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OTRS LDAP Authentication for Agents and Customers

Probably many of you have or still are actively using the open-source, ITIL compliant trouble ticket system named OTRS. And probably some of you also might have experienced the pleasure of setting up the software once – and know the … Continue reading

Bringing Lenny to the Etch

So, today I upgraded the Debian Etch on my project-server at work to Debian Lenny and had to experience some things I really did not expect. The actual reason, why I upgraded was KVM. Lenny seems to be getting more … Continue reading

Mono 2.0 released… not yet for me.

Today I just took a quick look at Mono’s project site (which has been www.go-mono.com some years ago, then switched to www.mono-project.com for some time and now again seems to be www.go-mono.com) and saw that they’ve pimped it up pretty … Continue reading

WebDAV over SSL using LDAP with Apache2 on Debian

Some time ago, I just published a short summary of how to set up a WebDAV over SSL using Apache2 with PAM authentication. Unfortunatelly, the solution had one ugly part: The user www-data must be added to the group shadow, … Continue reading

WebDAV over SSL using PAM with Apache2 on Debian

Phew, what a long title. Whatever. What do we need? First of all, a Debian system. I’m preffering a Debian Etch ‘n Half at this point. On that system, we need an Apache (2) and the PAM authentication module: ~# … Continue reading