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SVN LDAP Authentication on Apache

Thanks to this link I’ve successfully implemented the LDAP Authentication against a Microsoft Active Directory LDAP for Subversion Access via Apache2.

Thanks to the power and flexibility of Apache the configuration is really straightforward.

Install and configure Apache to serve the URL of the repository you want, for example https://svn.mydomain.com/ (SSL is preferable to clear text http).

Enable [...]

Ubuntu 8.10 on HP EliteBook 8530p

Back to posting some useful stuff with my new PC, an HP EliteBook 8530p (model number FU617AW).

Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit is working like a charm on it.

My configuration is the following:

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9400  @ 2.53GHz
4 GB of DDR2 RAM
250GB SATA HDD at 7200 RPM (the model from hdparm -i is ST9250421AS)
Screen 15.4” WXGA [...]

Smart and Simple Mail to SMS Gateway

This is a simple guide for configuring a simple (but smart ) Mail to SMS gateway. It is based on the FOX BOX platform for sending out SMS. You will need a Linux server with the Postfix MTA configured. Besides, you will need at least the following additional packages:

mimedecode
lynx
URLENCODE.sh shell script [...]

Neo FreeRunner and OpenMoko: a new phone era?

The Neo FreeRunner is going live for production in these days and will be distributed in Europe in the next weeks. I’m very happy about this!

There is an enthusiastic post on the OpenMoko Announce list from Sean Moss-Pultz, the title is “Let us impact the material world”, it’s really worth reading.

I wish a [...]

SAN Migration and Linux Storage Device issues

The scenario is the following:

- SAN migration from an old EMC Clariion CX-500 to a new CX3-40

- 2 Linux RedHat 3.0 AS and Oracle RAC 9.2 with OCFS 1.x

The goal is to migrate all the Oracle Data partition (1 LUN in this case) to the new SAN using EMC SAN Copy.

All the host will be [...]

SAN Migration and VMware issues

The scenario is the following:

- SAN migration from an old EMC Clariion CX-500 to a new CX3-40

- Several Vmware ESX 3.x nodes all with 2 HBAs

The goal is to migrate all the VMware LUNs to the new SAN using EMC SAN Copy.

All the host will be powered off (yes we can live with this…).

The main [...]

Postfix Maildir Procmail Quick Ref

[Quick Reference]

To enable Maildir support with the Postfix MTA:

/etc/postfix/main.cf
home_mailbox = Maildir/
mailbox_command = procmail -a “$EXTENSION”

then:

/etc/procmailrc
DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/

Obviously you must have a good POP3/IMAP4 Server (dovecot, Courier, it’s your choice .

Enjoy

VMware Tools and Linux Kernel 2.6.24

It seems that from Linux Kernel version 2.6.24 the standard VMware Tools shipped with VMware ESX 3.5 (at least) do not compile.

It is necessary to download the Open Virtual Machine Tools and to make the following trick:

# tar -xzf open-vm-tools-*/modules/linux
# cd open-vm-tools-*/modules/linux
# modsrc=”/usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/source”
# for x in `ls -d v*`
# do
> [...]