Archive for the ‘HowTo’ Category
In this how to we’re going to setup an FTP server on our CentOS machine. Now, before we begin, a word of warning. FTP is inherently insecure and may cause your server to become vulnerable to attack. Consider using FTP with SSL, or SFTP, FTP over SSH. Follow this tutorial at your own risk. Install […]
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Tags: CentOS, FTP, VPS
Here’s a quick and simple solution to getting a VirtualBox VM to start on boot in MS Windows. Create a new batch script with Notepad. Enter the following code, changing to include the name of your VM. Save and close your file. Now click and drag it from where you saved it, over the Start […]
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Tags: Batch, VirtualBox, Windows
HOWTO: Gnome CentOS VNC Server
This tutorial will outline how to install and configure a VNC Server on CentOS, similar to the Ubuntu VNC HowTo I did a while back. This is particularly useful on headless servers, where you or other users still want to interact with a GUI. Install the Packages To install the VNC Server, open a terminal, […]
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Tags: CentOS, HowTo, Linux, Server, VNC
This howto is selfish, in that it is for me only. It is so that I can remember how to set Compiz up in the way I like best. You may or may not find this of any use. I know I will 🙂 Virtual Desktops In “General Options”, change Desktop Size to 5 horizontal, […]
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Tags: Compiz, HowTo, Ubuntu
I, like many people, access my servers, and in fact, almost every other computer in my house, through SSH. I’ve previously set up the correct port forwarding to port 22, and installed and configured ddclient on my server, in order to be able to SSH into it from a dyndns.org web address. One thing I forgot […]
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Tags: Server, SSH
Just a quick note lest I need it again later. It’s possible to change the framebuffer (think of it as console resolution) in Debian and probably Ubuntu, by modifying GRUB’s default settings. In your favourite editor, open up /etc/grub.d/00_header Navigate down to line 126. You should see something like this, Add the following line ” set […]
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Tags: Debian, GRUB, Ubuntu
HOWTO: Tunnel Ports with OpenSSH
I’d intended on doing a HowTo on setting up a VPN server in Ubuntu, but I’ve yet to get it working, so for now, this will do 🙂 Now, to begin. Imagine you want to port a tunnel on server (the machine you can SSH into), to your laptop, say port 5901, a VNC port. […]
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Tags: HowTo, Server, SSH, Ubuntu
HOWTO: Apt-Cacher-NG on Ubuntu
I’ve been promising this HowTo for a while, so here it finally is 🙄 Apt-Cacher-NG is an apt proxy. It caches the packages you download locally each time you update your system. Why bother you might ask? Well, if you have multiple computers using the proxy, you save on bandwidth by not having to download […]
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Tags: Apt-Cacher-NG, postaweek2011, Server, Ubuntu
Linux Expresso 