Ubuntu Server Guide

1. Installation .............................................................................................................................. 167

2. Configuration .......................................................................................................................... 168
3. Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................... 174
4. References .............................................................................................................................. 178
9. Security .......................................................................................................................................... 179
1. User Management ................................................................................................................... 180
2. Console Security ..................................................................................................................... 186
3. Firewall .................................................................................................................................. 187
4. AppArmor .............................................................................................................................. 194
5. Certificates ............................................................................................................................. 198
6. eCryptfs .................................................................................................................................. 203
10. Monitoring .................................................................................................................................... 205
1. Overview ................................................................................................................................ 206
2. Nagios .................................................................................................................................... 207
3. Munin ..................................................................................................................................... 211
11. Web Servers ................................................................................................................................. 213
1. HTTPD - Apache2 Web Server ............................................................................................... 214
2. PHP - Scripting Language ....................................................................................................... 221
3. Squid - Proxy Server .............................................................................................................. 223
4. Ruby on Rails ......................................................................................................................... 226
5. Apache Tomcat ....................................................................................................................... 228
12. Databases ...................................................................................................................................... 232
1. MySQL .................................................................................................................................. 233
2. PostgreSQL ............................................................................................................................ 237
13. LAMP Applications ...................................................................................................................... 240
1. Overview ................................................................................................................................ 241
2. Moin Moin ............................................................................................................................. 242
3. phpMyAdmin .......................................................................................................................... 244
4. WordPress .............................................................................................................................. 246
14. File Servers ................................................................................................................................... 248
1. FTP Server ............................................................................................................................. 249
2. Network File System (NFS) .................................................................................................... 253
3. iSCSI Initiator ........................................................................................................................ 255
4. CUPS - Print Server ............................................................................................................... 258
15. Email Services .............................................................................................................................. 261
1. Postfix .................................................................................................................................... 262
2. Exim4 ..................................................................................................................................... 270
3. Dovecot Server ....................................................................................................................... 273
4. Mailman ................................................................................................................................. 275
5. Mail Filtering .......................................................................................................................... 281
16. Chat Applications .......................................................................................................................... 288
1. Overview ................................................................................................................................ 289

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