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Sample Debian/Ubuntu Interfaces File

/etc/network/interfaces # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 208.85.x.x netmask 255.255.255.x gateway 208.85.x.x auto eth0:1 iface eth0:1 inet static address 208.85.x.x netmask 255.255.255.x

Clean upgrade from SAM3 to SAM4 with playlist in-tact

SAM4 has a slightly different database format and filesystem layout than SAM3. You should not try an in-place upgrade, or bad things can happen. The best way to upgrade if you have a large or refined playlist, is to install SAM4 along side SAM3 and copy the playlist tables over. This way you can leave […]

Vanilla Kernel on CentOS

If compiling a Vanilla kernel for CentOS, you may encounter the following after rebooting: Setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory Setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory Setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory […] Kernel panic – not syncing: Attempted to kill init! To resolve the booting […]

Cpanel: Error invalid maildir size file

Sometimes an email account goes over quota and the quota can’t be adjusted due to the following error: Error invalid maildir size file The following commands ran as root will resolve most email quota issues for a Cpanel account, including incorrect quota calculations. Substitute <cpaneluser> with the Cpanel user which owns the email account having […]

Windows: Location of DNS zone files

If the file is not in the %systemroot%\system32\dns directory, the full path to the zone file will be shown on the General tab. Since most zone data is held in the registry, restoring the %systemroot%\system32\dns from backup isn’t enough – you’ll need to manually populate the DNS zones in the DNS console, and choose the […]