Apr 12

This post is basically intended to collect some information currently hard to find on Google. I wrote with the hope it might help someone else running into same or similar trouble as I did. It took several hours distributed over several days of investigation to finally fix a problem with my setup of Gentoo-based servers commonly authenticating against LDAP tree over PAM, Linux’ Pluggable Authentication Modules.  Continue reading »

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Apr 11

In my previous post I told you about some guides for installing vanilla Gentoo containers in a OpenVZ virtualization system. This time I’ll try to collect those things missing in template. Continue reading »

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Apr 11

Hosters offer high-performance dedicated root servers for eligible monthly rates – at least some major Germany based hosters do so. Quad-core Intel i7 systems with 8 GB RAM for 50 EUR per month serve as a perfect start into server virtualization. And so it’s time to start your own virtual server farm. Continue reading »

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