Category Archives: Linux
IMAP error message with Courier
I have just installed ISPconfig3, a hosting system on my Debian Linux machine. I created an Email account for myself, but when I tried to connect with Thunderbird-IMAP I kept getting the error message “Filesystem notification initialization error — contact your mail administrator (check for configuration errors with the FAM/Gamin library)”. The strange thing was [...]
Apache website not working without www
This problem caused me a few headaches but I found the answer eventually and I reproduce it here to help any others with a similar problem. I am running apache webserver on Linux with virtual hosting and had the following in my sites-enabled folder, in a file called example <VirtualHost *> DocumentRoot /home/www/web ServerName www.example.com [...]
Lenny to Squeeze
There comes a time when you have to upgrade your Debian distribution to the new release. I was on Lenny, Squeeze had been out for a month. To upgrade, all I had to do was to edit my apt source list – Please follow the full instructions Its always a worry. “Will it boot afterwards”? [...]
WordPress Postie tip
WordPress has a basic system to allow posts via Email, it is very limited and the only attempt at keeping it secure is to advise using a strange Email address with random characters. Once you send your Email, you then have to go to the website and run the script to download it! (Admittedly, you [...]
Secure FTP (Secure Shell (ssh) FTP)
A couple of years ago, I had a struggle configuring a secure FTP server. It involved installing restricted shells (rssh), creating that shells own directory system, and making copies of library DLLs because the rssh could not see outside its own directory system. It worked in the end, but I was dismayed at the time [...]
