Okay, so after the weirdness with apache-2.0.59-r5, I finally have a working apache install with my apache-tools (apache2ctl, htpasswd2, etc). The problem was the original ebuild did not include these and app-admin/apache-tools as being blocked. To get apache-tools you needed to upgrade to apache-2.2.24-r12, which I was not comfortable with. After various bug reports (and… Continue reading apache-2.0.59-r5 to apache-2.2.4-r12 … WTF?
On one of my servers, I get pretty hefty mailserver action. I also do remote syslog using syslog-ng and stunnel. Today I started noticing a few of these messages in the logs. Sep 5 14:00:02 comp syslog-ng[22273]: Error accepting AF_UNIX connection, opened connections: 100, max: 100 Sep 5 14:00:02 comp syslog-ng[22273]: Error accepting AF_UNIX connection,… Continue reading Syslog-ng : How-to increase max connections
I have a client that sends me files using Microsoft’s propriety binary format (MS-TNEF MIME – Winmail.dat). I would see the text, but my claws-mail (sylpheed) is unable to view them. I’m primarily making this blog post so I don’t forget how to do this in the future. Also, if anyone has a built in… Continue reading Opening Stupid Windows WinMail.dat attachments with net-mail/tnef
Today’s challenge is related to the upgrade of Apache to www-servers/apache-2.0.59-r5. I upgraded on one of my servers, and immediately noticed something odd. Before I ever restart, I always like to do a config check with apache2ctl -t. For some reason apache2ctl was not compiled and installed. I figured it was a new ‘feature’ and… Continue reading Apache-2.0.59-r5 Missing Tools