"if you want fix your Linux box, call a Slacker"

New blog!

2007-01-20T02:47:00.000+08:00

This blog no more available, please go to new blog http://mattslacker.blogspot.com

Installation Nessus on Fedora (part 1)

2006-12-27T09:26:00.000+08:00

At Insecure.org , they call Nessus as the best free network vulnerability scanner available and they still number one as a network security tools for many years, I remember the last time I install Nessus 2.2.9 on CentOS without no problem, the installation using their installer run smoothly. But if you want to install Nessus in Fedora (mine version 5), you need to do some tweak on your Fedora box. I'm suggest you to install Nessus version 2.2.9 because starting version 3 Nessus no more open source, pity :(- . There are some libraries and package you need to install like flex, yacc, bison, gcc, gtk+-devel etc. You just using yum bla bla bla, to be continue...sorry

Can we put -current in slapt-getrc?

2006-12-20T10:15:00.000+08:00

I'm always asking slack people can we put -current branch in slapt-getrc (slapt-get configuration file) because I'm not sure about this, see here . After do some googling I found this. So, read those tutorial and you'll find the answer. The most important things, always read ChangeLog. :)-

Oracle 9i class

2006-12-20T09:50:00.000+08:00

Oracle class again, its terrible! We finished our class yesterday at 9.00 pm , believe it or not (not Reply).

Oracle 9i

2006-12-19T13:28:00.000+08:00

Hari ni masuk hari kedua aku berkursus Oracle9i:SQL, kursus ini pada dasarnya ialah untuk mendedahkan penggunakan Oracle database pada sistem TMS (Training Management System). Aku telah mengikuti kursus seumpama ini beberapa bulan lepas dan kali ini adalah refreshment atau retraining (tajuk kursus pada memo pun macam tu :)) untuk kursus ini. Di bandingkan dengan kursus lepas, kursus kali ini lebih menjurus kepada penggunaan syntax SQL dengan menggunakan SQL*Plus. Pada aku sepatutnya kursus ini perlu menggunakan OS Linux sebagai platform kerana TMS menggunakan Linux sebagainya platform kepada Oracle. Walaupun penggunaan Oracle adalah sama pada mana-mana platform iaitu pada Windows atau Linux tetapi terdapat beberapa perbezaan kecil pada kedua-duanya. Pengajar kali ini Mr Eugene lebih baik dan 'bersopan' dibandingkan dengan Mr Bala dulu yang selalu duduk atas kerusi. Beliau lebih menekankan penggunakan command SQL itu sendiri (Linux adalah CLI). Oracle lebih pantas dan ringan pada Linux dibandingkan dengan Windows.

Slackware 11. 0 Changelog

2006-12-19T09:36:00.000+08:00

Version 11.0 still rock-solid, here a few minor update

VERSION = current (do not put on your production server)

2006-12-13T01:13:00.000+08:00

The last post I'm talking about on how to configure Swaret, my advise here don't put VERSION = current if you use it for production, put VERSION = stable in your swaret.conf

How to configure Swaret

2006-12-05T01:41:00.000+08:00

Here some basic info on how to install/configure Swaret

root@matt:/home/download# wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/swaret/swaret-1.6.3-noarch-2.tgz
root@matt:/home/download# installpkg swaret-1.6.3-noarch-2.tgz
root@matt:/home/download# vi /etc/swaret.conf.new
reading /etc/swaret.conf.new

Change anything you want in swaret.conf.new, here mine :
change VERSION=current
uncomment the line REPOS_ROOT=LinuxPackagesDOTnET%http://www2.linuxpackages.net/packages/Slackware-11.0
change DESC from 0 to 1 so you get a short description of the packages while installing.
change DSEARCHM to 1 so it will use slocate to check for missing libraries.

root@matt:/home/download# mv /etc/swaret.conf.new /etc/swaret.conf
root@matt:/home/download# swaret --update
swaret 1.6.3-2

[ http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/slackware/slackware-current ]
### Fetching CHECKSUMS List File... DONE!
### Fetching FILELIST List File... DONE!
### Fetching PACKAGES List File for Packages... DONE!
### Fetching PACKAGES List File for Extra Packages... DONE!
### Fetching ChangeLog... DONE!
=> Generating List Files... DONE!
[ http://www2.linuxpackages.net/packages/Slackware-11.0 ]
### Fetching 'LinuxPackagesDotNet' CHECKSUMS List File... DONE!
### Fetching 'LinuxPackagesDotNet' FILELIST List File... DONE!
### Fetching 'LinuxPackagesDotNet' PACKAGES List File for Packages... DONE!
=> 'LinuxPackagesDotNet'... DONE!
=> Generating 'LinuxPackagesDotNet' List Files... DONE!

root@matt:/home/download# swaret --upgrade -a

Htop

2006-12-05T01:16:00.000+08:00

Here my Htop output on my Slack server. The CPU and memory process still in a good condition.

More Slackware Reviews

2006-11-26T22:50:00.000+08:00

I found this "Like fine wine, this distro gets better with age" and this Review of Slackware 11.0, but the second more detail and complete, the author show his /proc/cpuinfo and lspci output. His got a good memories with Slack " Slackware holds a special place in my heart being my first distro and I'll always support them". I think the author using OpenBSD, that's why he love Slack. :}

Slackware Package Management Tools

2006-11-26T00:23:00.000+08:00

There are no special tools for package management system in Slackware. If i'm not misktaken, Swaret and Slackpkg was introduced in /extra since version 9.1 but did not install by default. Swaret then was removed from the distribution since Slackware 10.0 but is still available as a 3rd party package. Slapt-get and SlackUpdate become an alternative as a third party tools. Besides all the tools above, I found some other tools that really worth to check out, there are Slackmatic, EMERDE a port of Gentoo's package system, PortPKG similar to BSD's port, Slack-get and a new improvement for pkgtool like Spkg and Tukaani Pkgtools. I'm not try yet some of the tools above but as a Slackware lover, why not give them a try especially EMERDE and PortPKG. Here a good link for Slackware package management tools.

Slackware Resources

2006-11-05T22:27:00.000+08:00

A good resources for Slackware users, no matter you are newbie or expert. They compile all the good old and new sites related to Slackware and the relative, here the link...

Laluan sukar Bagi Barca

2006-11-05T22:10:00.000+08:00

Selepas kalah kepada Chelsea di Stamford Bridge pada saingan Liga Juara-Juara dan Real Madrid pada saingan LA Liga, Barca sekadar seri dengan Chelsea pada perlawanan timbal balik peringkat kumpulan di Nou Camp minggu lepas selepas aku mengorbankan tidur aku yang tengah lena pada pukul 4 pagi, berkesudahan seri 2-2. Tiada cara lain bagi Barca untuk melayakan diri ke peringkat kalah mati iaitu perlu menang pada kedua-dua perlawanan terakhir menentang Warner Bremen dan Sofia Levski. Long live Barca..

Slackware 11.0 Review

2006-10-30T23:43:00.000+08:00

If you notice, Slackware one of the linux distribution which not so popular among new linux users. And Slackware also always not get a good review from linux site, but here two sites which write something about Slackware, bad or good? read this... A brief look at Slackware 11.0 and Slackware goes to 11

Woi! Week of Release

2006-10-30T22:59:00.000+08:00

After return back from Hari Raya holiday, a lot of new release from fomous open source project like a new relase of Fedora Core 6, Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft and Firefox 2.0. I'm start using Firefox 2.0 right now and it's really awesome. And for Fedora and Ubuntu, i need extra 'spare' time to test both of this great linux distro. Right now, I'm using Fedora Core 5 for my home desktop computer and Kubuntu LTS 6.06 for my office laptop. Hope to see more release from other great OOS project.

Linux Server Hacks Vol II

2006-10-15T23:46:00.000+08:00

Aku terima buku ni Linux Server Hacks Vol II kira-kira dua bulan lepas bersama-sama dengan dua buah lagi judul lain iaitu Linux Server Security dan Linux Network Administrator's Guide from Oreilly. Pada masa tu sedikit kelam kabut terutama dengan kelahiran putriku Nur Amanina Nazifa menyebabkan buku-buku ni aku lepak kat bawah almari dulu. Terima kasih kepada Oreilly dan juga Pansing Distribution terutama June Lim dan Dennis Pook yang sudi untuk mengirim naskah akademik ini untuk kegunaan pelajar-pelajar aku. Rupa-rupanya ketiga-ketiga buku di atas amat menarik terutama Linux Server Hacks dan Linux Server Security yang banyak membincangkan berkaitan hal-hal keselamatan linux server. Sekarang barulah terdapat sedikit kelapangan untuk melihat dan study dengan lebih detail lagi buku-buku ini. Banyak lagi bab-bab penting yang patut dibaca ni, it's time to rock n roll.

Apache, PHP and MySQL in Debian

2006-10-09T23:47:00.000+08:00

Setting up LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql and PHP/Perl/Python) server is not a big problem for me. It can run smoothly in Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS/Ubuntu or Slackware (need a little bit tweaking) without any problem. But as a Debian newbie, its take me a time to setup this. I got a problem while compiling PHP because Debian seems alter their PHP path. Here some tips to setup those packages

Apache Setup
# apt-get instal install apache2
# apt-get install apache2-mpm-prefork
add this to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.shtml
to test your Apache
http://youripaddress/apache2-default/
start your Apache
/etc/init.d/httpd start

PHP support for Apache2
# apt-get install libapache2-mod-php4 php4-cli php4-common php4-cgi
uncomment this your /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
I made some mistake here
# cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/
# ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php4.load
# ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php4.conf

MySQL Setup
# apt-get install mysql-server-4.1 mysql-client-4.1
# mysqladmin -u root password 'passwordyouwant'
test your Mysql
# mysql -u root -p
You should now be left at a prompt which looks like this:
mysql>
exit mysql
create Mysql database
# mysqladmin -u root -p create mydatabase
# mysqladmin -u root -p reload
uncomment this line in /etc/apache2/php/php.ini
extension=php_mysql.so
start your Mysql
/etc/init.d/mysql start

Ok, now enjoy our LAMP server!

Slackware Linux 11.0 finally out!

2006-10-04T00:09:00.000+08:00

Dear Slackers, Slackware Linux 11.0 is out now! The long wait is over after an unusually testing and debugging period. See my last post. Happy slackin! Here the detail announcement , just grab your own copy now. Get here from slack mirror or torrent.

Slackware is a conservative distro?

2006-10-02T23:14:00.000+08:00

Read a news from Distrowatch

Those who follow the development of Slackware Linux 11.0 will no doubt agree: the upcoming version is an equivalent of a Caesarean birth - at least, by Slackware's own development standards. While the project's previous two stable releases were limited to one short beta test each, the "Current" branch seems to be going through endless levels of bug-fixing steps and package recompile stages. The recent flurry of security issues with OpenSSL, OpenSSH and Mozilla products did not help the matters. So the wait goes on, with no indication whether the current tree will become stable tomorrow or in three weeks.

Version Release Date Beta/RC Days

Slackware 11.0 2006-10-?? 5 49+

Slackware 10.2 2005-09-15 1 6

Slackware 10.1 2005-02-07 1 15

Slackware 10.0 2004-06-23 2 7

Slackware 9.1 2003-09-26 4 14

Slackware 9.0 2003-03-18 3 15

Table 1: List of recent Slackware versions and their development times.

Of course, Slackware Linux has a reputation to defend. As an oldest surviving Linux distribution, it has always been considered the simplest, most transparent and most stable of them all. It is also extremely conservative; by reading the changelog, one gets an impression that Patrick Volkerding does not particularly welcome advances in the Linux kernel or the availability of more modern packages. It's a fact that Slackware remains the only major Linux distributions that keeps using the LILO boot loader, does not provide an alternative to the age-old Sendmail mail server, and still prefers the 2.4 kernel series - that's nearly three years after the first stable release of the 2.6 kernel!

And yet, this conservative approach is probably the most important feature of the distribution, especially appreciated by those old UNIX hands who do not care for learning new technologies, but would rather just run a worry-free setup on their server and desktop computers. In this respect, Slackware remains true to its roots. By providing a tried and tested distribution for those who value this approach, it has succeeded in maintaining a large group of dedicated followers who wouldn't consider switching to another distribution or operating system. Just take a look at the number of contributors mentioned in the Current ChangeLog for a proof that Slackware is alive and well.

A few more days, perhaps?

I'm the one who have waiting Slackware 11.0 for nearly six months since the last 10.2 version in September 2005. Uhhh!

Webmin 1.300

2006-10-02T12:18:00.000+08:00

Webmin again (windows minded still here). I'm not satisfied with the default Webmin 1.130 in Debian 3.1 r3, so i remove all the previous Webmin packages

apt-get remove webmin webmin-core

then download and install a new Webmin 1.300 from their site

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.300_all.deb
dpkg --install webmin_1.300_all.deb

the installation will be done automatically to /usr/share/webmin, the administration username set to root and the password to your current root password. You should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL https://localhost:10000/

Great podcast site

2006-09-30T00:31:00.000+08:00

I found two great podcast site related with punk/hardcore/metal music. Being an old timer punks i can't stop myself listening to Varukers, Doom, Crass, Dead Kennedys, Amebix, Septic Death, Discharge, Motorhead (no more metal without them), Conflict and thousand more everyday. Great bands with great lyrics . Happy bleeding your ears All Go No Slow! and Blasting Concept

Debian and Webmin

2006-09-28T16:46:00.000+08:00

The default Webmin install in Debian as pic above. They come without any modules, you need to install by yourself which modules do you want. As a Debian newbie, i found a simple solution from net :

Installing Webmin in Debian

#apt-get install webmin webmin-core

After the installation If you want to access webmin from any machine in your network edit the /etc/webmin/ miniserv.conf file change the “allow” option

allow=127.0.0.1 to allow=0.0.0.0

If you want to restrict webmin for only your network you can do in this allow option

Once you change this and save your file and restart the webmin using following command

#/etc/init.d/webmin restart

Go to your browser and type:- https://ipaddress:10000 and you can login using the debian linux root as username and password for root.

If you ou need any webmin modules for your applications you can download from here

Update Webmin online from your machine

Click on Webmin Configuration under webmin tab from here click on Upgrade Webmin and select the Latest version from www.webmin.com option now click on upgrade webmin button this will start the webmin upgrade from webmin site

Downloading http://www.webmin.com/download/webmin-1.290.tar.gz ..
Downloading http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin-1.290.tar.gz (10324511 bytes) ..
Received 1024 bytes (0 %)
Received 1033216 bytes (10 %)
Received 2065408 bytes (20 %)
Received 3097600 bytes (30 %)
Received 4130816 bytes (40 %)
Received 5163008 bytes (50 %)
Received 6195200 bytes (60 %)
Received 7227392 bytes (70 %)
Received 8260608 bytes (80 %)
Received 9292800 bytes (90 %)
Received 10324511 bytes (100 %)
.. Download complete.
No package signature verification done.

Running setup.sh script to upgrade Webmin .. Please wait a minute until it is complete before continuing.

Other available options

From local file
From uploaded file
From ftp or http URL

Installing Webmin from latest .deb package

You can download latest .deb from here

#wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.290.deb

#dpkg –install webmin_1.290_all.deb

the install will be done automatically to /usr/share/webmin, the administration username set to root and the password to your current root password. You should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL http://localhost:10000/

Apt-get source list

2006-09-27T08:22:00.000+08:00

How to change source list for apt-get ? The default install source list is deb cdrom so, change /etc/apt/source-list file to

#deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060419)]/ unstable contrib main
# deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib

then run apt-get update

D-Link KVM Switch

2006-09-26T16:53:00.000+08:00

Today i'm receive a D-Link KVM switch after a long wait. Its have 4 ports and just enough for me to link to my CentOS and my 'new' Debian box.

From Serendipity to Wordpress to Blogger, which is the best blog system

2006-09-26T15:11:00.000+08:00

I'm just finish sign up Google's Blogger. I plan to change my previous blog from 'our' own server Wordpress to the Blogger. This is my third blog system after Serendipity and Wordpress. Wordpress rocks but sometimes i can't manage its security fix. So thats why i change to Blogger. I hope this new blog have a something special to offer, at least to me...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

2006-09-25T09:04:00.000+08:00

In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful…May this blog be useful to all of you out there.