Clearing the Postfix Queue
From time to time your mail queue may get filled up. This may be due to network problems or misconfiguration. For instance, if you botch (typo) the relayhost parameter, the […]
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Operating Systems
How to install FreeBSD 7.0 under ZFS
ZFS is an exciting new file system developed by Sun and recently ported to FreeBSD (as well as many other operating systems). It has raised a wide and loyal following
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vlogger error in line 456
Vlogger is a great utility that intergrates into the apache web server and spits out the logs files into separate files for each site. If you run an apache web
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APC UPS Setting for NUT
Nut is great UPS software for FreeBSD. It is located in the ports ( sysutils/nut ) and works very will with an APC SmartUPS. There are a number of variables
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Upgrading Perl from the Ports Collection
Upgrading perl has always been a difficult task. As with other large projects or software packages, it can have a large number of modules or libraries installed that you are
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VLAN interfaces in Linux
VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) interfaces are a way to allow multiple networks to co-exist in a single physical interface. This is done by creating a virtual interface under Linux
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ipfw: Too many dynamic rules
Quite often I will see the following message …. ipfw: install_state: Too many dynamic rules I use a lot of dynamic UDP rules and these messages are quite common on
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Mounting a iso file as a drive
FreeBSD can mount most types images. This quick article shows how to mount an iso file into the FreeBSD file system but this same technique will work with almost any
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Mounting an iso file
FreeBSD >= 6.x As of FreeBSD 5.x there is a new way to mount an iso file. You might be wondering why I have only tried this on FreeBSD 6.x
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Sync’ing content between two servers.
There are a number of reasons why it may be an advantage to sync the data in a directory (or the whole disk) from one server to another. This technique
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