On Sunday, I mentioned making your forward and reverse DNS entries match up. But I didn’t really discuss what to do if they don’t. For those readers moving into Ubuntu from Mac OS X Server, you’ll note that at installation time, if the hostname doesn’t match the A record and PTR for your server then it will install DNS and make them match up. The reason for this is that host names are a critical aspect in how many of the network services that modern services run. If you don’t have DNS or if you want to fire up DNS in the same manner that Mac OS X Server does…
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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…
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Hosting afp on Linux
One of the main reasons people get a server is to share files. Mac OS X Server is one of the more common devices used to share files to Mac OS X clients, using afp, the default file sharing protocol for Mac OS X. But you don’t have to use Mac OS X Server. You can use Linux as well. We’re going to look at using an open source project called netatalk to do so. If you find that after reading this that you’d like to find out more about netatalk then check out the open source project page at http://netatalk.sourceforge.net. The netatalk installer can be installed through most of…
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Suse updating
yum, apt-get? No. Try rug or zypper.
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Ubuntu: Install phpldapadmin
To install phpldapadmin on Ubuntu couldn’t be easier, just use this command: apt-get install phpldapadmin