Ubuntu: Setting Up a WordPress Website with LEMP – Part 1
Jun02

Ubuntu: Setting Up a WordPress Website with LEMP – Part 1

KB ID 0001318  Problem At the time of writing this site is running on CentOS7 LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL and PHP). Well I’m actually using MariaDB not MySQL as it’s ‘supposed’ to be a little faster, but they are similar enough to be accepted. I’m planning to migrate to Ubuntu 17 LEMP (Linux ‘EnginX’ MySQL and PHP) again with MariaDB. As the site is getting more traffic I want to utilise the...

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Cisco AnyConnect – With Google Authenticator 2 Factor Authentication
Nov10

Cisco AnyConnect – With Google Authenticator 2 Factor Authentication

KB ID 0001256  Problem This was asked as a question on Experts Exchange this week, and it got my interest. A quick search turned up a bunch of posts that said, yes this is possible, and you deploy it with FreeRADIUS and it works great. The problem was, a lot of the information is a little out of date, and some of it is ‘wrong enough’ to make the non-technical types give up. But I persevered, and got it to work. Disclaimer:...

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Ubuntu – Evolution Error   MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED
Nov17

Ubuntu – Evolution Error MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED

KB ID 0000375  Problem Seen when trying to connect the Evolution mail client to a Microsoft Exchange server (via evolution-mapi). As soon as you hit authenticate you will see the following error. Authentication failed. MapiLogonProvider:MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED Solution In my case it was a very quick fix, instead of using the DNS/Netbios name of the Exchange server put in the servers IP address. If all else fails, and you cannot rectify...

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Ubuntu – Joining / Logging into Windows Domains
Nov17

Ubuntu – Joining / Logging into Windows Domains

KB ID 0000384 Problem You have a Linux client machine, and you want to authenticate to, and log into a Windows domain. I don’t have too much history with Linux, but from what I’ve read this used to be a nightmare. Using Ubuntu (10.10) I did have a couple of hiccups, but I did get there in the end. Note: The domain controller is a Windows 2008 R2 Server. Solution Notes 1. The commands needed to install the...

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Ubuntu – Adding your domain user to the welcome screen
Nov17

Ubuntu – Adding your domain user to the welcome screen

KB ID 0000386 Dtd 31/01/11 <Problem I’m far to lazy to type my user name in every time I start up, I tried and searched for a solution to no avail, I asked on the ubuntu forums and user KryTarik pointed me at the document I needed. Solution 1. The settings are stored in /etc/gdm/custom.conf 2. We need to edit that file (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), and execute the following command. sudo nano...

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Ubuntu – Installing Java
Nov17

Ubuntu – Installing Java

KB ID 0000395  Problem Did you know you can install Java and Flash with the Ubuntu Restricted extras pack? click here Im not a big fan of Java, In the past I’ve either had the wrong version, or it’s made something run like a dog, but I need it for the Cisco management stuff I need to do. (Guess what the next article is going to be 🙂 Like Adobe Flash, there seems to be a lot of different info out on the web about how to do...

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