Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Adding an alias to an ethernet interface using ifconfig


To add an address to an ethernet interface :

ifconfig ethx:n [ipaddress]

where :
x = ethernet number
n = alias number

example

ifconfig eth0:1 10.0.0.10
will add 10.0.0.10 to eth0 in addition to the existing ip address [eth0]

Link : Setting up IP Aliasing on A Linux Machine Mini-HOWTO

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Monitoring incoming and outgoing mail in SME Server


To monitor ALL the incoming and outgoing mail that goes thru the system :


config setprop qpsmtpd Bcc enabled BccUser signal-event email-update


All the email will be automatically BCCed to .

To turn off this Bcc feature :
onfig delprop qpsmtpd Bcc enabled BccUser signal-event email-update

It won't delete user, it'll just disable the Bcc function.

http://contribs.org/viewtopic.php?p=138113#138113

Changing password complexity in SME Server



To change password complexity, login as root and :


config setprop passwordstrength Users normal
config setprop passwordstrength Ibays normal


It is also possible, but strongly discouraged, to disable password strength checking:


config setprop passwordstrength Users none
config setprop passwordstrength Ibays none


http://contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=34609&highlight=password