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Setting up a FTP Server on debian

Duffy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:26:21 +0000

Install vsftpd
```
apt-get install vsftpd
```
Edit the file /etc/vsftpd.conf and make the following changes:
1. Change Yes to No in the following line
```
Anonymous_enable = YES
```
2. Uncomment the following lines by removing the #
```
#local_enable = YES
#write_enable = YES
#local_umask = 022
#chroot_local_user = YES
```
Finally restart the vsftpd
```
/etc/init.d/vsftpd
```
You and any of your users should now be able to FTP the server

How to setup a LDAP Server

Duffy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:50:29 +0000

Installation

We need to install the ldap packages

apt-get install slapd ldap-utils migrationtools

Answer the questions and then use dpkg to reconfigure slapd for more options

dpkg-reconfigure slapd

Omit OpenLDAP server configuration? ... No
DNS domain name: ... home.local
Name of your organization: ... home
Admin Password: some-really-strong-password
Confirm Password: some-really-strong-password
OK
BDB
Do you want your database to be removed when slapd is purged? ... No
Move old database? ... Yes
Allow LDAPv2 Protocol? ... No

Check that the ldap server is now running
```
ldapsearch -x -b dc=home,dc=local
```
If you get this error
```
ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)
```
Its likely the daemon isn't running so start it
```
/etc/init.d/slapd start
```

Populating the Database

We can use migration tools to export all of our users and groups into the LDAP db switch into the migrations tools directory

cd /usr/share/migrationtools/

Edit the migrations tools config file

nano migrate_common.ph

and replace the following

DEFAULT_MAIL_DOMAIN = "home.local";
DEFAULT_BASE = "dc=home,dc=local";

Export the users and groups

./migrate_group.pl /etc/group /tmp/group.ldif
./migrate_passwd.pl /etc/passwd /tmp/passwd.ldif

Migrate tools doesn't create the group and people nodes therefore we need to create them open /tmp/nodes.ldif

nano /tmp/nodes.ldif

and paste in the following

dn: ou=People, dc=home, dc=local
ou: People
objectclass: organizationalUnit

dn: ou=Group, dc=home, dc=local
ou: Group
objectclass: organizationalUnit

Finally we need to import the entries into our LDAP database

ldapadd -x -W -D "cn=admin,dc=home,dc=local" -f /tmp/nodes.ldif
ldapadd -x -W -D "cn=admin,dc=home,dc=local" -f /tmp/group.ldif
ldapadd -x -W -D "cn=admin,dc=home,dc=local" -f /tmp/passwd.ldif

That is your LDAP server setup In this tutorial it will show you how to configure your LDAP Clients

Installing Vmware Server on Arch Linux

Duffy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:16:46 +0000

In this tutorial we will be showing you how to install vmware server 2.0.1 on arch linux using kernel 2.6.30
before we begin you will need the tar.gz version of vmware server it can be freely downloaded from here

We need to create some folders to store the vmware scripts so run the following as root
```
mkdir -p /etc/rc.d/vmware.d/rc{0,1,2,3,4,5,6}.d
```
We then need to make a symlink for lsmod
```
ln -s /bin/lsmod /sbin/
```

We need to install some dependiencies

pacman -S libxtst libxt libxrender xinet

Move your vmware server tarball file into /tmp and extract it
```
tar xzf VMware-server-2.0.1*.tar.gz
```

Run vmware-install.pl

cd /tmp/vmware-server-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

When it asks where the directories for rc0.d thru rc6.d are, use /etc/rc.d/vmware.d
When it asks where the init directory is, use /etc/rc.d
Select no when it asks you do you want to run vmware-config.pl

Now we need to download a patch so that it will run on kernel 2.6.30

For 64bit users

cd /tmp
wget tuts4tech.net/files/vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
wget tuts4tech.net/files/vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30-fix.patch

We now need to run vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
```
sh vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
```

For 32bit users

cd /tmp
wget tuts4tech.net/files/vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
wget tuts4tech.net/files/vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.30-fix.patch

We now need to run vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
[test]sh vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh[/test]

Most of the default options should be ok for you when its finished you'll be able to access the web management console at http://your-servers-ip:8222

Lighttpd On Windows

Duffy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:12:43 +0000

Setting Up Lighttpd

Download the lighttpd setup file from here. I chose the Setup Wizard (.exe) version.
Double-click on the downloaded executable to start the installation.
When the installation is done go to your lighttpd directory(by default its C:\program files\lighttpd) and run TestMode.bat A console window should open to indicate the server is started.
Go to http://localhost this should show a lighttpd test page.

Enabling PHP

Download php .zip package from here
Extract it to C:\php
Edit lighttpd-inc.conf (i.e. “C:\Program Files\LightTPD\conf\lighttpd-inc.conf”) with the following:
1. Remove the comment tag(#) for "mod-cgi" (Line 20)
2. Add this line (assuming that PHP was installed on C drive):
3. cgi.assign = ( “.php” => “C:/php/php-cgi.exe” )
In your PHP directory rename the file php.ini-recommended to php.ini and edit php.ini with the following:
1. short_open_tag = On
2. display_errors = On
3. doc_root = “C:\Progra~1\LightTPD\htdocs”

Testing PHP

You can test php by creating a file containing:

Place the file in your htdocs directory (i.e. “C:\Program Files\LightTPD\htdocs”), open up your browser and browse to the page. It should show you the php info page.