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Little's Auto Repair: MandrakeSoft Has Made Linux an Everyday/Everyone System
White Paper This case study is about a small auto repair business with 5 employees. They run a total of 4 machines on the network. Two or 3 years ago, they started playing with Linux, tried several distros: Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake Linux, Debian. [03 Jul 2008]
Marconi Aerospace - Firewall and Web Server
White Paper Marconi helps customers lead the revolutionary change in communications. As a global company that provides the hardware and software for communication and information industries, Marconi prides itself on a proven record of innovation and... [03 Jul 2008]
"Formula Z," Racing Team Uses Mandrakelinux for Works
White Paper This case study is about a racing team from Russi in the National Racing Series LADA (NGSL) - "Formula - LADA 1600". They are one of the leaders of the national motorsport, the winner of the 2002 Russian Championship. [03 Jul 2008]
French Farmer Manage Goats With Linux
White Paper This case study is about a French farmer. He uses Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and no other OS. He uses it for his usual office operations and with Mysql as an Intranet with PHP3 and Mozilla as graphical interface. [03 Jul 2008]
Linux for the Accountant
White Paper This case study is about an accountant and how he has changed to Linux Mandrake for reliability. He uses Star office in Linux and is able to do all his work (except Tax Returns - for which he still has to use Windows). [03 Jul 2008]
Enabling SASL Support in postfix
White Paper SASL, short for Simple Authentication and Security Layer is a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols. In order for SASL to be used, a protocol must include a command for identifying and authenticating a user to a... [03 Jul 2008]
Using djbdns With Mandrake Linux
White Paper Like qmail, djbdns is open source but has a restrictive license, which makes distributing it, a trifle difficult for many vendors. However, it is distributable in binary form if you follow the license and the packager assures to the best of their... [03 Jul 2008]
Using LIDS With Your Mandrake Linux Kernel
White Paper This paper gives an overview of how to use the LIDS kernel patch with the 2.4.16 kernels for i586 and PPC that were recently in cooker. It describes how to patch kernel, build a new one, and configure LIDS to work on server. [03 Jul 2008]
The Black Magic of Updating
White Paper This paper gives an overview of why and how users should update Mandrake Linux system with security, bugfix, and enhancement updates. It also gives detailed information on kernel updating. The paper describes that in regards to the kernel, there is... [03 Jul 2008]
Using sudo
White Paper Sudo is a security tool that not only helps user monitor security, but it is a tool to allow users to secure their system a little further, especially if they run a box that needs to at times allow other users some extra (root) privilege. [03 Jul 2008]
Using OpenLDAP for Authentication; Revision 2
White Paper This paper describes how to use LDAP to authenticate system logins using pam_ldap and nss_ldap for a centralized authentication system for a LAN, as opposed to using the traditional NIS. The paper presents a full working solution. [03 Jul 2008]
Using qmail With Mandrake Linux
White Paper This paper describes how to install qmail on Mandrake Linux systems as a fast and secure replacement for postfix or sendmail.qmail is a very easy SMTP server to install. The configuration is also extremely straightforward, as perusing LWQ should... [03 Jul 2008]
Making the Most of OpenSSH
White Paper Mandrake Linux has included OpenSSH as part of the base product since version 7.2, and available as part of the "crypto" suite since version 7.0. While telnet and rsh are still included, the use of these protocols as a remote login tool is... [03 Jul 2008]
Using OpenLDAP for Authentication
White Paper OpenLDAP is a trimmed down Object Orientated DBMS as opposed to an RDBMS or Relational DBMS. Trimmed down means that some of the functions one might normally find in a DBMS have been omitted. This lack of function is not by any means a bad thing as... [03 Jul 2008]
Using tcpserver With Mandrake Linux
White Paper This document helps reader make use of tcpserver, a secure replacement for inetd. Tcpserver. It comes in the ucspi-tcp package, available on rpmhelp.net, which also provides the tcpclient program, which makes a TCP connection and runs a program of... [03 Jul 2008]
