MeyerBros --> Carl --> ServerLog

2006-05-29

setting umask for sftp

# created /usr/local/sftp-server.sh
#  - wraps /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server, setting umask to 002
# modified /etc/ssh/sshd_config
#  - Subsystem sftp /usr/local/sftp-server.sh

2006-05-19

fixing mailman list url

cd /var/lib/mailman/bin
./withlist -l -r fix_url Meyers -u lists.meyerfam.org
cd ../data
joe virtual-mailman

2006-04-26

installing Django

wget http://www.djangoproject.com/download/0.91/tarball/
tar -xzvf Django-0.91.tar.gz
cd Django-0.91
su
python setup.py install

2006-04-07

installing WordPress

 
cd /var/www/meyer/
tar -xzvf /home/carljm/software/wordpress-2.0.2.tar.gz
cd wordpress

# create virtualhost in Apache:
#  blog.meyerbros.org -> /var/www/meyer/wordpress

# http://mysql.nonsensesoftware.com and create wordpress db and user

# http://blog.meyerbros.org and run through install steps

# install Widgets plugin
cd wp-content/plugins
svn export http://svn.wp-plugins.org/widgets/trunk widgets
cd ../..
cp plugins/widgets/classic/* themes/classic/
cp plugins/widgets/default/* themes/default/

# made a meyerbros theme
cd /var/www/meyer/wordpress/wp-content/themes
cp -r default meyerbros
# edited new theme and activated it

# set up post by email
#  created account on server to receive mail
cd ~
echo "0 * * * * wget /var/www/meyer/wordpress/wp-mail.php -O - > /dev/null" > crontab
crontab ./crontab

# downloaded Postie plugin from http://www.economysizegeek.com/wp-filez/postie-0.9.9.3.2.tar.gz
cd /var/www/meyer/wordpress/wp-content/plugins
tar -xzvf ~/software/postie-0.9.9.3.2.tar.gz
cd ../..
mkdir wp-filez
mkdir wp-photo
chgrp www-data wp-photo wp-filez
chmod g+w wp-filez wp-photo

# automated backups
#  see ~/bin/backupwordpress.sh