• Active Directory,  Ubuntu

    Installing phpLDAPadmin

    phpLDAPadmin is a tool that can be used to walk LDAP trees and view attributes of objects located within them using a web browser. This isn’t to say that it’s the prettiest tool out there but it works really well and is portable between various flavors of LDAP. Before you can use phpLDAPadmin you will need Apache. In Ubuntu, Apache can be installed using apt-get: apt-get install apache2 Once you have Apache installed, downloading phpLDAPadmin and installing it in Ubuntu Server 10 couldn’t be easier, just apt-get the package: apt-get install phpldapadmin Now you have the pieces, let’s copy phpLDAPadmin into your web root directory: cp -R /usr/share/phpldapadmin /var/www/myphpldapadmin In that…

  • Ubuntu,  Unix

    Install ntpd in Ubuntu Server 10

    I’m sure you’re getting tired of seeing me regurgitate apt-get commands, but here’s another: apt-get install ntp This will install ntpd. Then a quick update to /etc/ntp.conf to configure who you get your updates from (I still like time.apple.com) and you’re now an ntp server. Once changed, restart the daemon: /etc/init.d/ntp restart Then, use ntpq to check your time against the server: ntpq -np Lucky us, ntp is easy, but we’re gonna’ need it for Kerberos now aren’t we…