Category Archives: openbsd

PHP5 Zip Support on OpenBSD 4.5

This is a cheat sheet on getting PHP5 on OpenBSD to have zip support. I needed this to get CiviCRM to work with Joomla. First off install some require packages, including the zziplib package:   export PKG_PATH=http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386/   pkg_add -v zziplib   pkg_add -v autoconf-2.62 Now download and extract the PECL zip package:   mkdir /usr/local/src/   cd /usr/local/src/   wget …

August 18, 2009 – 01:37 | By lantrix | Posted in openbsd, unix, webdev | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Using your MacBookPro to PXEBoot OpenBSD

This post does not show a successful outcome in case that’s what you where hoping for. I was trying to get OpenBSD bootstrapped using the PXEBoot NIC in a server. I decided to use my Mac which has tftp and bootpd installed. This post is quite in depth and technical so if you are game …

December 8, 2008 – 03:07 | By lantrix | Posted in mac, openbsd, tech, unix | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

MySQL on OpenBSD 4.3 using the Apache Chroot

I’m back with some more tech geek goodness for anyone who uses MySQL and OpenBSD. OpenBSD by default apache runs in a chroot jail, thereby making it more secure in case the www server is compromised. I have talked about this before. However if you use wordpress or some other web application that needs MySQL …

September 29, 2008 – 17:26 | By lantrix | Posted in openbsd, unix, webdev | Tagged | Comments (0)

Death to Spam

I’ve been hit by a number of Spam comments recently that snuck through the filters. If you are subscribed to the comments feed, apologies for this. It turns out that since I moved TechDebug to a VM host, I did not follow my own post and the spam tools where not connecting to Akismet to …

September 1, 2008 – 11:07 | By lantrix | Posted in openbsd | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)