A while back I set my server time to the right time how they showed it here . I checked some logs and seem like the logs are all one hour off.

So instead of 12.30 it would show 11.30. So I decided I'd set the right timezone. I setup my clock like this:

 

vi /etc/sysconfig/clock

 

#ZONE="Europe/Amsterdam"

ZONE="GMT+1"

UTC=true

ARC=false

I rebooted. Didn't see a change

 

I also tried doing the following:

<strong>ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam /etc/localtimeStill have the same problem. I tried #</strong>ZONE="Europe/Amsterdam"and replacing it by #ZONE="GMT+1" Didn't change anything either,still off by an hour. I'm kind of out ideas and everything I searchin google they all point towards these configuration options.

 

When I use date it always still shows:

 

Mon Nov 7 11:44:17 CET 2011

So I'm probably just missing one thing. Cuz CET is Central Eastern time and I need GMT. Will keep search but ideas to help me in the right direction are welcome

I have been on Linux for about 2 weeks now, and I am still a GIANT n00b. That's why I am on my Windows partition to write this topic. Anyways, I am looking for a way to link up multiple hard drives. I am looking at starting a server, so I have been researching tutorials on how to install Apache, PHP, nginx, and java. I was on a webpage recently, and I saw a complete server rack. I saw multiple hard drive cases, and I was thinking how do they link all those RAID drives together. As usual I used Google, and I got no results. So here's my question:

I made this post https://www.linux-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4200-working-on-fail2ban/

I replied to it but I can't see my own reply. And Dave did too, when I click on the link in the

notification email I see it the reply. When I go via the the normal way http://linux-noob.com to forums

and look for the post I see nothing. Really strange. turned off proxy, cleared web browser history.

I got logwatch installed and working. I've also installed fail to ban and started the service. Still working on configuring it. I found out that I should be able to configure fail2ban to filter and ban per log. I found this in the fail2ban documention : at the bottom

Centos

<strong>Under CentOS / RedHat Enterprise Linux, httpd (Apache) is </strong><strong>not compiled with tcpwrappers support</strong><strong>. As a result the example in jail.conf called "apache-tcpwrapper" does not work since /etc/hosts.deny does not affe</strong>ct apache.

 

Mean that the filter [apache-tcpwrapper] won't work for me. So I did a bit of search and come across centos-fail2ban and seem they are using it there. So I'll just try to use it and configure it and see what the results are. But just strange two documentations saying two different things.

I've decided I want to build my own server and use it just as a server and for nothing else. That way I can just keep my desktop as a desktop and setup a home network and have my desktop running on a private network etc. Like I mentioned in my other post about wanting to proxy my internet traffic. I got two setups which aren't too expensive. I have put two systems together, one a a little different then the other. Just wanted your opinions.

 

 

*I removed the links cuz I found something better, see posts below here*

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My proxy/webfilter is running great. Just thought it might be better to have it set for all devices connected on my internet network. So that I don't have to set it up mannually for every device. I have Linksys WRT160N, and I read that the standard linksys router software does not allow setting up a proxy. But that I need to use dd-wrt . I found an instruction on how to do it and it doesn't look that hard. But how smart is it to do. Cuz I always go by the saying for computer stuff: "don't fix what ain't broke" or I could buy a second network card, have my internet connection on it so that I could filter/proxy it and connect another router too it, and to the second router I could connect all my devices. or something like that? Not too great in networking. That acuatually sounds better if it is possible. Because I don't really like messing with router firmware if it's running fine.

 

So if I wanted to do it without messing with the firmware I would probably want to setup like this?

 

 

Downstairs(modem)-->router1--mypc(nic1)---proxy/filter-->mypc(nic2)--->router2(make this gateway for all connecting devices)

 

Does that sound correct? But I have no idea how I would be able to connect two nic's. would have to do some research on that.

 

http://www.alternate...Netwerkadapters

http://www.alternate...+LAN&l3=Routers

Here a topic to continue what started out here. It's more appropriate as a separate topic.

 

I changed the default ssh port in SL, and before it works you have to edited the iptables/firewall. I edited the firewall using system-config-firewall-tui

on Hybrid's advice and restarted the service. When connecting:

 

ssh -p 1234 user@ip

 

I still get connection refused. I did check the vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables

 

And it nicely made a new entry under port 22 mentioning my custom ssh port.

I was hoping this wouldn't happen but looks like this is the end of skype for linux users. Microsoft bought skype and now they are banning reverse engineering of the skype code.

Haven't used skype much, but it was a great app. I'll be looking for a good alternative.

I went to look on the web to see what I would find as in CentOS vs SL. I find this article and I come across alot of other discussions. That SL security updates are faster and that CentOS is rumored to be a dying project.SL is used by Fermilab and CERN and therefore they got a team working on it alot.. Having searched different forums I still came across where SL and Centos are both advised and no discussions that I have mentioned above. And also have someone who advised me to switch to SL because of the same reasons. So I'm kind of confused and just wanted

to know your opinions about the matter since this is my home forum :) or say to say. And to help me think things through to decide what to do.

 

p.s this topic is not intended to make a distro war, just trying to understand so it can help me make a decision.