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apt-get install vsftpd /etc# vim vsftpd.conf ​​ listen=YES anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES anon_upload_enable=NO anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO dirmessage_enable=YES use_localtime=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/ vsftpd/empty pam_service_name=vsftpd rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/ private/vsftpd.pem

Question: 1. how to install squint? 2. how to restart squint? 3. how to set schedule timer for update at squint? 4. how can we create user for squint? Solution: 1. Squint Installation: root@proxy:~# wget www.ledge.co.za/software/squint/squint-0.3.8.tar.gz [root@mail ~]# tar -zxvf squint-0.3.8.tar.gz squint-0.3.8/ squint-0.3.8/Makefile squint-0.3.8/COPYING squint-0.3.8/Changelog squint-0.3.8/TODO squint-0.3.8/fakenames squint-0.3.8/INSTALL squint-0.3.8/userlist squint-0.3.8/squint.cron.sh squint-0.3.8/squint.pl root@proxy:~# cd /root/squint-0.3.8 root@proxy:~# cp squint.pl squint.cron.sh /usr/local/bin root@proxy:~# squint.cron.sh init root@proxy:~# squint.cron.sh all 2. Restart Squint: root@proxy:~# squint.cron.sh all 3. Set the update schedule everyday at 1:30 PM from corn.d file like this way, root@proxy:~# vim /etc/crontab # m h dom mon dow user  command # squint squid reports # Weekly, on Mondays 00 01 * * *  roo...

1 .apt-get update     apt-get upgrade 2. wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.590_all.deb 3. dpkg --install webmin_1.590_all.deb ############# http://webmin.com/deb.html ################# webmin password change: /usr/share/webmin/ changepass. pl /etc/webmin username password

1: apt-get install isc-dhcp-server 2. vim /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf Edit these two lines: option domain-name "bol-online.com"; option domain-name-servers 202.84.32.22, 202.84.32.23;            [ DNS ] And also these three lines: subnet 192.168.4.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.4.1 192.168.4.20 ; option routers 192.168.4.254 ;                        [ Local Gateway ] } 3. /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server restart

1.       Download actual version of squint and extract it: http://www.ledge.co.za/software/squint/ wget www.ledge.co.za/software/squint/squint-0.3.18.tar.gz 2.       tar – zxvf squint-0.3.18.tar.gz         3.        cd squint-0.3.18            ##To see installation steps --- more INSTALL   ### 4.       cp squint.pl squint.cron.sh /usr/local/bin/ 5.         cd /usr/local/bin# restart squint.pl squint.cron.sh squint.cron.sh init 6.       squint.cron.sh all 7.       squint.cron.sh regen 8.       Now Edit BASEDIR=”/var/www/localhost/htdocs/squint”          ### unhash this Line and Changed to >     ...

To setup authentication, first we need to download the package apache2 (Debian). First, we need to create a file that would contain the username and passwords of users who are allowed access. Step 1: #apt-get install apache2 Step 2 : #vim /etc/squid/password_file Now, the file ownership must be changed as owner: root and group: proxy #chown root:proxy /etc/squid/password_file #chmod 640 /etc/squid/password_file   Step 3 : Create the users: #htpasswd /etc/squid/passwd username   Step 4:  #/etc/squid/squid.conf   acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl bol_network src 192.168.200.0/24 acl login proxy_auth REQUIRED    ### Edit This line   http_access allow bol_network login       ### Edit This line http_access deny all   edit:   auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd   The following lines should be...

The following lines have been taken from the file squid.conf. Each day can be represented by an alphabet. Moreover,browsing time can be limited using h1:m1 – h2:m2 parameters, where h1:m1 > h2:m2. #acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2] # day-abbrevs: # S - Sunday # M - Monday # T - Tuesday # W - Wednesday # H - Thursday # F - Friday # A - Saturday # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2 # /etc/squid/squid.conf acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl time_limit time SMTWH 10:00 – 14:00 acl our_network src 192.168.200.0/24 http_access deny our_network time_limit http_access deny all Example: allow browsing during office hours only # /etc/squid/squid.conf acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl office_hours time SMTWH 08:00-18:00 acl non_office_hours time SMTWHFA 17:01-00:00 acl non_office_hours time SMTWHFA 00:00-08:59 acl our_network src 192.168.200.0/24 http_access deny our_network non_office_hou...