The current Avira Antivirus has got a module it calls "Internet security" which in turn has an option for e-mail security. What it does is capturing all connections to POP3, IMAP and SMTP servers and scanning them for viruses. That sounds good until you find, that your e-mail client stopped working even though you haven't … Continue reading Avira Antivirus E-Mail “security”
Month: October 2014
Fighting Secure Boot
I have bought an Acer Extensa notebook after reading the under 300 Euros notebooks test in the latest c't magazine where it came up as the winner regarding battery life and the rest wasn't too bad either. I chose the 4 GB model so it won't thrash the hd all the time. The Extensa comes … Continue reading Fighting Secure Boot
mounting a Samba share
The Linux mount command can also access Samba (Windows) shares, but in contrast to the smbclient command it does not do a Netbios based lookup for machine names. So while smbclient //server/share will work, the corresponding mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt/point will tell you that it can't resolve the host name (unless you add the … Continue reading mounting a Samba share
Creating a new RAID 5
Another reminder to myself, so I don't forget it again. Warning: Use this on your own risk! You might lose all the data stored on any of the hard disk drives if you make a mistake! To create a new raid, all the disks must be partitioned first. To actually create the RAID we need … Continue reading Creating a new RAID 5
Using parted to partition a drive
This is just a reminder to myself so I don't forget again. Warning: Use this on your own risk! You might lose all the data stored on any of the hard disk drives if you make a mistake! On Linux hard drives > 2 GB must be partitioned with parted and a partition table in … Continue reading Using parted to partition a drive