This covers the method I used to configure a home NAS (in a manner similar to My Home NAS) after I decided a Bufallo LinkSta­tion Duo was not suitable. Why do it this way, rather than with a standard NAS solution?

• To assuage my discomfort with "black box" solutions like the above-mentioned NAS.

• To learn more about running software RAID and (possibly) volume management (whether that be vinum or LVM).

• To have only those features I need enabled and installed.

• To allow my wife and I to have a shared network storage, and network accessible storage for backups of both laptops.

Hardware

The base …continue.

I want to use the uptime command (just the amount of time awake) in a geeklet for GeekTool, and thought the awk based version a bit awkward.

I've included a shell script and some sample uptime output in this git repository.

Most of the ideas for this were taken from uptime's source code and a forum post.

Tips on con­fig­ur­ing, compiling, and running re-alpine 2.01 on Mac OSX 10.6.2. This may work on previous or later versions of both the operating system and/or the email client, but I have not tested either.

This is not a full procedure, merely some notes I will forget after I make them, then have to search for later. This assumes XCode version 3.2.1 is installed (no other versions tested).

Re-alpine kept annoying me with warnings that my CACert issued server cer­tifi­cate for mx.weller-fahy.com was of ques­tion­able validity, and I did not want to set the "/novalidate-cert" switch. To solve that problem, try the following.

$ wget http://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt
$ certhash=\`openssl x509 

This documents the method I use to install qmail on my mail server, manage virtual users (a separate system user per domain), and any scripts I use to automate the process or au­then­ti­cate the users.

As­sump­tions

• In­stal­la­tion is on a Debian-based operating system.

• Ability to request and/or generate SSL cer­tifi­cates, and configure software (sslsvd) to use them.

• Basic knowledge of runit and log services.

• The working directory is ~/qmw.

• $domain is replaced by the virtual domain.

• $duser is replaced by the system account in control of $domain.

  • To generate the $duser from $domain, simply translate any dot (.) in $domain to a dash (-).

Purpose

• I was un­sat­is­fied with any …continue.

Note: As I now use jms1's combined patch I no longer use this method, but it might be useful someday.

Summary

How to set up an SMTPAUTH submission daemon based on the firewall version of mini-qmail.

This procedure will result in a mini-qmail firewall based in­stal­la­tion (hearafter known as miniq) on the same server as a full qmail in­stal­la­tion (hearafter known as qmail). Messages submitted by au­then­ti­cat­ed users go straight to the qmail-queue program of the qmail.

As­sump­tions

• A fully functional qmail in­stal­la­tion already exists in /var/qmail.

• Ability to request and/or generate SSL cer­tifi­cates, and configure software (sslsvd) to use them.

• Basic knowledge of runit and log services.

• Working directory is …continue.

The fora have been shut down for two reasons.

1. Lack of interest.
2. The SPAM-bots have found the fora.

If you have any questions, you know how to contact me.

For those of you who used the link. Go to the following website: http://caterva.org

The fora are back online. I'll next begin working on getting rid of all the weird characters in the posts, and getting my website working again.

Anywho, I'm just glad we're back up again. ;]

Some details for those few who use the server for email.

• POP3 server:

  Name: mx.weller-fahy.com
  Port: 995
  Accepts only secure (SSL) connections.
  

• SMTP submission server:

  Name: mx.weller-fahy.com
  Port: 587
  Accepts only secure (SSL) connections.[1]
  

[1] Yes, I am aware that using 587 as an SSL-only SMTP port violates the RFC. I will attempt to implement StartTLS at a later date.

Tips for Outlook:

• Do not select 'Log on using Secure Password Au­then­ti­ca­tion (SPA)'.
• Do select 'This server requires an encrypted con­nec­tion'.
• Do select 'My outgoing server (SMTP) requires au­then­ti­ca­tion', and remember the outgoing (SMTP) server uses the same login/password as the incoming (POP3) …continue.

Email sending and receiving is back online. The web site and fora will have to wait ap­prox­i­mate­ly 1-2 weeks, as the Christy and I are going to Ireland for five days, but those should be up soon after we get back (2006-03-15).