January 2008 Archives

Jan 22, 2008

Runlevels tools for Ubuntu

Posted by Martin Perron in HowTo - Linux No comments

I. Install a tool – sysv-rc-conf. It is a perl based boot process adjustment tool.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
It gives you a way to easily config the boot process and runlevel configuration, but its not necessary if you want to do it manually by linking/unlinking the files… Its up to you.
II. Ok, that’s all [...]


Jan 22, 2008

Creating a .htaccess password protected for Apache

Posted by Martin Perron in HowTo - Linux 2 comments

Writen for Ubuntu distribution but the principle stay the same with other release of linux.
By default, Ubuntu’s Apache will ignore the directives in your .htaccess files.
When (not) to use .htaccess files
According to Apache.org’s Apache Tutorial,
“In general, you should never use .htaccess files unless you don’t have access to the main server configuration file. There [...]


Jan 3, 2008

Informations pertinentes concernant les DNS et noms de domaine

Posted by Martin Perron in HowTo - General No comments

Vous voulez savoir comment voir les informations d’un domaine? Vous vous êtes toujours demander comment l’Internet fonctionnait?
Chaque fois que vous faite un ping ou une requête HTTP avec un fureteur web, vos DNS (configuré avec votre IP privé de machine ou en dhcp si vous avez un routeur) pointent sur des DNS public de votre [...]