atuljha's blog
Setting Up Postfix On Ubuntu
Submitted by atuljha on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 21:07Requirement :-
1.A dedicated IP
2.A domain name with A record pointing to the IP/server.
3.Domain Panel control for adding MX record.
In my case my domain name is xyz.com and my hostname is xyz.net.in
Installing Postfix
$sudo apt-get install postfix
Installing Mailx, client to read/send incoming outgoing mails.
$sudo apt-get install mailx
Changes to make in postfix configuration file.
$sudo nano /etc/postfix/main.cf
LAMP setup on Ubuntu
Submitted by atuljha on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 10:12Packages we will install as LAMP Stack
1.apache2
2.mysql-server
3.php5
4 .Phpmyadmin
(Installing apache2 and php5)
$apt-get install update
$apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php
$cd /var/www
$sudo nano testing.php
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
$firefox localhost/testing.php
On the browser we can see all the information about the php we have installed.
Installing mysql server/client both
Setting up AUCTeX Mode for Emacs in Jaunty(Ubuntu).
Submitted by atuljha on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 17:43$ sudo apt-get install auctex, preview-latex-style
Once installed add the below mentioned part in your ".emacs" file.
(load "auctex.el" nil t t)
(load "preview-latex.el" nil t t)
Open emacs and try opening a .tex file from there and cheers you are done with it.
Christmas,Ride and Vendor Quotations
Submitted by atuljha on Thu, 12/24/2009 - 18:40To start with i will vent all my anger on the fscking harware vendors.Screw yourself arseholes
and one more
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Hangover,Code and Lots of Music
Submitted by atuljha on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 23:12Morning World!!
So many things happened last week.I finally got a guy who can clean/wash my cloths
My guitar is with me and now i am hunting 4 a teacher.
Bike/shillong and some sweets
Submitted by atuljha on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 09:17Well I know i been too lazy to write blog and as a result of that once in a blue moon i post things here.
Neways this month been exciting so far.I visited Shilong and Guwahati.It was great experiance meeting students/faculty and government employees.
I really liked the way they were all GO GO towards Free and Open SOurce Software.I just visited police bazaar in shillong and made trip to Cherapunji.Shillong is a heaven in all respect.I loved the place and people there excluding boiled food which am nt at all used too.
Emacs,Python and some R.
Submitted by atuljha on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 19:57I been lazy all this while as i had viral apart from that my internet was not working for over week.
Life is getting more in "eat,drink,code"
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Was extremly happy connecting to irc via emacs now i have some more cheers using it
Installing Ushahidi_web on ubuntu.
Submitted by atuljha on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 20:16Well finally after some time a Tech blog.
UShahidi is a cool Web tool that has been deployed/used all across Africa to report crime related activities.you can find more on www.ushahidi.com
So what i did is tried installing it on my ubuntu box.
Some pre-requirements :--
1.apache with mod_rewrite enabled
2.mysql
3.PHP version >= 5.2.3 (with below mentioned extenstions)
Njoying my Ride.
Submitted by atuljha on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 19:19Well its been over 1 month since i been riding my simple "Hero City Bike" from office to home.I am enjoying it.I need to fix few things and remove its back carrier and both mudguards in order to make it little lighter.
I have to admit that my love for Firefox is not over yet.I am planning to buy Firefox next month and will keep this bike as well.
Back to blogging..
Submitted by atuljha on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 08:01Well i have been out of my homepage for almost month or two.
I forgot to mention i joined new job and thankfully its walkable from my house.I am loving the way i been exploring soo many new things here.I would say am doing a proper multitasking job from sytem admin to programmer to a web developer and at times as IT guy fixing whats wrong in my LAN cable.

