Posted: October 1, 2009 at 6:57 pm | Tags: bind, dns, Linux
This tutorial is about setting up DNS on Ubuntu and is the result of lot of documentation, many tutorials and many attempts. Hope you’ll find it usefull.
For installing DNS service on a machine, first thing to do in installing BIND (Berkley Internet Name Daemon):
sudo apt-get install bind9
The next thing to do is to configure bind. Usualy, for this you have to edit named.conf, but in Ubuntu the configuration file for bine is named.conf.local:
sudo /etc/bind/named.conf.local
Now you have to add the zones: Continue Reading

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Posted: September 29, 2009 at 10:38 pm | Tags: Linux, shell script
This is a simple shell script. This is what it can do:
[1] Display curent time and date
[2] Display files from current folder
[3] Display the calendar
[4] Start an text editor
[5] Harddisk information
[6] Verify resourcesit.com with ping
This is the complete script. Feel free to use or modify as you like to: Continue Reading

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Posted: July 13, 2009 at 2:31 pm | Tags: alerts, configure, Linux, nagios, Ubuntu
Nagios is a good open source tool for monitoring network components and services. It can be configured to send alerts by e-mail
Given that the new version (3) can be found in repositories, installation is much easier now, using apt-get:
sudo apt-get install nagios3
Checking the installation:
sudo nagios3 -v nagios.cfg
This is how the testing should look like:
Nagios 3.0.6
Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org) Continue Reading

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Posted: July 11, 2009 at 8:04 pm | Tags: Linux, network, samba, smb, tcp/ip, wins
Samba este un soft open source, care permite sistemelor de operare unix-based sa “se vada” in retea cu PC-urile cu Windows. Samba este de fapt implementarea mai multor protocoale intr-un singur soft capabil sa comunice simultan cu aceste protocoale: SMB, TCP/IP, NetBIOS (protocolul implementat in Network Neighborhood din Windows), WINS si Active Directory (pt asta trebuie setat kerberos).
In primul rand, pentru a seta cu succes Samba, trebuie ca masina pe care ruleaza linux sa aibe IP static. In caz contrar, nu se va putea folosi WINS…
Se instaleaza Samba:
#sudo apt-get install samba
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