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Plesk Short Names

To force Plesk to allow use of short names use the following SQL:

See this article for details: http://kb.parallels.com/en/888?st=advc Also see: http://rackerhacker.com/2007/08/20/change-plesk-back-to-short-mail-names/ And see for a Plesk 8.4 bug with short names: http://rackerhacker.com/2008/07/28/plesk-840-unable-to-use-short-names-for-pop3imap/

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NFS Setup

SERVER Set services to run on boot:

Edit /etc/exports and add line:

Edit /etc/hosts.deny and add lines:

Edit /etc/hosts.allow and add lines:

Start the services:

Run this command:

To get a list of running rpc services. Verify that portmapper, nfs and mountd are running. CLIENT Set services to run on boot:

Create the mount point:

Edit /etc/fstab and add line:

Activate the mount:

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Convert SSL cert from PEM to PK12

Convert a PEM file containing a private key, certificate and CA certificates to a PK12 (*.pfx) file suitable for use on a Windows IIS server:

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RH FC4 SSH with Rescue Boot CD

Do the following to get sshd up and running on a FC4 system booted from the rescue CD with networking enabled:

If you get errors about the random number generator not being seeded then you might have to copy the cd’s /dev/ files to /mnt/sysimage/dev/ using tar.

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Email alerts with Sophos virus scanner

I have looked through the Sophos configuration options and below is a list of commands that you can preform to get proper e-mail alerts:

To remove an email address from the list:

You can repeat the Email command above with a single email address and until you delete that new email using the delete command it will remain, so you can add multiple addresses at different times (the first time, add your address, then later add another technical addy.)

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