thehenrys.net

I need more than one ssl website on a new CentOS 5 machine. Here is how to add another ip address to eth0.

http://www.netadmintools.com/art496.html

vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

add:
chroot_local_user=NO

uncomment:
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

vi /etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

add:
[restricted username]

service vsftpd restart

done!

Copied here so i wont lose it…

http://thewebmasterscafe.net/webhosting/vmware-tools-on-linux.html

Prior to installing the VMware Tools, there are a few things you want to do. The first step would be to install the kernel header files and a C compiler:

# yum install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel

The second thing would be to create a symbolic link pointing to your kernel header files:

# ln -s /usr/src/kernels/[your kernel version] /usr/src/linux

Now you’re ready to install the VMware Tools. From the VMware Server Console (with your virtual machine running), click on “VM => Install VMware Tools”……?. Nothing is supposed to be happening at this point, it’s just like you inserted a virtual CD. From the command line, mount the cdrom drive, copy the installation files to a directory on your virtual hard drive and untar them:

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
# cd /mnt/cdrom
# cp VMwareTools-[version].tar.gz /tmp
# cd /tmp
# umount /mnt/cdrom
# tar zxf VMwareTools-[version].tar.gz

Execute the VMware Tools installation script:

# cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
# ./vmware-install.pl

Go through the installation and answer all the questions. I’ve left every settings to its default value.

When you’re done, simply reboot your virtual machine. I’ve had a little problem with X as it wouldn’t start upon reboot. I just used the X configuration wizard (which launched automatically) to make some adjustments, rebooted the VM again and everything worked fine.

cd /etc/pki/tls/certs
make vsftpd.pem
cat /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem
openssl x509 -in /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem -noout -text
chmod 600 /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem
vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

[add to file]
# custom ssl config
listen_port=990
ssl_enable=YES
allow_anon_ssl=NO
force_local_data_ssl=NO
force_local_logins_ssl=YES
ssl_tlsv1=YES
ssl_sslv2=NO
ssl_sslv3=NO
rsa_cert_file=/etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem
[/add to file]

/etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

done!

More info: http://www.brennan.id.au/14-FTP_Server.html#secure

Here is a great post on installing VMware Server on CentOS 5:

http://fosswire.com/2007/04/21/installing-vmware-server-on-centos-5/

Found a really cool php class today.

PHPMailer
http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/

Features

• Can send emails with multiple TOs, CCs, BCCs and REPLY-TOs
• Redundant SMTP servers
• Multipart/alternative emails for mail clients that do not read HTML email
• Support for 8bit, base64, binary, and quoted-printable encoding
• Uses the same methods as the very popular AspEmail active server (COM) component
• SMTP authentication
• Word wrap
• Address reset functions
• HTML email
• Tested on multiple SMTP servers: Sendmail, qmail, Postfix, Imail, Exchange, etc
• Works on any platform
• Flexible debugging
• Custom mail headers
• Multiple fs, string, and binary attachments (those from database, string, etc)
• Embedded image support

/usr/bin/openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out key.pem

I never knew you could do this till the other day… Man that makes it easy!

SELECT products.product_ID, manufacturer.manufacturer_name, category.category_name
FROM products
left join manufacturer ON products.manufacturer_ID = manufacturer.manufacturer_ID
left join category ON products.category_ID = category.category_ID
ORDER BY products.product_ID

I have to try this one day:

http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/

Cool stuff!

Moving to postfix from sendmail is wonderful. Here’s how to set up a backup mx for a remote server. If you have many backup mx’s to enter, use a new line and put whitespace in front of the domain. See the instructions in /etc/postfix/main.cf for more details. Configure your dns with the appropriate mx records and then edit:

/etc/postfix/main.cf:

relay_domains = $mydestination thehenrys.net doctorslabinc.com pikecreekturf.com
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, check_relay_domains

Restart postfix with:

/sbin/service postfix restart

Go to the park and get some fresh air.