Posted by: Artur Martins on: 2009/07/28
Quick guide for mounting FTP directory using curlftpfs on a Debian Lenny system
1 – install curlftpfs aptitude install curlftpfs
2 – create mount point: make /mnt/ftp-dir 3 – add this line in /etcfstab: curlftpfs#ftp.example.com /mnt/ftp-dir fuse rw,uid=0,noauto 0 0
4 – add some security for authentication. Create file /root/.netrc machine ftp.example.com login ftp-user password ftp-pass
Note: May not suit [...]
Posted by: Artur Martins on: 2009/07/17
Problem found in the /var/log/syslog:
postfix/smtpd[4183]: warning: database /etc/aliases.db is older than source file /etc/aliases
Solution:
As root, erase the /etc/aliases.db file and create a new one: # rm /etc/aliases.db# newaliases
Done!
Posted by: Artur Martins on: 2009/07/08
I got an error today trying to upgrade a gentoo cluster:
[blocks B ] >=sys-fs/udev-126 (“>=sys-fs/udev-126″ is blockingsys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6)
Solution:
emerge -u cryptsetup
Done! After try to reboot to check if the udev detects all your network devices correctly.
Posted by: Artur Martins on: 2009/07/07
I’ve been using for a while the VMWare Server 2.x for Linux and I’m quite happy with it. Unfortunately, this free product doesn’t offer some useful functionalities like cloning a virtual machine. It’s a pity because it’s time consuming to create all the virtual machines from scratch.
Fortunately, cloning a virtual machine is easy process [...]
