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Good URL:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2139737,00.asp

Check to see if quotas are enabled on the current system. Run: mount
Make sure the quota software is turned on with: dpkg -l quota*
If it’s not installed install with: apt-get install quota
Enable quotas on the file system you want quota support on. Edit /etc/fstab and add “,usrquota” to the end of the [...]

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Had to migrate a site from a remote server onto a Windows virtual server (Virtuozzo) running Plesk. The site had a database running on SQL Server 2005, but, by default Windows Plesk virtual servers only run MSDE. The database also had stored procedures, which, MSDE doesn’t support. So, needed to install SQL Express [...]

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Great link to information regarding testing SMTP AUTH:

http://qmail.jms1.net/test-auth.shtml

To test SMTP AUTH I did the following:
[server]# perl -MMIME::Base64 -e ‘print encode_base64(“\000test\@domain.com\000testpassword”)’
AHRlc3RAZG9tYWluLmNvbQB0ZXN0cGFzc3dvcmQ=
[server]# perl -MMIME::Base64 -e ‘print decode_base64(“AHRlc3RAZG9tYWluLmNvbQB0ZXN0cGFzc3dvcmQ=”)’
test@domain.comtestpassword
Then connect to the server and try putting in the above SMTP AUTH details:
[server]# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1…
Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is ‘^]’.
220 localhost ESMTP
ehlo testing
250-localhost
250-STARTTLS
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
AUTH PLAIN AHRlc3RAZG9tYWluLmNvbQB0ZXN0cGFzc3dvcmQ=
235 go [...]

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Oooops, installed too many of the groups during initial GUI installation for a server.
[root@host~]# yum grouplist
Office/Productivity
Administration Tools
Editors
System Tools
Text-based Internet
GNOME Desktop Environment
Authoring and Publishing
Network Servers
Hardware Support
X Window System
Graphics
Web Server
Printing Support
Mail Server
Server Configuration Tools
Graphical Internet
Time to remove some of the rubish:
[root@host~]# yum groupremove ‘Office/Productivity’ ‘GNOME Desktop Environment’ ‘Authoring and Publishing’ ‘X Window System’ ‘Graphics’ ‘Printing Support’ ‘Graphical [...]

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