Dovecot passwd-file Based Virtual Users

To setup Dovecot using passwd-file the following steps should be taken:

• Use the dovecotpw program to generate passwords for users
• Create a file to contain users and passwords
• Configure Dovecot to use the passwd-file to lookup virtual users

Pbuilder is a automated package building tool for Debian. It can build packages for any of the Debian distributions. It also handles package dependencies needed for the build automatically. It can be a very handy tool. The following is an explanation of why you might want to use pbuilder for building Debian packages.

Building Packages For Stable, Testing, or Unstable

The ultimate computer is the system that I would build without thinking of the cost. While I always think of the cost, sometimes it is fun to think beyond the monetary restraints. So if I had a million dollars here is the ultimate computer system I would build.

System Case

The Linux Bahamas jabber service is now online. Please feel free to use the service for all your jabber chatting. As always you will want to choose a server closer to your location. Most Bahamians will find this server close to them. However anyone from around the world is welcome to use it. If you have any questions or comments regarding the service please login and comment to this article or contact me and let me know your thoughts.

My Thoughts on The Affordable Personal Computer

I tried the cleaned up patch provided by Steve Langasek. I applied the patches to 2.6.18.2 kernel sources. The patches applied without any issues. However the kernel failed to compile with the following errors:

In file included from include/asm/io.h:250,
from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:564,
from arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c:16:
include/asm/core_titan.h: In function 'titan_ioportmap':

Howto Setup Apache Virtual Hosts

This article relates to Apache2 running on Debian GNU/Linux.

Install Apache2

bash ~# apt-get install apache2

Use Default Config for New Virtual Host

Change directories to the site-available directory in the apache configuration
directory.

bash ~# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

There is a default site in this directory. To create a new site just cp the
default one to the name of your new site.

bash ~# cp default www.example.com

Installing Debian GNU/Linux on the Alpha DS25

Hello everyone. I'm back with my two cents regarding installing Debian GNU/Linux on the Alpha DS25. Let me explain the problem as best I can.

The Problem

On Alpha Titan type systems there is a problem in the linux kernel which causes most distributions to be unbootable. I am only a amatuer coder and I cannot begin to describe the problem and how to fix it. I can only say that I tried to boot Debian, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD which all failed.

First of all, I'm not a geek, completely all the contrary, not even an IT even when some people may have that wrong impression because I talk about opening computers, changing fans, putting memory, etc... Just a Spanish Philologist.

Four years ago, I started my incursion with Knoppix. I wasn't sure that it could help, though, everywhere I read it was taken as a formidable thing, all the reviews about Linux were extremely positive. So I decided to use Linux for Internet...

The Challenge

I recently aquired two alpha DS25 servers. So of coures I wanted to run my favorite linux distribution on them which is Debian GNU/Linux. However Debian will not boot on these machines. Sucks don't you think? There are probably some other ways to get Debian installed on these machines. I will attempt them and updated this article based on my experiments. Hopefully others will find the information I provide here in this article valuable if they also have alpha servers and are struggling with the same challenge.

CentOS and Alpha Core 2