Monthly Archives: February 2013

How to use openssl to generate a certificate request

Posted on February 25, 2013 by admin

I can never remember how to generate a certificate request (CSR) when doing a one-off certificate. I use a script for my normal certs at work but sometimes I want to make one for personal use or a self signed … Continue reading →

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500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()

Posted on February 25, 2013 by admin

This is one of the most annoying and frustrating problems I have run into lately. This supposed security fix makes vsftp simply unusable after upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 from 10.04. No amount of cajoling or messing with options will get … Continue reading →

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OpenVPN refuses to start in LXC container

Posted on February 1, 2013 by admin

I was getting the following error when trying to start openvpn from within an LXC container: Note: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such file or directory (errno=2) This fixed it: mkdir /dev/net mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200 chmod 666 … Continue reading →

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