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28 May 2008NX Server is a commercial application released by the company NoMachine. It allows you to connect to your Linux server similar to how you would connect to a Windows computer using remote desktop. NoMachine offers a free version of the product which has a restriction of only allowing 2 simultaneous connections to the server. NX [...]
After setting up a new Linux server I kept getting the following error whenever I tried to upload something with the VSFTPD ftp service: 500 OOPS: reading non-root config file It turns out that I had the following setting in the /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file: user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/virtual_users I commented out that setting and restarted the vsftpd service and [...]
Symptom: Users are unable to connect to the FTP service on MaxOS X Server 10.4. Both local user accounts and Open Directory users are unable to connect to the server via FTP. However they are able to connect to the server via Apple File Sharing (AFP). The system.log file has FTP server entries which contain [...]
This blog is about technology related topics. It will primarily contain problems and solutions to IT problems that I encounter on a day-to-day basis. In addition interesting things I come across either on or off the internet will be posted here as well. I will also include step-by-step tutorials to common tasks people may need to do with their computers.