Author Archives: Kaven Gagnon

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About Kaven Gagnon

System & Network Architect

Apache : Unable to configure RSA server private key

Apache startup failed – look at /var/log/httpd/ssl_error_log and show the following error : Unable to configure RSA server private key SSL Library Error: x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch The private key and the certificate do not match. You can compare the certificate and the key with the following commands : View the certificate modulus using… Read More »

IIS7 : How to Backup configuration

Since Internet Information Server 7, there is no longer a GUI option to achieve this task.  To do so, you need to manually proceed with the command line interface. Open a terminal (Run, cmd) ; cd %windir%\system32\inetsrv appcmd add backup <backupname>

Qmail : Reset the admin-toaster password

To reset the htaccess password for the /admin-toaster control panel, use the following command line to update the password : htpasswd -b /usr/share/toaster/include/admin.htpasswd admin admin *This will update the password for the access file “admin.htpasswd”, the user “admin” with password “admin”.

VMware : Mac OSX guest crash or failed to start

Considering that you have a supported CPU with VT enabled, you may have a look at the guest configuration file (.vmx) and make sure theses value are correct : guestOS = “darwin-64” ich7m.present = “TRUE” smc.present = “FALSE” keyboard.vusb.enable = “TRUE” mouse.vusb.enable = “TRUE” monitor.virtual_exec = “hardware” monitor.virtual_mmu = “software”

GeoIP : Update the country database

There is the procedure to update the free MaxMind GeoIP database : Go to temp directory and get the latest data : cd /tmp wget -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz Unpack the data file : gzip -d GeoIP.dat.gz Move the data to the appropriate directory : mv -f GeoIP.dat /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat

Windows 7 : All in one setting panel trick (God Mode)

Since Windows Vista, you can create a new folder with a specific name string that create the “God Mode” option. This shortcut will regroup all possible setting under one single control panel. Simply create a new folder and rename with the following line : GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Ezmlm : Bulk e-mail address import to mailing list

To import an e-mail address list to Ezmlm/Qmail mailing list, use a plain text file filled line by line with correctly formatted address and do the following to import: ezmlm-sub /home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/mailing-list < address-list.txt Note that the import will stop as soon as a blank line or syntax error will be shown on the list.

HDMI : Video output to LCD TV blinking

Video blink occur during video playback (mostly during DVD playback when dark picture show up). Video signal is coming too low so the TV become in “sleeping” mode and blink the screen for a second and picture come back later. Try using another HDMI cable.  This often occur using a poor quality or defective cable.