Potential How-Tos

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This page is a list of potential how-tos that someone could write up on the wiki.

  • How to configure a distro/repo to use mirror.clarkson.edu
    • Fedora
    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Dag/RPMforge
    • Epel
    • Whatever else we mirror
  • Set up ssh keys using ssh-agent, ssh-add, & ssh-copy-id
  • Install Linux
    • Full graphical installs for major distros
    • Minimal installs for major distros
  • Database backups
    • Create them
    • Restore them
  • Rsync tutorial
  • Configure Apache virtual hosts
  • Send email from command line
    • Useful for scripts
  • Send files to an email address from the command line
    • Backups anyone?
  • Administer mysql
  • Setup ssl for web sites (inc. generating own cert)
  • Clone a system (Clonezilla)
    • Clonezilla server setup instructions
  • Compile kernel
  • Install & Use KVM
  • SELinux
  • Hardening a server
  • Install/Configure/Use Samba
  • acl permissions
  • OpenVPN
  • IPv6
  • Set up a Proxy server
  • Set up bind & secure it
  • Hack a wireless network
  • Set up an ftp server
  • Set up a telnet server
  • Set up a basic mail server
  • Set up Mantis
  • Use crontab
  • Set up openafs server/client
  • Bash scripting tutorial
  • Denyhosts setup tutorial
  • iptables
  • administering user accounts
  • useful commands
    • sed
    • awk
    • find
    • du
    • etc.
  • set up a honeypot
  • submit patches
  • create packages
  • document things on the wiki tutorial
  • install drupal, wordpress, etc.
  • write an Android/iPhone app
  • Install vmware server
  • how to set up a cluster (openmpi & hadoop)
  • deploy mediawiki
  • advanced sudo usage
  • smtp commands
  • set up laconica
  • regular expression help
  • how-to use expect
  • the list goes on and on
  • htaccess
    • with ldap for extra credit
  • configure automatic updates on various distros
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