When I downloaded Nagios 3 on my 9.10 Ubuntu server is auto-magically installed Postfix e-mailer. So instead of configuring sSMTP or Exim I decided to see if I could find an example on how to use GMAIL as my outbound mail server with Postfix. I came across the following site: howtoforge which help me...
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I use Evernote to back up my Asterisk extensions, sip, and voicemail conf files using a simple cron job that e-mails them to my Evernote account once a month. Example Cron command # Used to send Asterisk config to Evernote once a month on the 9th 10 20 9 * * /bin/cat /etc/asterisk/sip.conf | mail...
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I selected sSMTP because in the near term I have no intention of setting up a fully functional e-mail server using Exim or Postfix. I just need the ability to send e-mail out to notify me of the condition of my server and sSMTP fits the requirement. First step is to install sSMTP via...
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I’ll keep my how-to simple and to the point.  However, if you require more detailed information about DNS and BIND9, please visit  http://www.aboutdebian.com/dns.htm.  There you will find a nice write up on all the moving parts of DNS. Since I am performing the install on a Debian server I am not using sudo.  I...
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By far the most usefully apt- command I use is apt-cache and its many switches.  I can search for packages matching all or part of a word using the search switch. kpas@terra:~$ apt-cache search apt-r apt-rdepends - Recursively lists package dependencies apt-rpm-repository - tools to create an APT RPM repository libapt-rpm-pkg-dev - development files...
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My WordPress setup was installed on Debian 5.0 by following the instruction at Kerry D. Wong site.  Although Kerry instruction illustrated how to install WordPress on Ubuntu, I had no issue using the same steps on Debian.  Once I had WordPress installed, I wanted to have WordPress accessible from my web root directory.  I...
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