Gandalf! Monitor Your Machines with Hobbit

I came across with this article in Linux Magazine. It is very useful for monitoring Linux machines. Although I have not implemented this by now, I will be doing it sooner. I copied this article for my convenience. Here it goes….

Gandalf! Monitor Your Machines with Hobbit
Not quite a ring of power, but Hobbit can take [...]

Disabling mod_security in Fedora with SELinux

If mod_security is interfering too much with your web applications, you can disable it easily.
1. Create an .htaccess file in the directory of the script that is having trouble.
2. To disable mod_security completely, add the following line to the .haccess file.
SecFilterEngine Off
To disable HTTP POST scanning only, use the following instead:
SecFilterScanPOST Off
3. Save the file [...]

DNS Configuration – Fedora Core 8

NAMED.CONF
Example of /var/named/chroot/named/etc/named.conf file:
===================================================
options {
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1;192.168.0.3; };
listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
directory “/var/named”;
dump-file “/var/named/data/cache_dump.db”;
statistics-file “/var/named/data/named_stats.txt”;
memstatistics-file “/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt”;
allow-query { localhost; };
recursion yes;
};
logging {
channel default_debug {
file “data/named.run”;
severity dynamic;
};
};
zone “.” IN {
type hint;
file “named.ca”;
};
// zone “localhost” IN {
// [...]

Linux Tutorial – Fedora Core 8

HowtoForge is a very good source of information about open source.
Note Apache in Fedora Core 8 does not allow the use of source IP Address in accessing the hosted site if mod_security has been installed. Domain name must be properly configured.
Example:
http://localhost will display the homepage
http://127.0.0.1 [...]

Using Samba as PDC

Samba performs wonderfully as a file and print server. But did you know that it could be the master of a domain? Visit Linux Magazine.
Article by:
Andrew Bartlett
Friday, February 15th, 2002
You might think that Samba is useful because it allows Windows users to access files or printers on a Unix system. Indeed, Samba does this [...]