Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Installing VNC in Debian




To install VNC server in Debian :

apt-get install vnc4server

To install VNC viewer / client :

apt-get install xvnc4viewer

After installing the viewer, type
Xvnc4viewer [hostname]

Monday, February 5, 2007

Chat setting for Google Talk for my domain.



From http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=49147

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How do I configure Gaim to connect to Google Talk for my domain?

Once you download Gaim, you'll need to configure your client to connect to the Google Talk service. If you're not a Google Apps for Your Domain user, please visit the Google Talk Help Center for instructions.

To configure your account:

1. Open Gaim.
2. Click Accounts at the bottom of the login page.
3. Click Add from the Accounts window.
4. Enter the following information in the Add Account window:

* Protocol: Jabber
* Screen Name: Your Google Talk username (without any @ symbol or domain).
* Server: Enter the portion of your email address after the @ symbol. For example, gordon@example.com will enter example.com as the Server value.
* Password: We suggest leaving this field blank for increased security, but if you'd like to log in automatically, enter your password.
* Alias: Leave this field blank.
* Remember password: Check this box if you'd like Gaim to remember your password (you won't be prompted to enter it each time you log in, if you select this option).
* Auto-login: Check this box if you'd like to connect to the Google Talk service each time you use Gaim.

5. Click the + next to Show more options.
6. Enter the following information in the section that appears:

* Jabber Options: Select Use TLS if available and leave the other boxes unchecked.
* Port: 5222
* Connect server: talk.google.com
* Proxy type: Use Global Proxy Settings

7. Click Save.

Congratulations! You're now ready to connect to the Google Talk service using Gaim.

Have questions about Gaim? Learn from the experts! Check out Gaim's FAQs. The Google Talk Team can only assist you in configuring your client to work with the Talk service.

SquirrelMail with UW-IMAP problem




By default SquirrelMail will have problem when trying to login into UW-IMAP server.

This FAQ @ squirrelmail explain the work around : link

Basically :

- reconfigure uw-imap server to provide imaps :

dpkg-reconfigure uw-imap

- run /usr/sbin/squirrelmail-configure

- Select option D and set to the option to uw

- Return to Main Menu and select option 2. Server Option.


- Select option 4. IMAP Server

- Set 5. IMAP Port to 993, and 7. Secure IMAP (TLS) to true

- Save, and Quit.

This will connect the squirrelmail to uw-imap server.

By design, UW-IMAP server does not allow plain text login for the reason of security. And squirrelmail only support plaintext login because of some limitation from the php ssh module, and some restriction from squirrelmail IMAP implementation. (http://www.squirrelmail.org/docs/admin/admin-10.html)