Package        : php5 Vulnerability  : several Problem type   : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID         : CVE-2011-1938 CVE-2011-2483 CVE-2011-4566 CVE-2011-4885 CVE-2012-0057   A regression was found in the fix for PHP's XSLT transformations (CVE-2012-0057). Updated packages are now available to address this regression. ... ]]> http://albertech.net/2012/01/php-security-update-1312012/feed/ 0 http://albertech.net/2012/01/phpmyadmin-security-update-1222012/ http://albertech.net/2012/01/phpmyadmin-security-update-1222012/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:52:37 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=860 Package        : phpmyadmin Vulnerability  : several Problem type   : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID         : CVE-2011-1940 CVE-2011-3181 CVE-2011-4107 Debian Bug     : 656247   Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin, a tool to administer MySQL over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:   CVE-2011-4107   The XML import plugin allowed a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references.   CVE-2011-1940, CVE-2011-3181   Cross site scripting was possible in the table tracking ... ]]> http://albertech.net/2012/01/phpmyadmin-security-update-1222012/feed/ 0 http://albertech.net/2011/12/how-to-clear-debian-apt-cache/ http://albertech.net/2011/12/how-to-clear-debian-apt-cache/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:38:58 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=846 apt-get clean Or, keep the current version of the software: apt-get autoclean This will clean the files stored in: /var/cache/apt/archives/]]> http://albertech.net/2011/12/how-to-clear-debian-apt-cache/feed/ 0 http://albertech.net/2011/12/debian-lenny-eol-262012/ http://albertech.net/2011/12/debian-lenny-eol-262012/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:44:20 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=843 Debian Lenny EOL in two months. Security support for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (code name "lenny") will end 2/6/2012.  If you are still using Lenny, you should run a distribution update to Squeeze in the next 60 days. The Debian project released Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 alias "squeeze" on the 6th of February 2011. Users and distributors have been given a one-year timeframe to upgrade their old installations to the current stable release. Hence, the security support for the old release of 5.0 is going to end on the 6th of February 2012 as ... ]]> http://albertech.net/2011/12/debian-lenny-eol-262012/feed/ 0 http://albertech.net/2011/10/upgrading-debian-lenny-to-squeeze-with-mysql-for-row-based-replication/ http://albertech.net/2011/10/upgrading-debian-lenny-to-squeeze-with-mysql-for-row-based-replication/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:46:56 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=820
I completed an upgrade of Debian Lenny to Squeeze on a production database server over the weekend. It went quite well and I had zero downtime thanks to my secondary database servers running in-place. One of the biggest benefits to running Squeeze is that MySQL runs at version 5.1.49. Lenny only supports up to MySQL 5.0. Row-based-replication is safer to replicate data to other servers since all changes are replicated. Prior to MySQL 5.1.14, updates to the mySQL database were not replicated. They were updated via statements (e.g. GRANT, REVOKE). This can potentially cause data-consistency between the master and ... ]]> http://albertech.net/2011/10/upgrading-debian-lenny-to-squeeze-with-mysql-for-row-based-replication/feed/ 1 http://albertech.net/2011/09/kernel-org-still-down-fix-apt-source/ http://albertech.net/2011/09/kernel-org-still-down-fix-apt-source/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:45:31 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=788 mirrors.kernel.org on your Linux apt sources so you can continue to get the latest updates. As for developers, many are using github or other repositories to host their code. For instance, Linux Torvalds has released the latest build of Linux 3.1 via Github.]]> http://albertech.net/2011/09/kernel-org-still-down-fix-apt-source/feed/ 0 http://albertech.net/2011/01/fix-installing-jdk-on-debian-lenny-jdk-6u12-docs-zip-error/ http://albertech.net/2011/01/fix-installing-jdk-on-debian-lenny-jdk-6u12-docs-zip-error/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:30:42 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=562 If you encounter the following error in Debian Lenny while installing Sun-Java-6:

This package is an installer package, it does not actually contain the JDK documentation. You will need to go download one of the archives: jdk-6u12-docs.zip jdk-6u12-docs-ja.zip

The quickest way to fix this is to go to the Sun/Oracle Website and download the latest version of the jdk documentation. Place the file in the /tmp folder. http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ ]]> http://albertech.net/2011/01/fix-installing-jdk-on-debian-lenny-jdk-6u12-docs-zip-error/feed/ 0 http://albertech.net/2010/11/issues-with-debian-lenny-and-tomcat-5-5/ http://albertech.net/2010/11/issues-with-debian-lenny-and-tomcat-5-5/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:00:21 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=520 Is your Debian install of Tomcat 5.5 not working with your Webapp? Just a heads up for anyone with problems trying to get webapps working with Debian. I highly recommend installing Tomcat 6.0 from source. It helped clear a number of issues for me. Debian only supports Tomcat 5.5 in their package management system. I could have gone with unstable to get Tomcat 6.0, but I prefer not to deal with their folder organization layout (see below) Here are a few resources I've used to install Tomcat 6.0 in Debian Lenny.

1. How to Install Tomcat 6 in Debian Lenny. This is an excellent step-by-step tutorial. A+ in my book.
2. http://www.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ Connector/J, MySQL JDBC Connector download.
3. http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html. Tomcat 6.0 configuration with MySQL Connector/J JDBC.

]]> http://albertech.net/2010/11/issues-with-debian-lenny-and-tomcat-5-5/feed/ 1 http://albertech.net/2010/11/fix-webmin-error-this-webmin-module-depends-on-the-module-phpini/ http://albertech.net/2010/11/fix-webmin-error-this-webmin-module-depends-on-the-module-phpini/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:49:42 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=514 http://www.webmin.com/standard.html and extract the folder to your Webmin system folder. In Debian, its located in /usr/share/webmin/   This should also apply to any other Webmin packages that are missing from your system.]]> http://albertech.net/2010/11/fix-webmin-error-this-webmin-module-depends-on-the-module-phpini/feed/ 0 http://albertech.net/2010/10/fix-installing-scponly-on-debian-5-0/ http://albertech.net/2010/10/fix-installing-scponly-on-debian-5-0/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:37:51 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=470

"failed WinSCP compatibility mode" error message

WinSCP closes unexpectedly after authenticating

Connection failure after successful authentication

Client logs two attempts to connect to the /home/username home directory before failing

The fix is to remove scponly package in Debian and install a newer version from source code. Download the scponly source at: http://albertech.net/2010/10/fix-installing-scponly-on-debian-5-0/feed/ 0