The following article explains the steps to compile postfix MTA with MySQL support on CentOS 5.3 as e.g. needed for ISPConfig 3. Remove the postfix package from CentOS which does not has MySQL support: /etc/init.d/postfix stop rpm -e --nodeps postfix
Change the language of webalizer statistics on Debian and Ubuntu Linux
The language of the generated Webalizer statistics is statically compiled into the Webalizer binary. To change the language, Webalizer has to be recompiled. In the following example, I will recompile Webalizer to change the language to german. Uninstall Webalizer and
Shutdown Windows XP immediately
If you shutdown windows XP with the button in the start menu, it often takes minutes until the computer is finally stopped as Windows runs several tasks before it shuts down the computer. If you need to shutdown the computer
Activating the Keyboard Viewer for Special Characters
Use the keyboard viewer if you are looking for special or foreign chars or if you just forgot where to find the backslash e.g. 1.: Choose Apple menu -> System Preferences and click International 2.: Click Input Menu, then toggle the checkbox
How to prevent the automatic restart after a Windows update?
One solution is to stop the windows update service to prevent that Windows XP restarts the computer after an update. The update service will be started again after the next boot. Click on "Start" > "Run" and enter the command:
pure-ftpd does not show more then 2000 files on Debian and Ubuntu
The pure-ftp daemon by default has a recursion limit of 2000 files, this prevents the server from showing more then 2000 files when you browse a directory with an FTP client. To expand this Limit to e.g 5000 files, create
How to enable DKIM email signatures in amavisd-new and ISPConfig 3
DKIM is a system to verify the sender and integrity of emails. ISPConfig 3 uses amavisd-new as content filter for spam and virus scanning and amavisd-new is also able to sign messages with DKIM. The next steps explain how to
How to convert filenames or text to lowercase on the shell
There is no simple tolower command on the bash, but with a little shell script you can convert uppercase characters to lowercase. The script uses the tr command internally for converting the chars. Create a shell script with the name
Blocking .exe attachments with postfix or amavisd-new and ISPConfig 3
If you use postfix and / or amavisd-new on the mail server, you can use the following recipes to block emails with executable (exe, bat, scr) attachments. Block the attachments with a postfix header filter In ISPConfig, click on "Email
How to access a namebased website without a DNS record
If you want to access a name based website that you created e.g. in ISPConfig before the DNS records are setup, edit the hosts file on your workstation computer and add a line like this: 192.168.0.100 www.mydomain.com Replace the IP