If you got problems with Firefox – no matter if it’s Windows, Linux or anything else – it is always a good idea to kill its configs. How come? The problem started after updating Firefox in my Windows-VM. What now? Alright… downgrading as it used to work with the previous version. Murphys law strikes back – this did […]
Relocating the CyrusIMAPd
Sometimes old server hardware is too old to do its job. Replacement is needed – But how do you relocate the Mailstorage? Let’s have a look at the scene and do some explanation work: The CyrusIMAPd has its own mail storage and authenticates against the saslauthd, which talks to the MySQL Server via PAM. – Setting up the […]
“Bierstöckchen”
Heute Nacht wütete ein Fönsturm und brachte mir nebst Müll auch noch ein kleines Stöckchen von Sushiator angeweht. Worum es geht? – Bier. Weizen, Pils, Alt, Kölsch..? – Ein gutes Weizen in Ehren… Welches (Marke)? – Fohrenburger
vmware Player
Today I have rediscovered the vmware player for me. The idea itself is pretty old school, but always nice to have. The problem: Testing a livecd without a reboot to be able to continue working. A preconfigured VM does the trick as you just launch the player which will boot the iso. No CD wasted, no reboot – […]
Testing filesystems
I know – never touch a running system… but it’s fun still doin it. This time I am at testing filesystems for my system. But how should I do it? On my gentoo notebook, the portage is located on its own partition – not only due to fragmentation reasons. This partition does not contain files worth a backup. […]