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Automatic Picture Upload For Tiltviewer Gallery

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:24:25 +0200

Automatic Picture Upload For Tiltviewer Gallery

If you are using Tiltviewer you probably know that if you want to upload let's say 10 new pictures you have to edit manually the Gallery.xml file and enter each filename and attribute by hand. This is very frustrating.

Some Tips To Make SSH/SCP Usage More Convenient

Thu, 29 May 2008 14:02:23 +0200

Some Tips To Make SSH/SCP Usage More Convenient

I guess many of us rely heavily on ssh/scp to access/maintain remote hosts. In this short article I would like to share some experiences I find useful for ssh/scp usage.

Placing Forced Ads On Your Customers' Web Sites With .htaccess (ISPConfig)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:32:22 +0200

Placing Forced Ads On Your Customers' Web Sites With .htaccess (ISPConfig)

I wrote this howto for those who want to place forced ads on their ISPConfig server. Probably you can set up forced ads in different ways but I found the way descibed here.

How To Configure NX Client To Make A Remote Desktop Connection To View VMware Server Console Contents

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:29:19 +0200

How To Configure NX Client To Make A Remote Desktop Connection To View VMware Server Console Contents

I know many of you are strugling with this one. It took me sometime to find the proper settings in NX Client for Windows. Many times after making the connection to the VMware Host Server - I could not see anything but a black screen of the Guest OS inside the VMware Server Console.

Running A MyDNS Name Server On OpenBSD (MySQL/PHP + MyDNS + MyDNSConfig)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:28:33 +0200

Running A MyDNS Name Server On OpenBSD (MySQL/PHP + MyDNS + MyDNSConfig)

This tutorial shows how to run a MyDNS name server on an OpenBSD server. It covers the installation of MySQL, PHP, MyDNS, and MyDNSConfig, the web frontend for the MyDNS name server.

Install OpenWRT, Chillispot, FreeRadius Based Managed Hotspot(s) Including PayPal Payment Gateway

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:12:53 +0100

Install OpenWRT, Chillispot, FreeRadius Based Managed Hotspot(s) Including PayPal Payment Gateway

If you have ever tried to implement one of the hotspot HowTos on this and other site, it might have dawned on you that this is not an easy feat to accomplish. Amazingly most solutions also leave out the most important part – how to get paid by the punters using the hotspot. Some will offer prepaid solution or access tickets that need to be printed, but this will require staff being involved on the premises. And in particular, once you want to offer a professional service and not just a ‘toy concept’ it gets tricky – and expensive. Just imagine all the servers you need to provide redundant and load balanced freeradius, mysql and web servers. It is generally not worth the effort and expense for just one hotspot – unless of course you are willing to accept outages, unhappy customers etc.

The Perfect Desktop - PC-BSD 1.5

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:03:19 +0100

The Perfect Desktop - PC-BSD 1.5

This document describes how to set up PC-BSD v1.5. This release is based upon FreeBSD 6.3 and uses KDE 3.5.8 as default desktop environment. Taken from the PC-BSD page: PC-BSD is a complete desktop operating system, which has been designed with the "casual" computer user in mind. It offers the stability and security that only a BSD-based operating system can bring, while as the same time providing a comfortable user experience, allowing you to get the most out of your computing time. With PC-BSD you can spend less time working to fix viruses or spyware and instead have the computer work for you.

How To Set Up Mailman With Debian And ISPConfig

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:21:48 +0100

How To Set Up Mailman With Debian And ISPConfig

This short tutorial shows how you can set up Mailman with the ISPConfig devel version (> 2.3.3) on Debian Etch.

How To Install Drupal 5.6 On Debian Etch With ISPConfig

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:51:50 +0100

How To Install Drupal 5.6 On Debian Etch With ISPConfig

Drupal is a PHP based CMS (Content Management System) with great community support and a huge amount of modules. Drupal can be installed as a single site or it can be installed as a multisite.

Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions (ext2/ext3) From Windows On Dual-Boot Systems

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:10:21 +0100

Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions (ext2/ext3) From Windows On Dual-Boot Systems

If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you are in Linux, but not the other way round. This tutorial shows three ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3 filesystem) from within Windows: Explore2fs, DiskInternals Linux Reader, and the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows. While the first two provide read-only access, the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows can be used for read and write operations.

Getting Started With Ruby On Rails

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:22:26 +0100

Getting Started With Ruby On Rails

Generally there are 3 installations: OSX, Windows and Linux, and the latter is the most easy one.

Secure Servers: Package Building With EnGarde Secure Linux

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:00:35 +0200

Secure Servers: Package Building With EnGarde Secure Linux

Although EnGarde Secure Linux does not include a development environment "out of the box," all of the tools to set one up are available via the Guardian Digital Secure Network. The purpose of this document is to provide you, the software developer, with the instructions to set up a package building environment of your own. After building the environment, we will walk you through building a package for the popular object oriented programming language, Ruby. Read on for an introduction to your EnGarde Package Building Survival Guide.

Share Your Music Collection With gnump3d

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:59:24 +0200

Share Your Music Collection With gnump3d

Gnump3d is a streaming server that can help you share your music collection with others. Although the name is using mp3 it can serve ogg as well, so you don't have to convert all your mp3 files to ogg files.

Data Recovery With TestDisk

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:25:04 +0200

Data Recovery With TestDisk

TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software which was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting your partition table). TestDisk is available for lots of operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and MacOS, and supports lots of filesystems.

Entering A Safe Mirror When Logging In With Unionfs And Chroot

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:03:25 +0200

Entering A Safe Mirror When Logging In With Unionfs And Chroot

When reading a 'hint' on the website of LinuxFromScratch I discovered the special capabilities of unionfs, specially in combination with chroot. Later I read a HowTo on a wikiwebsite of Gentoo, about entering a chrooted homedirectory when using a special script as shell. Combining these two brings me to using a chrooted environment, which you enter when logging in as a special user. This environment is a exact copy (mirror) of the system you're working on. Because you're in safe copy of the real system, you can do whatever you like, it will never change the system, everything stays inside the cache (the readwrite branch).