Mac OSX and Linux – Quick and Dirty Web Server
KB ID 0001157 Problem I was clearing out some old emails yesterday, and saw one my colleague Steve had sent me. It was info on how to fire up a quick web server on your mac. It wasn’t until I took a look at it, I realised how handy it was. After some reading, I found that it was not only possible on a mac, but on other flavours of Linux as well, (as long as they support ‘python’ and have it loaded). WHAT USE IS...
GNS3 – Initial Setup, Adding Routers, Hosts, and ASA Firewalls
KB ID 0000927 NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS FOR THE OLD VERSION OF GNS3 GO HERE FOR THE NEW ONE Problem I dip into GNS3 every so often, (depending on what I’m working on). And each time I install it, I spend just as long remembering how to set it up, as I do using it! So, if for no other reason than I can use this page as a reference in future, here’s how to get it up and running. Solution Note: At time of writing he latest...
Webmin – Read User Mail Error ‘The mail server in the module configuration was not found on your system’
KB ID 0000885 Problem While setting up and configuring a new Postfix mail server, I attempted to use the Webmin ‘Read User Mail’ module, and got this error. Module Config Read User Mail The mail server set in the module configuration was not found on your system, You will need to adjust the configuration to use the correct server. Solution At first I thought I needed to enter a servername into the config. However it seems...
RSS Error – Your feed appears to be encoded as “UTF8”, but your server is reporting “US-ASCII”
KB ID 0000889 Problem I don’t validate and check the sites RSS feed as often as I should, but post server migration I got this error; This feed is valid, but interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations. Your feed appears to be encoded as “UTF8”, but your sever is reporting “US-ASCII” Solution As you can see by the section I’ve...
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...