=-X2 A sine wave and a cosine wave: Y1=8sin(X) and Y2=8cos(X) Y1=8tan(X)

How to fix a forgotten root password

Andy — 2010-01-29T00:43:00+00:00

First, don't panic! This is usually a simple matter so long as you have physical access to the console. Simply follow the steps below to boot the system bypassing login, and then set a new password: * Reboot the system. Make sure your physically present. * When the Grub menu comes up, press “e” to edit the menu selections. * Select the kernel you would usually boot and press “e” to edit the settings. * Add single init=/bin/bash” to the end of the existing line. This will set …

Andy's Debian Sarge Virtual Mail Server Howto: Part One

Andy — 2010-01-29T00:39:22+00:00

This HOWTO is now considered depreciated and is no longer supported. For up to date HOWTOs see my Debian Wiki index page.

Courier HOWTO

Andy — 2010-01-29T00:38:07+00:00

Install the courier packages: aptitude install courier-authdaemon courier-authlib courier-authlib-mysql courier-pop courier-pop-ssl courier-imap courier-imap-ssl Configure courier to use it's MySQL authentication mechanism: /etc/courier/authdaemonrc

Zdzislaw Beksinski

Andy — 2010-01-29T00:36:59+00:00

If anyone can locate large size, high quality prints of either of these two works by Zdzislaw Beksinski for sale please let me know: ---------- To the reader who contacted me with details, thanks!

How to encrypt a file-system with DM-CRYPT + LUKS

Andy — 2010-01-29T00:36:19+00:00

This short HOWTO shows how to create an encrypted data partition using DM-CRYPT on Debian Etch. In this example a Linux MD software RAID partition is encrypted and mounted at /home. See the MD HOWTO if you need to create your RAID array, or use the Debian Instaler.

Formatting Syntax

Andy — 2010-01-29T00:35:15+00:00

DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing the Edit this page button at the top or bottom of the page. If you want to try something, just use the playground page. The simpler markup is easily accessible via quickbuttons, too.