Some people prefer their min,max,close window buttons to be on the left – mac style.
Somehow I managed it then forgot how I did it so when I finally found how to do it AGAIN!, I thought I’d share it.
GNOME calls this “metacity button layout”.
From a terminal window, type gconf-editor.
Now navigate to apps/metacity/general and change the [...]
I own a Sony VAIO laptop on which I dual boot either Windows XP or CentOS 5 (Linux Kernel).
I always wanted to get wireless networking to work but, the plain and simple truth is that although the core components for wireless activities are present, there are vital applications missing which allow a user to connect [...]
This is the best way to achieve a clean and uncluttered install of any Windows operating system.
If you have a badly corrupted Windows operating system then first of all you will want to blank the hard drive first. This can be easily achieved by booting from a Linux boot disk then using the “dd” command [...]
Keeping known email abusers out is always desired. Postfix has a parameter which is specified in the main.cf file that allows you to refer to these lists.
The script I use is as follows…
smtpd_client_restrictions =
permit_mynetworks
permit_sasl_authenticated
reject_unauth_pipelining
reject_rbl_client cbl.abuseat.org
reject_rbl_client dnsbl.ahbl.org
reject_rbl_client dnsbl.sorbs.net
reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org
reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
#reject_rhsbl_client blackhole.securitysage.com
reject_rhsbl_client rhsbl.sorbs.net
permit
Note the commented out line
#reject_rhsbl_client blackhole.securitysage.com
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Bandwidth Conversion
Mbit
K/s
100
12,800
20
2,560
16
2,048
8
1,024
4
512
2
256
1
128
0.5
64
So you have your linux server up and running. A lot of time and effort went into this so lets get it backed up. You don’t need to invest in any fancy backup system. A bit of shell script and some use of crontab will do the trick.
Here are the two scripts I use…
Email backup
Create [...]
Very often it is necessary to test that your SMTP server is working.
The easiest way to do this is with the telnet command.
This lets you talk directly to the email server in its own SMTP protocol script language.
Here’s how…
telnet server name or IP address 25
HELO aaaa
mail from: <tom@fromdomain.com>
rcpt to: <fred@todomain.com>
data
Enter your message text
.
quit
Along the way [...]
Why have a VPN account?
Security for Hotspot Wireless Access Users.
Home Internet Users – Cable and DSL providers are well known for not filtering their network from exploits!
International Internet Users – Governments would like to prevent users from enjoying the Internet, with a USA IP there are no controls!
Easy online ordering when you travel – Many [...]
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Web enable any Windows application – it’s brilliant, we used it to provide satellite offices with on line access to our main in-house application. Read below.
Now there’s a fast, simple and affordable way to securely publish your Windows programs to your network or the Web. Without changing a thing, you can make them instantly accessible [...]