links for 2008-11-10

• How to check what have installed in Debian/Ubuntu » Linux by Examples
  To check what have install by listing all using dpkg is easy.

  dpkg -l = same as rpm -qa

  (tags: ubuntu debian linux reference)
• CompileLinuxRPM – Box Backup – Trac
  It is very easy to build an RPM of Box Backup on Linux platforms. This should work on all Red Hat distributions (including Fedora), SuSE, and probably others too.

  Given that you have the correct development packages installed simply execute this command (replacing the version number):

  rpmbuild -ta boxbackup-0.00.tgz

  (tags: boxbackup reference rpm)
• Cacti Backup Shell Script
  Script to autobackup cacti – backups up mysql and cacti directories
  (tags: cacti mysql backup bash)
• HTTPD – Apache2 Web Server
  The mod_ssl module adds an important feature to the Apache2 server – the ability to encrypt communications.
  (tags: ubuntu tips ssl apache)
• mod_dnssd 0.5
  mod_dnssd is an Apache HTTPD module which adds Zeroconf support via DNS-SD using Avahi.
  (tags: bonjour avahi apache linux howto)

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