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Speeding up ProFTPD logins
One year ago I have switched from PureFTPd to ProFTPD because it runs smoother on the virtual server I am running. The server is really easy to setup and maintain, but with the standard configuration...
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Configuring a PPTP-VPN on iOS and Android
About a year ago, I wrote a blog posting about how to setup a PPTP VPN service on a Amazon EC2 node. This is a follow up to that posting which describes how to setup the VPN on an iOS or Android...
View ArticleQuickie: Change Time Machine interval
Here is a quick shell snippet to change the time machine backup interval on OSX. The time interval is specified in seconds. If you want to change it to 4 hours open terminal and enter: sudo defaults...
View ArticleStandalone nginx & PHP Guide for Ubuntu 10.04
The last 1 or 2 years I have been running nginx as reverse proxy in front of Apache2. Now with the release of nginx version 1.2.0 I decided to revamp my installation and use nginx as a standalone...
View ArticleSetting up server side mail filtering
This is a follow up to my former article “Setting up a spamsafe Postfix server“. I will describe how to extend that installation to use Sieve for server side mail filtering in Dovecot. This article is...
View ArticleRunning OLA without network
Recently I bought a Raspberry Pi. My plan was to use this tiny computer as a lighting controller for my band on stage. I have installed the Open Lighting Architecture (OLA) daemon to talk to a cheap...
View ArticleOptimizing scanned documents with ImageMagick
I am in the process of scanning in all my paper receipts and correspondence. I use a small standalone document scanner that creates jpg images on an SD card. These documents are then converted into...
View ArticleSecure Offsite Backups for Synology NAS
I have a solid backup strategy in place where my 2-bay Synology NAS is the central data store. The HDDs in the NAS are setup in a JBOD configuration. I don’t need a RAID so this way I am more flexible...
View ArticleEnabling iPhone push emails on your Ubuntu mail server
The iPhone does not support the IMAP Idle protocol to receive push notifications for new emails. Fortunately the open source project Z-Push implements the ActiveSync protocol which can be also used by...
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DIY MIDI Footswitch Controller
I am using a Behringer X32 digital mixing desk both when mixing other bands and mixing my own band while performing at the same time on stage. In the latter case I always struggle to turn the vocal...
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