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Language support in Debian/Ubuntu

Language support in Debian/Ubuntu

If you want to view your Debian/Ubuntu desktop, you need to add the language support for your language via System -> Administration -> Language Support Menu option. Once you’re in-front of language support window, do select the language which you want for...

Apache/Tomcat and JkMount with Servlets

What if I like to access the servlets directly via port 80 instead of using :portnumber on my URL? You can do a trick, Edit apache virtualhost entry and add the JkMount directive. For example: I wanted to access a servlet which was under seed directory of my document...

Pure-FTP and Anonymous access

Have you ever wondered how to give access to the files which are stored under /home/username/public_ftp of a Cpanel account anonymously? Yes, It’s possible. First you need to get a dedicated account assigned for the domain and then, goto /etc/pure-ftpd folder....
Ubuntu Init scripts management

Ubuntu Init scripts management

How do I manage my startup scripts? You can do it in Many ways, manually or by using scripts or sysvconfig command. sysvconfig interface in console looks like this : I don’t find chkconfig command in Ubuntu/Debian. How do I add custom scripts to start up? Do I...

OpenSSH compromised on RHEL and Fedora?

Couple of weeks back few of Fedora servers have been compromised or there was a security breach. It has been confirmed by Fedora project leader via mailing list post. This security breach has compromised OpenSSH packages on Fedora distributions. The issue is being...