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bind9 zone with umlauts

Sure you know, this is a really bad idea;) But if you want to register a domain that contains a fückinß umlaut, this solution will work for bind. But I start with a little explanation, you are not allowed to fill the bind configs with umlauts you should transform them to punycode.

Install transformation tool:

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apt-get install idn

Transform you domain:

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echo www.größte-scheiße.de | idn -a --quiet

The output will be: www.xn--grsste-scheisse-9sb.de

Now you can use the converted string of your domain in the bind configuration files.
If you are using putty please set your Translation to UTF8 otherwise idn will not convert your domain;)

ip aIcinga/Nagios: Check Windows Updates

Another really helpful check for your Icinga or Nagios instance.

If your have any windows machines you can check the Windows Update-State. How many Updates you need to install and if you need to reboot your servers after updating them. Continue reading ‘ip aIcinga/Nagios: Check Windows Updates’

Icinga/Nagios: Windows monitoring

Another alternative way to monitor Windows machines with NSC-Client, you need only one time access to the Windows-Box and install the client and configure it.

All other monitoring steps can be performed from the monitoring instances like Icinga or Nagios.

Q: What can be monitored? Continue reading ‘Icinga/Nagios: Windows monitoring’

Mutt: bouncing messages


Situation: you need to bounce some messages from one user to another or to a mailing list.
Criteria: the sender should be real and without changes on the message

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aptitude install mutt

…if not installed.

Open your Maildir with mutt:

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mutt -f /home/info/Maildir/

Tag messages with: t

Bounce tagged messages with: ;b
Now enter a address of recipient and accept the bounce process with yes

DLNA – miniDLNA on Debian

DLNA uses Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for media management, discovery and control.
I love DLNA and last year I wrote a review post about my Silver Stone DC01, which is used to browse everything from my TV. I will try to set up a little Debian Server with analogical usage to the Silver Stone DC 01. Continue reading ‘DLNA – miniDLNA on Debian’