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I moved my web and mail server to a new provider, Jaguar PC. Nothing like building a server from scratch, it can be a real time sink. It took about a week just to get the mail server up. The server itself is using Virtuozzo to setup a virtual server. This is just like running a physical server and once you are on the box you really can’t tell that it is just a small part of a larger server.

The server runs Postfix for mail, Courier-IMAP for imap, MySQL for the database, and Apache for the web server. The biggest problem that I had was with building Courier-IMAP. I took me a long while to find the right rpms for this install. Since I needed mysql support, getting the right authlib files were the biggest problem. Another problem was with the famd support. I had to build that from scratch.

Once I got the mail server done, everything else just fell into place. I hope I don’t have to move this server for a while.

My site was compromised by the Linux/Lupper-F worm. Linux/Lupper-F attempts to spread by exploiting the XML-RPC for PHP vulnerability. Thankfully the worm didn’t work… It could not execute a file it copied onto my system. The file it tried to grab was ping.txt and the code tried to create a file temp2006 and execute it. The site that it initially grabed the code form was http://219.84.105.36/text.txt

I got up early this morning to do a carrier deployment. Setup my machine… logged into the admin machines… made the edits… read the deploy notes… called into the bridge number…. no answer….

reread the deploy notes… the install is for tomorrow morning…. uugh…

Every so often I am asked to do technical interviews. Sometimes over the phone, sometimes in person. There are times when reading the various resumes is… well entertaining. On the whole most of the interviews I do are very technical and usually last 30-45 minutes. I also expect some resume padding and embellishment. Very rarely do I find a resume that understates the knowledge of the applicant.

This is not one of those cases….
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You ever have one of those days where nothing works right. Well I have been having that day for the last month and a half.

I have been working on a LDAP solution on Solaris 8 and 9. This is suppose to be a proof of concept since we have specific requirements for out passwords and the software we are using right now, Power Password, has some limitations on how it is implemented and we need to explore other options. Is that vague enough?
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