Archive for August, 2007

Windows 2000 PC with profiles stored on a server gives an error:
“You do not have permission to access your central profile located at \\server\users\username”
However, a Windows XP based computer logs in without any problem”
Solution:
1. On your domain controller open Active Directory Users and Computers
2. Open user’s properties
3. Add a backslash ‘\’ at the end of [...]

Package xxx.rpm is not signed

Posted: 26th August 2007 by renumbus in Blogroll, Linux
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I downloaded an .rpm package but if I run
# rpm -ivh xxx.rpm
It shows a long list of dependences needed to install.
If I run
yum install xxx.rpm
I’ve got an error message
Package xxx.rpm is not signed
Solution:
Edit /etc/yum.conf
replace gpgcheck=1 to gpgcheck=0

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This is the way I successfully fight spam using Postfix and Real-time Block Lists.
I used to use Sendmail with RBLs but a couple of years ago switched all my servers to Postfix since I found the latter easier to configure.
Add the fillowng lines to your Postfix main.cf file (on Linux usually at /etc/postfix/main.cf):

smtpd_helo_restrictions =
permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated,
reject_non_fqdn_hostname,
reject_invalid_hostname,
permit

smtpd_sender_restrictions =
permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated,
reject_non_fqdn_sender,
permit

smtpd_recipient_restrictions [...]

VLAN configuration on Ubuntu (Debian)

Posted: 17th August 2007 by admin in Blogroll, Linux
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Here is a quick guide how to enable VLANs on Ubuntu or Debian box.
VLANs on Linux will work with the most of the modern ethernet adapters. Frankly speaking I have not came across of adapter it would not work with.
I presume that you use standard kernel shipped with Ubuntu. However, if you use a [...]

I’ve got the following error message when users trying to login into their PCs.
‘Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable, or because your computer account was not found. Please try again later. If this message continues to appear, contact your network administrator for assistance.’
Obviously, I can [...]