Category Archives: Systems and Servers

Finaly figured out secret: configure libgd –with-PREFIX=my_home, edit makefile and global replace libgd with libgd_033. Make, install. Switch to GD, perl Makefile.PL, edit makefile, change references to libgd to libgd_033 in my_home, make. Ta-da!

Tried to nstall GD.pm on anything. HA! Lots of version problems. No tangible progress yet.

Paul had TSG change ownership of all /:/perkins files to perkins:perkins; unfortunately, this swept up all /:/perkins/landscape files, too. Helped him unravel the problem

Figuring out how to make the new tablet work: downloaded/installed MS Office from UVM campus agreement share downloaded/installed/configured Thunderbird, which did some screwey stuff with mailboxes but eventually got going (although the Junk Mail filter, I didcovered later, was a … Continue reading →

M275E 1GB Tablet 2.0GHz (BTS05-11, $2,046.00)  to support my needs. First hour spent trying to make wireless card and VPN work. Pffffffffftttt. Next two hours installing software and updates. Acccccccckkkwwpfft.

Still tracking down the Dspace/Tomcat problems. Frank told me about the lsof command, which lists files opened by a process. trying that on badger gave no results. trying it on my Mac gave instant results. Hmmm… I did a ps … Continue reading →

Option 1, which should work, near as I can tell from several hours googling, is to build a "Trusted Keystore" — put a copy of the LDAP servers cert into a different keystore:     keytool -import -file my_ldap_cert.cer -alias my_ldap_cert … Continue reading →

Got hold of a geotrust signed certificate for badger. That was easy (and $110 of UVM money). Hard part was getting it installed, since I built the key and the certificate signing request (CSR) with openssl rather than keytool, and … Continue reading →

Met with Jon Bellum to discuss usage of the CMAP server I iinstalled on Badger: permissions, organization, limits.

installed new web service on badger for faculty member (http:// cmap.ihmc.us/download/dl_CmapServer.php?myPlat=Linux for Paul Bierman). started new service edited /etc/sysconfig/iptables to open required ports restarted iptables it got as far as Unloading iptables modules: and stopped. Now badger doesn’t respond to … Continue reading →