To install proftpd server

apt-get install proftpd

While installing there is a option to choose the type of installation, whether it is standalone or inetd installation, normally we need standalone installation, After installation the server will start automatically.

To start ftp server

/etc/init.d/proftpd start

To stop ftp server

/etc/init.d/proftpd stop

Now we will go through configuration of ftp server
proftpd configuration file is located at /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
To edit configuration use

vi /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf

Default configuration file can be found here

By default proftpd will give access to the home path (to know home directory of users cat /etc/passwd)

DefaultRoot ~

// This will limit the user smanne to /var/www/ folder
DefaultRoot /var/www/ smanne

To change default file permissions

// this will give default 755 permission to all the new and updated files
Umask                           022  022 

// this will give 775 permission,
Umask 			      002  002

You can also change the port number, max connections,

For more proftpd configurations refer – http://www.proftpd.org/docs/example-conf.html

http://www.howtoforge.com/mysql_database_replication

This article contains simple copy & paste steps to configure MySql replication, if you need more detailed indepth explanation on different configuration settings then go to

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication.html

We need apache, nginx to work with this tutorial
To install nginx on debian please follow this link

http://timothybowler.com/2009/11/25/compiling-nginx-on-debian-lenny/

Note: Dont install using aptitude it contains older version where gzip and proxy module not available,

Modify apache ports.conf to run apache on port 8080

Add this lines to default site of nginx

server {
listen 80;
server_name debianzone.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://debianzone.com:8080;
proxy_cache debianzone-cache;
proxy_cache_valid  200 302  60m;
proxy_cache_valid  404      1m;
}
} 

Add this in http section of nginx.conf

http {
proxy_cache_path  /var/www/cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=debianzone-cache:8m max_size=1000m inactive=600m;
proxy_temp_path /var/www/cache/tmp;
}

Download Google chrome for Debian

For developers it has developer tools which looks like firebug, but it`s not so power full like firebug, to open developer tools click

ctrl + shift + i

It also supports extensions and themes

At present i can say it as just an alternate browser, but not total replacement for firefox, let me test the stability of chrome for some more time

/bin/hostname your-host-name

To change the host name permanently use

/etc/hostname
/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start

RRDTool: RRDtool is the OpenSource industry standard, high performance data logging and graphing system for time series data. Use it to write your custom monitoring shell scripts or create whole applications using its Perl, Python, Ruby, TCL or PHP bindings.

AWStats: AWStats is a free powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics, graphically. This log analyzer works as a CGI or from command line and shows you all possible information your log contains, in few graphical web pages.

Analog: Analog is a program to measure the usage on your web server. It tells you which pages are most popular, which countries people are visiting from, which sites they tried to follow broken links from, and all sorts of other useful information.

Piwik: Piwik is a downloadable, open source (GPL licensed) web analytics software program. It provides you with detailed real time reports on your website visitors: the search engines and keywords they used, the language they speak, your popular pages…

Piwik aims to be an open source alternative to Google Analytics.

Piwik is a PHP MySQL software program that you download and install on your own webserver. At the end of the five minute installation process you will be given a JavaScript tag. Simply copy and paste this tag on websites you wish to track (or use an existing plugin to do it automatically for you).

Request Free CD

vi .bashrc

Add following line at end of the file

echo 'ALERT - Root Shell Access (server name) on:' `date`
 `who` | mail -s "Alert: Root Access from `who | cut -d"(" -f2 | cut -d")"
 -f1`" yourmail@gmail.com

For new installation:

Update aptitude sources

vi /etc/apt/sources.list

and add this lines

• deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mobile/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

• deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mobile/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Then

apt-get update
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-psb

For people facing problem with display after updating kernel use this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure psb-kernel-source

UNetbootin: UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive, so it’s no different from a standard install, only it doesn’t need a CD. It can create a dual-boot install, or replace the existing OS entirely.

Creating bootable USB

Creation of the bootable USB Ubuntu installation really could not be easier. UNetbootin is a standalone utility which when run lets the user select from any support distribution flavor and version. The target USB key is also selected and after pressing OK the distribution is downloaded, unarchived, the USB key formatted and the distribution copied to the USB key and made bootable. All of this is handled for the user.

Steps to install ubuntu in Dell Mini

1. Insert USB Key in Dell Mini USB port
2. Boot Dell Mini and press ‘0’ on the boot-up screen
3. Ubuntu Live boots and double-clicking on the Install icon on the desktop gets the process started.
4. After the very few and simple prompts are answered the installation runs for a while and when completed you are prompted to reboot. When rebooting the USB key is removed and you now have a nice Ubuntu installation.