StatusNet on nginx
StatusNet is an opensource twitter-like clone. You can install StatusNet on your own server and run your private status server for people in your organization.
More …HowTo Install EmDebian Grip (deboostrap)
For installing Emdebian grip on a flash or USB drive (ext2 or greater required):
mkdir /media/grip/
mount /dev/sdc1 /media/grip/
sudo debootstrap lenny /media/grip/ http://www.emdebian.org/grip/
cd /media/grip/
mount -o bind /dev/ dev/
mount -o bind /proc proc/
chroot . /bin/bash
aptitude update
aptitude install linux-image-2.6.28-1-686 initramfs-tools
aptitude install what-you-want
aptitude install grub
grub-install /dev/sdc
update-grub
exit
umount dev/
umount proc/
cd ../
umount grip/
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Some notes about configuring RAID10, LVM, KVM and virt manager on a Debian Lenny server
Recently I’ve achieved a good setup for a virtualized environment, using Debian Lenny as host, with a RAID10, and LVM for managing VM disk images.
More …OpenVPN on a privileged port with an unprivileged user
Remember: if you are using a privileged port for your openvpn (<1024, like 53/udp for bypassing captive portals), don’t configure privilege dropping, otherwise after the first timeout, the vpn will die with “TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address [undef]:port: Permission denied”
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