(Falko Timme) This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with this set
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WebSphere MQ V6 Fundamentals
(Saida Davies and Peter Broadhurst) This Redbook describes the fundamental concepts and benefits of message queuing technology. It is an update of a very popular redpaper (REDP0021), based on WebSphere MQ V5.2.
SQL Server 2005: To be or not to be an early adopter
(Greg Robidoux) Ready or not here it comes! The long-anticipated release of Microsoft’s latest installment to SQL Server is finally here. Previously known as Yukon, SQL Server 2005 is slated for release on Monday, Nov. 7, 2005. Several versions of this product were made available through beta progra
Seven ways autonomics can deliver a healthy, efficient high availability environment — with less management time
(Peter Sa) Much has been written about how IBM’s autonomic technologies have made the iSeries easier to manage. When it comes to high availability solutions, however, self-managing, self-healing, self-auditing, and adaptively self-learning solutions were considered out of reach. Not so any longer.
MDX Essentials : Set Functions: The DRILLDOWNMEMBER() Function
(William Pearson) In this article, we will begin an extended examination of the MDX surrounding drilling up and down within our Analysis Services cubes. Comprising an analytical technique by which an information consumer can maneuver between summarized (“drilling up”) and detailed (“drilling down”)
Caching Result Sets in PHP: Implementing the Caching System in PHP 5
(Alejandro Gervasio) Welcome to the final part of the series “Caching Result Sets in PHP.” Hopefully, the last chapter of this tutorial will help you to put together all of the classes developed in the previous part, and demonstrate how the complete caching system can be implemented in a PHP 5 contr
Manipulate XML data with ASP.NET (Sample Chapter)
(Steven Smith and Rob Howard) This sample chapter, taken from ASP.NET Developer’s Cookbook, explains how to open, read, manipulate, transform, and save XML data. The chapter covers the following topics: –Finding a Particular Node in an XML Document –Storing an XML File –Transforming an XM
Using XML as a Static Content Solution
(Brian Mains) For web sites that have a large amount of static content pages, the content is usually consisting of a raw HTML page that is usually edited directly, rather than the content coming from a database, XML file, or other source. This is a daunting task because HTML doesn’t support include
‘My’ Objects of VB.NET
(Bipin Joshi) The VB.NET Version 2.0 as well as C# version 2.0 contains many new enhancements to the core language. One of the new cool feature added to VB.NET is “My” objects. My objects is a set of objects that are implicitly available to your application which provide short cut to many tasks othe
Feeds and well-formed XML
(Sean) Here in Windows, we’re working hard on Windows Vista Beta 2, and we’ve recently been doing some work on how we parse feeds.