Fnord sysadmin resources

Resources for system administration. Mostly internet infrastructure and support systems. DNS, Mail, routing and security.

Configuring Apache2 for use with Zope — Fnord

How to configure Apache2 on a debian system for use with Zope, with caching.

IPTables example script — Fnord

Here's an example script for iptables. It allows incoming SSH to the box serving as router, and it allows all outgoing connections.

How to install Gentoo with LVM — Fnord

On this page I'll describe how I installed Gentoo 1.4 with LVM.

DNS — Fnord

This folder contains information about, or related to, the Domain Name Service, or DNS for short.

Revision control on /etc with svk — Fnord

Sometimes it is great to roll back to an earlier version of a configuration file. However, in the case of /etc, there are many files and directories, ...

Web Services — Fnord

Documents related to running web services. Servers, hints, protocols...

Internet Mail — Fnord

This folder contains documents related to Internet mail.

Privilege escalation — Fnord

How to give normal users elevated privileges, give them rights to do things they normally would not be able to.

SSH - tips and tricks — Fnord

Tips and tricks for use of SSH for remote administration.