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		<title>[Snippet] Checking a Global Catalog is really a Global Catalog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Use an LDAP browser or ADSI Editor to connect to the port 3268 Global Catalog communication is performed over TCP port 3268, regular LDAP lookups are sent to TCP port 389. 
 After assigning a GC role to a server, check its Directory Services event log for event number 1119, which indicates successful obtaining a [...]


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<li><a href='http://bloke.org/windows/responding-to-a-schema-master-failure/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Responding to a Schema Master Failure'>Responding to a Schema Master Failure</a> <small>There is a little known FSMO role in Active Directory...</small></li>
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		<link>http://bloke.org/windows/snippet-checking-a-global-catalog-is-really-a-global-catalog/</link>
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		<title>Ridiculously simple NTLM Authentication for Apache (Ubuntu)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know Ubuntu makes things amazingly simple. This is the best I've found so far. NTLM authentication in Apache used to take a while to setup, it used to be tricky, fiddly - generally a bit hit and miss.
Now, in Ubuntu all we need to do is install libapache2-authenntlm-perl
Done.
Now just edit your apt-get'ed Apache [...]


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<li><a href='http://bloke.org/linux/ntlm-on-ubuntu-and-apache2-revisited/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NTLM Authentication on Ubuntu and Apache2 Revisited'>NTLM Authentication on Ubuntu and Apache2 Revisited</a> <small>It's been a while since I've had to build an...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://bloke.org/linux/ntlm-authentication-active-directory-on-apache-linux/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NTLM Authentication (Active Directory) on Apache (Linux)'>NTLM Authentication (Active Directory) on Apache (Linux)</a> <small>Here is a quick guide to enabling NTLM authentication for...</small></li>
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		<link>http://bloke.org/windows/ridiculously-simple-ntlm-authentication-for-apache-ubuntu/</link>
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		<title>Installing mytop on cpanel</title>
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MyTop is one of the best MySQL monitoring tools available, written by a MySQL guru, Jeremy Zawodny.
Its vital for monitoring your MySQL health, especially in a shared hosting environment.
Installation on a CentOS (for cPanel) server is quite straight forward with this guide.
First off, we need a few perl modules, cPanel's realperlinstaller comes in handy, if [...]


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		<link>http://bloke.org/linux/installing-mytop-on-cpanel/</link>
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		<title>mod_geoip Revisted including stopping spam in phpBB 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've recently moved a client's forum onto a new cPanel server, previously it was on a home-brew Ubuntu server.
So I had to install mod_geoip onto cPanel in CentOS. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting.
First off, we need to download the GeoIP libraries.Installing the library
Download data file

The GeoIP system works by reading a binary [...]


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<li><a href='http://bloke.org/linux/installing-mod_evasive-on-cpanel-andor-apache/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Installing mod_evasive on cPanel and/or Apache'>Installing mod_evasive on cPanel and/or Apache</a> <small>This guide details how to install mod_evasive on cPanel to...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://bloke.org/php/php-geo-ip-location-in-4-lines/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: PHP Geo-IP Location in 4 lines'>PHP Geo-IP Location in 4 lines</a> <small>Want to look up IP addresses to a geographical location?...</small></li>
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		<link>http://bloke.org/linux/mod_geoip-revisted-including-stopping-spam-in-phpbb-2/</link>
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		<title>Ubuntu Upgrades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a really simple way of upgrading your Ubuntu system. After the initial setup, upgrading to Karmic or Intrepid is a one liner.
Initial setup
apt-get update
and now install the package update-manager-core:
apt-get install update-manager-core
nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Change Prompt=lts to Prompt=normal
Doing the upgrade
do-release-upgrade
Follow the prompts, its easy.


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		<link>http://bloke.org/linux/ubuntu-upgrades/</link>
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		<title>The tap in the Kitchen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A fantasticaly inexplicable email appeared today.
Please can you make sure that when you turn the tap off in the kitchen you don’t turn it till it stops dripping.
It’s meant to drip &#38; people have been struggling to turn it back on.
Regards


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		<link>http://bloke.org/general/the-tap-in-the-kitchen/</link>
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		<title>[Snippet] Installation of MS SQL Libraries on Ubuntu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can't find php-mssql? Nah, its gone. Use php-sybase which contains both libraries now. Remember, make sure FreeTDS is installed aswell.


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System Monitoring on Ubuntu in 30 seconds Installing munin has to be the fastest and simplest way...
NTLM [...]


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		<link>http://bloke.org/linux/snippet-installation-of-ms-sql-libraries-on-ubuntu/</link>
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		<title>Carbon Fibre wrapping the FTO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carbon Fibre wrapping the FTO.
    
 


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		<link>http://bloke.org/automotive/carbon-fibre-wrapping-the-fto/</link>
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		<title>Installing mod_evasive on cPanel and/or Apache</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This guide details how to install mod_evasive on cPanel to help protect against DDOS attacks, brute force attacks  and other irritants.
It uses an internal hash table of IPs and URLs and can temporarily block web requests to anyone requesting a large number of page views, or making many concurrent requests. Properly configured it can help [...]


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		<link>http://bloke.org/linux/installing-mod_evasive-on-cpanel-andor-apache/</link>
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		<title>Enabling mod_deflate/gzip globally on cPanel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's far too many reasons to mention why you should enable mod_deflate to gzip your content served by Apache. Simply put, it makes it go fast.
You can enable mod_deflate in cPanel really easily with /scripts/easyapache. Easy.
Once built, you need to tell it to do something. You'll see a new icon on your sites cPanel now, [...]


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		<link>http://bloke.org/linux/enabling-mod_deflategzip-globally-on-cpanel/</link>
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