The LDP Weekly News

The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News

Issue Number : 42 & 43
Publication Date : 2004-10-27
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Table of Contents
1. New documents @ The LDP
2. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides
3. News in The LDP world
4. HOWTO contribute to The LDP

1. New documents @ The LDP

We are pleased to announce addition of two new documents to our collection:

  * The [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/8021X-HOWTO/] 802.1X Port-Based Authentication
    HOWTO, describing the software and procedures to set up and use IEEE
    802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control using Xsupplicant as Supplicant
    with FreeRADIUS as a back-end Authentication Server. This work is
    authored by Lars Strand, whom you know a.o. from the [http://
    www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Mobile-IPv6-HOWTO/index.html] Linux Mobile IPv6
    HOWTO.
   
  * Steve Peace and Gregory L. Porter put together the [http://tldp.org/HOWTO
    /Qmail-ClamAV-HOWTO/] Qmail-Scanner and ClamAV HOWTO, which is a
    documentation on how to integrate ClamAV, an anti-virus attachment
    scanner and Qmail-Scanner, an anti-virus message content scanner, with an
    existing installation of a Qmail email server.
   

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2. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides

  * The [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux/]
    Scientific Computing with Free software on GNU/Linux HOWTO v1.2 is a
    joined effort of Manoj Warrier, Shishir Deshpande and V. S. Ashoka. It
    lists the various available free software and also links on the world
    wide web to tutorials on getting started with the tools.
   
  * Machtelt Garrels updated the [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/
    Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html] Bash Guide for Beginners to v1.4,
    which is a consolidated update fixing lots of minor bugs and typos.
   
  * Christopher Devine produced v1.2 of the [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/
    Encrypted-Root-Filesystem-HOWTO/] Encrypted Root Filesystem HOWTO, which
    has a lot of minor corrections, new examples and updates on all version
    numbers of kernels and the likes.
   
  * The [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Samba-Authenticated-Gateway-HOWTO.h... Samba
    Authenticated Gateway HOWTO v1.2.1 has more examples on how to build a
    firewall/gateway with rules set on a per-user basis, having the users
    authenticated by a Samba-based PDC.
   
  * On demand of the author, Brian J. Watson, the [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/
    SSI-UML-HOWTO/index.html] Creating SSI Clusters Using UML HOWTO has been
    moved to the unmaintained section. Brian J. Watson informed us that
    OpenSSI clusters of virtual UML machines were not as useful as they
    thought would be, so support for the UML "architecture" deteriorated
    until it was decided to remove it from the OpenSSI project altogether.
    The people over at OpenSSI are contemplating, however, whether it
    wouldn't be more useful to write a HOWTO on OpenSSI clustering in
    general.
   

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3. News in The LDP world

  * New mirror sites:
   
    We can't stress this enough: try to use a [http://tldp.org/mirrors.html]
    mirror! These are the new once since our last announcement:
   
      + [http://ldp.mirrors.tails.org.ru/] http://ldp.mirrors.tails.org.ru/,
        maintained by Timothy Anderson;
       
      + [http://TLPD.mirrors.activenodes.com/] http://
        TLPD.mirrors.activenodes.com/ (URL change), maintained by Eduardo
        Valdes
       
   
  * Web based docbook document editor
   
    Saqib Ali sent in a tip to make modifications to your Document written in
    DocBook online. [http://www.datamech.com/xmlform/formgenerator4.html]
    http://www.datamech.com/xmlform/formgenerator4.html can be used to do the
    same by pasting either a link to the XML document or the entire document
    in the "XML data" text input.
   

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4. HOWTO contribute to The LDP

The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is working on developing free, high
quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help
TLDP, consider joining <discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org>.

Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the community
(mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related to free
software documentation. Write to us at <feedback@en.tldp.org>.

The LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and Y Giridhar
Appaji Nag with help from several other people.