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error: no dbpath has been set

Posted on December 11, 2010 by admin

I’ve recently been having trouble with a OpenVZ VPS upgraded from CentOS4 to CentOS5, here’s what I’m seeing when trying to rum a yum install of mod_python: [root@coffee ~]# yum install mod_python Loaded plugins: fastestmirror error: no dbpath has been … Continue reading →

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OpenVZ: Container already locked

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin

f you received this message when you try and stop the VE… [root@server ~]# vzctl stop 104 Container already locked

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exim on another port for smtp

Posted on November 25, 2010 by admin

When a business I know had trouble with their broadband I was fortunately able to get them back online by using the redundant mobile broadband on the router. The only issue then was that they couldn’t send email on port … Continue reading →

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The specified network name is no longer available samba

Posted on November 3, 2009 by admin

I keep getting this error: Error Copying File or Folder Cannot copy xxx: The specified network name is no longer available. Why?

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Ident Spoofing

Posted on October 14, 2009 by admin

Today I wrote about Oidentd on Wikipedia. Ident as per RFC 1413 is used for a few different services, in particular IRC. A feature of oidentd that my users find useful is ident spoofing.

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