Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the first beta release of Ubuntu 10.04, code name “Lucid Lynx”, a long-term support (LTS) version: “The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop, Server, and Netbook editions and of Ubuntu 10.04 Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon’s EC2. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop and Netbook editions continue the trend of ever-faster boot speeds, with improved start-up times and a streamlined, smoother boot experience. …
Hpanel is developed by Trans-it Hosting and Internet services based on Netherlands.
Hpanel was developed because none of the more popular hosting control panels gives you the opportunity to cluster all the different services offered by a web hosting provider.
There are many options available within Trans-it’s hPanel. A Hpanel account gives you the possibility to register domain names, or manage your hosting account
There are additional options for managing Reseller accounts, Virtual Private Servers, statistics, e-mail, databases, DNS, FTP, …
Following files are required for Linux user management.
/etc/passwd – contains various pieces of information for each user account
/etc/shadow – contains the encrypted password information for user’s accounts and optional the password aging information.
/etc/group – defines the groups to which users belong
/etc/gshadow – group shadow file (contains the encrypted password for group)
The following error ” The user database cannot be read. This problem is most likely caused by mismatch between /etx/password and /etc/shadow or /etc/group and /etc/gshadow. The program will …
difference between SSL and TLS
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. Netscape originally developed this protocol to transmit information privately, ensure message integrity, and guarantee the server identity. SSL works mainly through using public/private key encryption on data. It is commonly used on web browsers, but SSL may also be used with email servers or any kind of client-server transaction. For example, some instant messaging servers use SSL to protect conversations.
TLS stands for Transport Layer Security. The Internet Engineering Task Force …