Category: SysAdmin
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SetUp Your Own Private Cloud Storage Service with OwnCloud
Currently in the shop I decided that although I use Box, SkyDrive, Dropbox, Ubuntu One, and Amazon, I need a bit more storage and my own control. So I have setup OwnCloud. For an overview of OwnCloud look at this article on Lifehacker. Review OwnCloud’s list of features. I am using Fedora 18 which is…
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Infographic: HOWTO Troubleshoot DNS problems
This infographic from Orsyp details the troubleshooting process for a DNS error. Seasoned IT professionals can probably breeze through this infographic quickly and easily, understanding and relating to every point. Today’s infographic can become a helpful guide to those days when the technology you rely on begins to fail. I suggest giving today’s infographic a…
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Quick and Simple Configuration of Samba for Fedora 18
I have a Fedora 18 system here with the hostname snape.greshamhs.org and the IP address 192.168.92.249. I always make sure that SELinux is disabled: Edit /etc/selinux/config and set SELINUX=disabled: vi /etc/selinux/config # This file controls the state of SELinux on the system. # SELINUX= can take one of these three values: # enforcing – SELinux…
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Use LPD to Share a Windows 7 Printer With an Apple
I was having the usual sharing difficulty getting my OS/X Macs to use a Windows shared Printer. I had it working rather pathetically on an older computer running Windows XP but it required logging in everytime you printed. Windows 7, despite the setting designed to allow sharing printers with users who did not have accounts…