http://www.howtoforge.org/taxonomy/term/1/0 en http://www.howtoforge.com/themes/htf_glass/images/howtoforge_logo_glass_blue.gif http://www.howtoforge.org/taxonomy/term/1/0 http://www.howtoforge.org/changing-language-and-keyboard-layout-on-various-linux-distributions <p><b>Changing The Language &amp; Keyboard Layout On Various Distributions</b></p> <p>This document describes how to reconfigure the default language and the keyboard layout on various distributions so that they suit your location. I made this howto for our VMware images where the keyboard layout is always set to German and a few users have problems to configure the language and keyboard layout on these images.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/changing-language-and-keyboard-layout-on-various-linux-distributions" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Fri, 09 May 2008 15:42:02 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.org/changing-language-and-keyboard-layout-on-various-linux-distributions http://www.howtoforge.org/changing-language-and-keyboard-layout-on-various-linux-distributions#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/how-to-add-linux-system-users-from-a-text-file <p><b>How To Add Users To Linux OS From A Text file</b></p> <p>This tutorial is about a bash script to add, delete and verify the users either from a text file; it can also add, delete and modify the users manually. This script can be used to <b>add , delete </b> and <b>verify</b> the users to the Linux OS by <b>fetching</b> the user's information from any text file and this script can also add, delete or verify the users <b>manually</b>, I have put both of these functions in one script file. The text file can be specified by the <b>administrator.</b></p><a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/how-to-add-linux-system-users-from-a-text-file" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux PCLinuxOS Tue, 06 May 2008 14:57:10 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.org/how-to-add-linux-system-users-from-a-text-file http://www.howtoforge.org/how-to-add-linux-system-users-from-a-text-file#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/set-up-a-linux-playstation-3-media-server-with-ubuntu8.04 <p><b>Set Up A Linux Playstation 3 Media Server (Ubuntu Hardy Heron)</b></p> <p>The Sony Play station 3 is a DLNA compatible device, DLNA is a framework where home electronics can share digital media and content seamlessly. This tutorial will provide instructions on setting up your Ubuntu hardy computer to share your video, music and photos, allowing you to play them through your DLNA compatible devices. Although several other open source media servers exist, i chose to use Fuppes due to its built in support for transcoding.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/set-up-a-linux-playstation-3-media-server-with-ubuntu8.04" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Ubuntu Fri, 02 May 2008 16:50:00 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.org/set-up-a-linux-playstation-3-media-server-with-ubuntu8.04 http://www.howtoforge.org/set-up-a-linux-playstation-3-media-server-with-ubuntu8.04#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/the-perfect-desktop-gos-rocket-g-2.0-gnome <p><b>The Perfect Desktop - gOS Rocket G 2.0 (GNOME)</b></p> <p>This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS Rocket G 2.0 (GNOME) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. gOS is a lightweight Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 7.10, that comes with Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; gOS Rocket G 2.0 uses the GNOME desktop.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/the-perfect-desktop-gos-rocket-g-2.0-gnome" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Desktop Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:20:14 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.org/the-perfect-desktop-gos-rocket-g-2.0-gnome http://www.howtoforge.org/the-perfect-desktop-gos-rocket-g-2.0-gnome#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/dual-monitor-setup-on-ubuntu7.10 <p><b>Dual Monitor Setup On Ubuntu 7.10</b></p> <p>This is a Howto about getting 2 (or with small modifications more) monitors working on Ubuntu 7.10 as a single big screen. </p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/dual-monitor-setup-on-ubuntu7.10" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Ubuntu Desktop Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:37:39 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.org/dual-monitor-setup-on-ubuntu7.10 http://www.howtoforge.org/dual-monitor-setup-on-ubuntu7.10#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/setting-up-lvm-on-top-of-software-raid1-rhel-fedora <p><b>Setting Up LVM On Top Of Software RAID Subsystem - RHEL &amp; Fedora</b></p> <p>Here is a quick look how to build an LVM on top of RAID 1 array, so that we combine the power of these two. This kind of setup is extremely useful in situations where we want a file server to store large amounts of data which provides a centralized backup, storage space for downloadable files via ftp/http, and that may grow enormously in the coming years after the initial setup.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/setting-up-lvm-on-top-of-software-raid1-rhel-fedora" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Fedora Linux Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:03:47 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/setting-up-lvm-on-top-of-software-raid1-rhel-fedora http://www.howtoforge.org/setting-up-lvm-on-top-of-software-raid1-rhel-fedora#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/extract-values-from-top-and-plot-them <p><b>How To Extract Values From top And Plot Them</b></p> <p>Many researchers who are doing performance evaluation and benchmarking need to capture the values of the CPU and the RAM. Others might need to capture the throughput as well. In this short tutorial I will show how I capture the CPU and RAM values from “top” and then extract them in one line command.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/extract-values-from-top-and-plot-them" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Monitoring Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:39:12 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/extract-values-from-top-and-plot-them http://www.howtoforge.org/extract-values-from-top-and-plot-them#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-root-password-with-knoppix <p><b>How To Reset A Forgotten Root Password With Knoppix</b></p> <p>This guide explains how you can reset a forgotten root password with the help of the Knoppix Linux Live-CD. Afterwards you can log in to your system as root again.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-root-password-with-knoppix" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:34:55 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-root-password-with-knoppix http://www.howtoforge.org/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-root-password-with-knoppix#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/setting-up-a-php-mysql-powered-bittorrent-tracker-with-rivettracker <p><b>Setting Up A PHP + MySQL Powered BitTorrent Tracker With RivetTracker</b></p> <p>Efficient file distribution is an important process for many websites online. BitTorrent makes this easier by sharing the uploading and downloading among clients. This alleviates the bandwidth required by the content provider. This tutorial will show you how to install RivetTracker, a PHP and MySQL driven BitTorrent tracker. RivetTracker is a heavily modified version of PHPBTTracker, written by "DeHackEd". It aims to be easy to use and manage.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/setting-up-a-php-mysql-powered-bittorrent-tracker-with-rivettracker" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Apache PHP Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:43:46 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/setting-up-a-php-mysql-powered-bittorrent-tracker-with-rivettracker http://www.howtoforge.org/setting-up-a-php-mysql-powered-bittorrent-tracker-with-rivettracker#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/security-issues-and-poptop-pptp <p><b>Security Issues and Poptop</b></p> <p>PPTP does not have the best history in terms of security. The original Microsoft implementation for PPTP faired very poorly. MS-CHAPV2 solved these weaknesses - for wired networks. Unfortunately, back in 2004, Joshua Wright released a version of ASLEAP capable of brute-force attacking PPTP passwords in a wireless environment. As a systems administrator for the VPN, you can't tell if a user is connecting via some public WiFi service where someone might be running a tool like ASLEAP. Yet, the presense of PPTP client software on Windows machines makes using PPTP very tempting. The best answer to this problem is to utilize two-factor authentication. If a one-time passcode is brute-forced, it won't matter as it can't be used again.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/security-issues-and-poptop-pptp" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Security Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:44:41 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/security-issues-and-poptop-pptp http://www.howtoforge.org/security-issues-and-poptop-pptp#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/install-suphp-on-various-linux-distributions-for-use-with-ispconfig-2.2.20-and-above <p><b>How To Install suPHP On Various Linux Distributions For Use With ISPConfig (2.2.20 And Above)</b></p> <p>Starting with version 2.2.20, ISPConfig has improved support for suPHP. This article explains how to install suPHP on various distributions supported by ISPConfig. (If you have used suPHP with previous ISPConfig versions, your installation will still work.)</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/install-suphp-on-various-linux-distributions-for-use-with-ispconfig-2.2.20-and-above" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> CentOS Debian Fedora Linux Mandriva SuSE Ubuntu Apache Control Panels PHP Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:22:28 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/install-suphp-on-various-linux-distributions-for-use-with-ispconfig-2.2.20-and-above http://www.howtoforge.org/install-suphp-on-various-linux-distributions-for-use-with-ispconfig-2.2.20-and-above#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/apache2-mod_ruby-with-ispconfig-2.2.20-and-above <p><b>How To Install mod_ruby On Various Linux Distributions For Use With ISPConfig (2.2.20 And Above)</b></p> <p>Starting with version 2.2.20, ISPConfig has built-in support for Ruby. Instead of using CGI/FastCGI, ISPConfig depends on mod_ruby being available in the server's Apache. This article explains how to install mod_ruby on various distributions supported by ISPConfig.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/apache2-mod_ruby-with-ispconfig-2.2.20-and-above" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> CentOS Debian Fedora Linux Mandriva SuSE Ubuntu Apache Control Panels Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:30:35 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/apache2-mod_ruby-with-ispconfig-2.2.20-and-above http://www.howtoforge.org/apache2-mod_ruby-with-ispconfig-2.2.20-and-above#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/creating-the-sis191-gigabit-ethernet-driver-on-linux-2.6 <p><b>How To Create The Sis191 Gigabit Ethernet Driver On Linux 2.6</b></p> <p>This how-to is for those people wich have a sis191 gigabit ethernet integrated interface (on-board LAN), but cannot get sis191 default driver working. My <b>Acer Aspire SA90</b> is one good example.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/creating-the-sis191-gigabit-ethernet-driver-on-linux-2.6" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:59:32 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/creating-the-sis191-gigabit-ethernet-driver-on-linux-2.6 http://www.howtoforge.org/creating-the-sis191-gigabit-ethernet-driver-on-linux-2.6#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/access-linux-partitions-from-windows <p><b>Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions (ext2/ext3) From Windows On Dual-Boot Systems</b></p> <p>If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you are in Linux, but not the other way round. This tutorial shows three ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3 filesystem) from within Windows: Explore2fs, DiskInternals Linux Reader, and the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows. While the first two provide read-only access, the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows can be used for read and write operations.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/access-linux-partitions-from-windows" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Linux Other Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:10:21 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/access-linux-partitions-from-windows http://www.howtoforge.org/access-linux-partitions-from-windows#comment http://www.howtoforge.org/intrusion-detection-with-snort-mysql-apache2-on-ubuntu-7.10-updated <p><b>Intrusion Detection: Snort, Base, MySQL, and Apache2 On Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) (Updated)</b></p> <p>In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure Snort (an intrusion detection system (IDS)) from source, BASE (Basic Analysis and Security Engine), MySQL, and Apache2 on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). Snort will assist you in monitoring your network and alert you about possible threats. Snort will output its log files to a MySQL database which BASE will use to display a graphical interface in a web browser.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.org/intrusion-detection-with-snort-mysql-apache2-on-ubuntu-7.10-updated" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Debian Linux Ubuntu Monitoring Security Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:12:00 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.org/intrusion-detection-with-snort-mysql-apache2-on-ubuntu-7.10-updated http://www.howtoforge.org/intrusion-detection-with-snort-mysql-apache2-on-ubuntu-7.10-updated#comment