Linux Guides and Scripts
Guides
Misc
- pfSense 1.2 firewall appliance - installation, configuration and usage of firewalling system, including OpenVPN server.
- Creating Certificates And Keys For pfSense 1.2 Series OpenVPN Servers And Clients
- OpenVPN Client - Setting up OpenVPN Client, currently just on Windows XP (work in progress).
- Debian Command-line Reference - a personal reminder of Debian (and thus Ubuntu) commands that grows as I learn.
- Logs of troubleshooting problems in the hope that keeping track of them will help if I have to deal with them again.
- Administering A Mail Server (work in progress).
- Remote Access - (outdated) securely connecting over the Internet into an intranet for system administration and remote working, using IPCop, ZERINA, OpenVPN, VNC and SSH.
Ubuntu
- Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick' Desktop Setup Guide (work in progress)
- Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid' Desktop Setup Guide (work in progress)
- Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic' Desktop Setup Guide
- Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty' Desktop Setup Guide
- Ubuntu 8.10 'Intrepid' Desktop Setup Guide
- Ubuntu 8.04 'Hardy' Desktop Setup Guide
- Ubuntu 7.10 'Gutsy' Desktop Setup Guide
Debian Testing
- Desktop system setup - out of date
Debian 4.0 Etch
- Desktop system setup
- Server setup
- Samba server - a Windows primary domain controller; file and print server; software apps and config deployment server using Samba 3.
Debian 3.1 Sarge
- Desktop system setup
- Server setup
- Samba server - a Samba primary domain controller and file/print/software deployment server for Windows using Samba 3.
Debian 3.0 Woody
- Server setup
- Samba server - a Samba primary domain controller and file server for Windows using Samba 2.2
Scripts
- Twix - TWEAK Unix - installs and configures Debian desktop and server systems in line with the guides here.
- Auto backup a server to a hotswap USB disk.
- Various scripting examples.