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Replacing a failing disk
S.M.A.R.T. giving warnings
http://manpages.songshu.org/manpages/lenny/en/man8/smartctl.8.html
lately I've been receiving S.M.A.R.T. warnings by mail about one of the disks in a RAID10 array,
the mails came in pairs like below.
SMART error (CurrentPendingSector) detected on host: host
This email was generated by the smartd daemon running on:
host name: host
DNS domain: cipar.net
NIS domain: (none)
The following warning/error [...]
avantfax_install_script
Debian Avantfax install script improvement WORK IN PROGRESS!!!!!
Avantfax works really well on Debian but it is not officially supported by Avantfax so the install script is lacking, i would like to improve that and any feedback would be appreciated.
The first time i installed Avantfax on Debian Etch there was only an install script for Red [...]
hylafax lenny vserver
HylaFAX
http://manpages.songshu.org/manpages/lenny/en/man5/hylafax-server.5.html
Hylafax runs very well in a Vserver, all that needs to be done extra compared to a “normal” install is to copy the /dev/ttyS0 so Hylafx can reach it from within the Vserver.
It is absolutely not needed to have Hylafax run in a Vserver but since this is a “low profile” setup for about a [...]
Getting High with Lenny
Getting High with Lenny
The aim here is to set up some high available services on Debian Lenny (at this moment still due to be released)
Most of the documentation available for such a setup i found on the net are based on Xen but i prefer to use Vserver for the “virtualisation” because of its configurability, [...]
a webcache for the local network
proxy.cipar.net (192.168.1.14)
http://manpages.songshu.org/manpages/lenny/en/man8/squid.8.html
a webcache for the local network
http://blog.last.fm/2007/08/30/squid-optimization-guide not really sure in how far this optimalisations are optimal for this particulair setting, but it works with or without. and at least for a small office environment i can see no noticable difference with the naked eye.
Installation
newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname proxy –domain cipar.net –ip 192.168.1.14/24 –dist etch [...]
bind9 in a Vserver
ns0.cipar.net (192.168.1.17)
This will be the resolving nameserver available to the local network, and the authoritive for the domains.
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/355
Installation
newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname ns0 –domain cipar.net –ip 192.168.1.17/24 –dist etch –mirror http://192.168.1.12:3142/debian.apt-get.eu/debian –interface dummy0
Your current time zone is set to Unknown
Do you want to change that? [n]:
Enter for default
Enable shadow passwords?
<Yes>
enter the root password
Create a [...]
setup a debian apt-mirror
mirror.cipar.net (192.168.1.18)
http://manpages.songshu.org/manpages/lenny/en/man1/apt-mirror.1.html
a local mirror for debian and ubuntu
Installation
newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname mirror –domain cipar.net –ip 192.168.1.18/24 –dist etch –mirror http://192.168.1.12:3142/debian.apt-get.eu/debian –interface dummy0
Your current time zone is set to Unknown
Do you want to change that? [n]:
Enter for default
Enable shadow passwords?
<Yes>
enter the root password
Create a normal user account now?
<No>
Choose software to install:
<Ok>
nano /etc/vservers/mirror/apps/init/mark
default
vserver mirror [...]
zimbra in a linux Vserver
mailro.songshu.org (192.168.1.86)
Installation
newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname mailro –domain songshu.org –ip 192.168.1.86/24 –dist etch –arch i386 –mirror http://192.168.1.12:3142/debian.apt-get.eu/debian –interface dummy0
Your current time zone is set to Unknown
Do you want to change that? [n]:
Enter for default
Enable shadow passwords?
<Yes>
enter the root password
Create a normal user account now?
<No>
Choose software to install:
<Ok>
Change the size of /tmp from 16m [...]
sync zimbra contacts with funambol
Funambol
Lets try to hook up funambol.cipar.net with the zimbra installation at mailro.songshu.org so that we can sync the calendars and contact lists with e-mail clients like thunderbird and mobile devices blackberrys and such.
Installation
you can get it to run on 64bit i guess but you will have to change some paths for java, well not really [...]
avantfax on debian
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 cipar.net –ip 192.168.1.10/24 –dist etch [...]
