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Installing Samba
Running on CentOS 4.1 the following steps were use to install Samba. Install RPM’s $ rpm -ivh samba-3.0.10-1.4E.i386.rpm $ rpm -ivh samba-swat-3.0.10-1.4E.i386.rpm Start Processes $ /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start Check Processes $ ps -ef | grep smb
Read moreBrisbane MySQL Users Group
By accident I came across a MySQL Users Group in Brisbane .http://mysql.meetup.com/84/ . I guess I should have thought about it sooner, I go to the QLD Java Users Group, I spent a long time going to the Oracle Users Group, and have been involved in an XP Users group.
Read moreNew Techstuff Blog
Well, it was about time to move to a more standard Blog for my TechStuff, rather then mixing with my personal blog at http://blog.ronaldandanna.com . As I wrote this blog software in a few hours one day, and never got around to finishing things like a calendar and RSS feeds, it was also another good excuse to try out Drupal.
Read morePassword protecting Apache Site for external users only
In order to make an intranet an extranet, you need to place the intranet on a server in the DMZ. From here, configure a virtual server accordingly (e.g. intranet.site.com.au) You will need to configure on an internal DNS (or smoothwall /etc/hosts when using a webproxy) a reference to intranet.
Read moreMoving from standard Apache httpd install to virtual hosts
First you need to create an appropiate directory for virtual host. (Using the example of creating an intranet) $ su – $ useradd intranet $ chmod 755 /home/intranet # needed for apache nobody process
Read moreConfiguring SSH for automated rsync
In order to rsync files between two servers in an automated sense, you need to setup an appropiate SSH key between both the source and destination servers. Destination Server $ cd
Read moreThrottling the CPU on my laptop
Using CentOS 4.1 as the Operating System on my laptop for all my work, I’ve been able to throttle down my CPU when running on battery power to extend my battery life, much like the modes that Windoze provides.
Read moreChange user file permissions when moving windows disk to new machine
Set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and folders Important: If you are not joined to a domain and you want to view the Security tab: 1. <td class="text"> Click <b>Start</b>, and then click <b>Control Panel</b>.
Read moreDell 5150 Wireless under CentOS 4.0
Download ndiswrapper from http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ Install make make install lspci lspci -n Identify and download Windows Driver. http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/List # Laptop: Dell Inspiron 5100 Card: Wireless 1350 (802.11b/g) WLAN miniPCI Card
Read moreDell 5150 64MB DDR nVidia Corporation GeForce FX Go 5200 under CentOS 4.0
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7174/README.txt Directly following the Fedora Core 3 installation I had to get the video to work. Therefore, at boot time, I went into the grub config file by pressing “e”
Read moreWeb Site Log Analysis options
Analog www.analog.cx Report Magic for Analog www.reportmagic.org WebStats for Analog & Report Magic patsplanet.com/software/webstats AWStats awstats.sourceforge.net Webalizer www.mrunix.net/webalizer wwwstats http://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/wwwstat/ WUsage www.boutell.com/wusage/ (Free Trial, has cost)
Read moreChanging IE spinning logo and title
This tweak will change the animated bitmap image that displays when IE (or Outlook Express) is busy. This tweak also removes or changes the branding string added to the window title ( Figure 2 ).
Read moreRipping CD’s to MP3 (on Windows)
For use on Windows platforms I use Free MP3 Rip from mgshareware.com. My Settings are: In CD | Options menu option on the General Tab, select Default Encoding Format MP3.
Read moreHTML (ampersand) Character Codes
· (·) Middle Dot • () Bullet, black small circle « («) Left-pointing double angle quotation mark » (») Right-pointing double angle quotation mark
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