Lovelock: Mozilla as default browser from Thunderbird
Last week, I upgraded to Fedora 15 (codename: Lovelock). One of the new annoying "features" is that Google Chrome somehow got to be the default browser when I click a link from Firefox. I Google'd...
View ArticleAn Asterisk 1.8 fax server
To start, I setup a clean, minimal Fedora 15 installation. Install requirements After installation, we install a few more tools that we need: yum install asterisk asterisk-fax #base yum install...
View ArticleOpenVPN: script failed: could not execute external program
I've been using the great VPN software OpenVPN for a long time now. I just love it. Today, I copied the configuration of my old router to my brand new Fedora 15 box, and suddenly it can't start...
View ArticleFedora 15: Nagios errors
Installation of Nagios on Fedora 15 is easy as yum install nagios nagios-plugins* php nrpe. I only found one problem: Error: Could not read object configuration data! The webserver runs as user apache,...
View ArticleSELinux: Running samba unconfined
I don't want to disable SELinux, but i'm using samba to access about every file on the system. To run samba unconfined, change its context: chcon -t unconfined_exec_t /usr/sbin/smbd service smb restart...
View ArticleViewing a V4L2 webcam with mplayer
The great mplayer can be used to view movies, play dvd's, and even to watch the webcam. For my Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000, I use the following command: mplayer -cache 128 -tv...
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Simple dual uplink configuration
Last week I switched from ADSL to EuroDOCSIS cable. I couldn't just shut down the DSL connection as several services were still connecting to that IP. So I made my home router (Fedora 15) kind of...
View ArticleReconfigure nspluginwrapper
Yay, I just upgraded my nspluginwrapper and everything broke. Again. Couldn't use youtube or any of my other favorite sites anymore. Running firefox from the console gave me some feedback: *** NSPlugin...
View ArticleSELinux: Running OpenVPN on a different port
To allow OpenVPN to run on a different port than 1194, you'll need to tweak your SELinux permissions: /usr/sbin/semanage port -a -t openvpn_port_t -p udp 61616 © GeekLabInfo SELinux: Running OpenVPN on...
View ArticleDNS and multiple VPNs: Using dnsmasq to access multiple dns suffixes
On my Fedora 15 laptop, I'm almost always connected to several VPNs simultaneously. One VPN to my office or to my home (depending on where I am), one to the data center, one to a customer. These...
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