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Create a new interface file with a colon and a number.
# cp /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:1
# vim /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:1

DEVICE=eth0:1
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.0.5
ONBOOT=yes

To activate it, just

# ifup eth0:1

add the following to sshd_config

KeepAlive yes
ClientAliveInterval 60

Starting httpd: httpd: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for hostname.domain.com
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

Fix with these commands :

# hostname HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.COM

Add in to /etc/hosts e.g. # vim /etc/hosts

# echo HOST.DOMAIN.com > /etc/hostname

# /bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname

# apache2ctl graceful

Either:
$ sudo tasksel

or:
$ sudo tasksel install lamp-server

or:
$ sudo apt-get install php5 mysql-server apache2

Run as root, or prefix with “sudo”:
# locale-gen en_GB.UTF-8
# dpkg-reconfigure locales

$ cd /var/lib/mysql

find -type f -name '*.MYI' -exec myisamchk --silent --force --fast --update-state --key_buffer_size=64M --sort_buffer_size=64M --read_buffer_size=1M --write_buffer_size=1M {} \;

Find your debian-sys-maint password in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf.

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY ' ' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Replace with your debian-sys-maint password.

For some reason servers that I connected to using FTP with gnome-vfs would open in Firefox. Odd really.

I fiddled about and eventually developed a filesystem level fix. Just go to the folder:
~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/url-handlers
And delete the ftp folder!

I upgraded to VirtualBox 3 and then my windows guest went wrong.

First of all, you have make sure the latest version of compiz installed.

Go to CompizConfigs Settings Manager and look for “Windows Rules” under Windows Management category. Enable “Windows Rules” and go to “No ARGB visuals” use Window Class, click Grab and then click in virtualbox window.

The following command will generate several passwords with the following properties:

• Length of 10 characters
• Contain a mixture of upper and lowercase characters
• Contain at least 1 number
• Completely random most likely not in the dictionary (expect by random luck)
• Pronounceable

This makes these passwords easier to remember but very difficult to brute force. They are ideal as passwords for logging in to machines, servers, routers, etc.


$ apg -m 10 -x 10 -a 0 -M NCL -t