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avantfax on debian

February 15, 2009
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fax.cipar.net (192.168.1.10) The hylafax server receives and sends faxes and is accessible via Avantfax on http://192.168.1.10 THE AVANTFAX PART OF THIS THIS PAGE IS OUTDATEd by the avantfax debian.sh script which does basically all the avantfax install below but i keep this page for reference and posterity installation newvserver --vsroot /VSERVERS --hostname fax --domain...

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customise the ubuntu installer

February 15, 2009
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The Plan. to remaster the Hardy Heron netboot mini.iso so it will do the following. install everything i want without asking any questions. install the packages i want including some custom made. authenticate users against LDAP. mount the /home directories on the server. The Problem. horrible lack of documentation available, it is either outdated,...

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backup files with rsnapshot

February 15, 2009
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backup.cipar.net (192.168.1.13) The domU that will act as the back up server will be the only one placed on the 2 terabyte disks in the RAID1 setup. Besides keeping a week of daily back ups of the data with rsnapshot from file.cipar.net and mail.cipar.net of this office and 1 of the remote offices we...

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apt-cacher

February 15, 2009
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apt.cipar.net (192.168.1.12) A local apt cache for the desktop and server installations and security updates, combine the debian, ubuntu, the medibuntu and a custom repo. installation newvserver --vsroot /VSERVERS --hostname apt --domain cipar.net --ip 192.168.1.12/24 --dist etch --mirror http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ --interface dummy0 # nano /etc/shorewall/rules Add the following line HTTP/ACCEPT dmz:192.168.1.12 net DNS/ACCEPT dmz:192.168.1.12 net...

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setup RAID 10

February 14, 2009
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host.cipar.net (192.168.1.1) The base for this setup is Debian Etch dom0, we will use the 64 bits edition to make use of the little extra speed advantage. We only need a minimal install to start with. Debian install media The most used method for a Linux installation is using the cd method, but just...

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replacing disfuctioning Marvel ethernet controller

February 14, 2009
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There were problems in the past with the sky2 driver and it still seems to act up once in a while. to replace it and to have sure the new card is detected as eth0 i did the following afterwards since it was running fine the first two weeks or so. i disabled the...

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make a debian installation usb

February 14, 2009
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make a debian installation usb To download the installer we do as follows $ wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz and we will also need the same iso file as when making an installation cd $ wget http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-40r2-amd64-netinst.iso The exact mountpoint of the usb can be found with $ fdisk -l Assuming your usb is mounted as /dev/sda...

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