Thursday, September 30, 2004
Thursday, September 23, 2004
There's a new version of fink out.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Linux.com | Backing up your Linux desktop with rsync - useful. Also mentions using
du -sh /
as a command to find the size of a directory. Handy.
du -sh /
as a command to find the size of a directory. Handy.
Sunday, September 19, 2004
More on Postfix SMTP AUTH with TLS on Debian GNU/Linux. This is not straightforward.......
Postfix SMTP Configuration - talks through authentication-based relay control (SMTP AUTH).
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Here's a nice little project - I use a Mac for my main machine, and I use iCal for calendaring. In true Apple style, iCal uses .ics files to store calendar data, which is an open format, readable in many applications.
Apple also provide a service via .Mac where you can "publish" your calendar. What actually happens is that the .ics file is replicated up to a server at Apple (via WebDAV, as it happens), from where other people can read it. My colleagues can therefore "subscribe" to my calendar and view it in their iCal application.
To add to the mix, there is also a script that parses my "published" .ics file on the Apple servers and renders it as html, so I can pass a URL to people, and they can view my calendar online. It's a beautiful solution.
What has this got to do with Open Source? - well, firstly, this is open source; the web server is Apache, DAV is mod_dav and .ics is an open, RFI approved format.
But, there is a problem. I now want an iCal that my colleagues and I can all edit, and the .mac servers only allow me write access. The solution is to publish from iCal to a DAV folder that I own - I can then grant write access to my colleagues. Again, I am thinking Apache and mod_dav. But looking around I have found this useful article, which also references PHP iCalendar, which is a handy PHP viewer/parser to display an iCal file in a web page. Looks like I can be my own .mac server, with a bit of work.......
Apple also provide a service via .Mac where you can "publish" your calendar. What actually happens is that the .ics file is replicated up to a server at Apple (via WebDAV, as it happens), from where other people can read it. My colleagues can therefore "subscribe" to my calendar and view it in their iCal application.
To add to the mix, there is also a script that parses my "published" .ics file on the Apple servers and renders it as html, so I can pass a URL to people, and they can view my calendar online. It's a beautiful solution.
What has this got to do with Open Source? - well, firstly, this is open source; the web server is Apache, DAV is mod_dav and .ics is an open, RFI approved format.
But, there is a problem. I now want an iCal that my colleagues and I can all edit, and the .mac servers only allow me write access. The solution is to publish from iCal to a DAV folder that I own - I can then grant write access to my colleagues. Again, I am thinking Apache and mod_dav. But looking around I have found this useful article, which also references PHP iCalendar, which is a handy PHP viewer/parser to display an iCal file in a web page. Looks like I can be my own .mac server, with a bit of work.......
CUPS mini-mini-HOWTO - setting up CUPS on Debian.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Using ftp in a shell script. Handy - used it today!
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Slashdot | Best Training in Linux Administration? - an interesting discussion.
