Category Archives: SysAdmin

Installing Zimbra 7 on CentOS

Posted on March 12, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

Personal notes for installing Zimbra 7 on Centos 5, including split DNS for servers behind firewalls. Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2008 Disk Requirements

Posted on February 21, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

Do note that the disk requirement for the latest generation of Windows operating systems are extremely heavy. As usual for “minimum” requirements, the recommendation of 32GB for system partitions is far too small.† Perusing Microsoft’s MSDN forums lends credence to … Continue reading →

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Setting Up a Subversion Server

Posted on February 3, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

The last time I set up a Subversion server was 2005. Here are notes I jotted down while installing a new server. There are a few gotchas along the way. Hopefully these notes catch all of them. Goal The goal … Continue reading →

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Reset Passwords on Tiger without an Install Disk

Posted on January 27, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

I was asked to reset the passwords on an old Mac. This is usually done by booting with an install disk for the right version of the operating system. Determine OS Version The OS version was not displayed on the … Continue reading →

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GParted: Mouse Alignment Wrong in VMWare Fusion

Posted on January 26, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

How to make the mouse work correctly when using the GParted live CD. Continue reading →

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WordPress Auto-Update

Posted on January 5, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

By default, standard WordPress installs give the option to perform automatic updates using FTP or FTPS (FTP over SSL). There is another method to have Apache perform the update without passwords. It can be activated by adding the following to … Continue reading →

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Zimbra Administration Gotchas

Posted on November 16, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

Tweaks to fix Zimbra errors on the administrative control panel. Continue reading →

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Nagios Configuration Notes

Posted on October 28, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

Various configuration notes for Nagios.
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WTF Nagios Installed?

Posted on October 28, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

Nagios can be installed on CentOS per the Fedora Quickstart page. Continue reading →

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Remove “Test Mode” from Vista

Posted on March 2, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

How to force Vista to not display “Test Mode” in the four corners of the screen.
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