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Linux as PEAP/MSCHAPv2 Client
This summarize my experience on using Linux as a PEAP/MSCHAv2 client and using wpa_supplicant to connect to the 802.1x AP.
Freeradius configuration
Freeradius is powerful, however, you may find it is difficult to do configuration. This post try to include common configuration such that you may find useful for your setup.
TL-WN722N usb wireless stick in Linux
Using TP-Link, TL-WN722N usb wifi dongle in Linux, you could use the dongle to access wifi hotspot or you could using it as a access point to provide wifi connectivity for other devices.
SSH & X Forwarding
In modern system, many administration task will rely on the GUI. As you may using remote desktop in M$ Windows environment. Or you may using VNC in X. Or you may using ssh to forward your X display from server to client, your local machine.
Clamav
Clamav is an open source antivirus engine. It have been used for virus scanning engine in a lot of project, e.g. email scanning, web proxy scanning. This post will help you go through some simple steps to install the clamav in your system.
Extend a lvm partition
In modern Linux system, everyone could extend the lvm space and re-size the filesystem online without down time.
Openssh
Add an extra instance of sshd which supporting PAM for Slackware 13.37. The aim as adding extra instance is to enabling pam_ldap for sshd.
Configuring OpenLDAP as a replacement for NIS
It should be an easy task in modern linux environment to use openldap as a central user database for authentication. I try to list out the steps about the implementation. The reference system is base on Slackware 13.37. Some packages may already included in your Linux distribution but not for mine. So, you may skip the installation process and jump to the configuration process.
Slackware & PAM
Building PAM for slackware 13.37. You can feel free to build the library from src, or, you may using the package source in extra/source, which included in the slackware distribution.