Here is a bash script that I use to do simple and transparent backups of all sorts of data. I use it primarily to backup to multiple external hard drives, plugged in via USB. It uses regular mount or gnome volume manager. It also sends logs via email using “mail” and a local MTA like [...]
Mar 042011
Here are some random notes that I find useful. I also tend to forget and use as reference. [] Vim reference :e filename (open filename) :q! (quit, don’t save) :x (write if changed, otherwise exit) a (insert after) A (insert after line) h j k l (left, down, up, right) $ (move to end of [...]
These are the manual instructions for installing and configuring OpenVPN client See the Section at the end if you are using untangle. Download openvpn gui at http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html#latest-stable Run installer Leave the components section as default. Accept the TAP driver install Right click on OpenVPN GUI and select properties Go to Compatibility tab and select “run [...]
I wanted a larger wordlist than the default /usr/share/john/password.lst, with only 3115 words. Openwall sells a really great wordlist, but if you don’t need anything that fancy you can follow these instructions. The apt-get bit is debian specific. I will install dictionaries and then concatenate them all into one file, remove duplicates, lower case and [...]
The wonderful world of motherboard BIOS updates, is still old fashioned. Updates are often still built for Microsoft Windows environments. Often requiring MS DOS. Those of us who don’t have DOS, a floppy drive, an install of Windows 98 to create a bootable floppy, cheesy Pâté, or MS Windows for that matter ….. Here is [...]
Feb 182010
Recently, I was installing debian on a new server and grub2 would not install gave me this error: “This GPT partition label has no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won’t be possible! grub-setup: error: Embedding is not possible, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or LVM volume.” Of course, [...]
. Automatic email setup add-on: Gmail IMAP Account Setup THUNDERBIRD VERSION 3 HAS NATIVE SUPPORT FOR GMAIL. Manual email instructions: Setup Thunderbird according to gmail’s imap instructions At the bottom of gmail’s instructions you will see “recommended settings“. Don’t follow the first recommendation, regarding deleting. Instead of actually (permanently) deleting email we can have it [...]
Oct 132009
start -> run -> regedit make a backup, if you want. goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318} look through the list of subkeys (0000, 0001, etc) DriverDesc keyword will tell you which network adapter. For example, “NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller” when you find it, right click and add -> new -> string value new keyword: Value Name: = NetworkAddress [...]
Oct 122009
Here is a list of free wireless spots in Santa Fe. I’m sure I will miss some or make errors, please let me know. I don’t list locations that use a password, as it irritates me when people inconvenience patrons for some ignorant reason. * Santa Fe Baking Company (one of the first and best [...]
Oct 112009
I wanted to share some notes on patching the Linux Libre kernel with realtime capabilities. The Linux-Libre project pulls out all the un-free bits from standard Linux. Contrary to popular belief, Linux has many non-free parts, small binary or obfuscated pieces of code for various hardware. I have a Lenovo T61 laptop. I removed the [...]
Oct 102009
Moonlight is a Free implementation of Microsoft Silverlight. Its a Mono project, http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight. I have read rumors that 2.0 will have support for Netflix. I went to install the 2.0 dev (currently 1.99.5). Logged into netflix and was denied. I was confused because moonlights dev website says that 1.99.5 is complete except for bug testing [...]
A while ago Second Street Brewery asked for a good stable public wireless internet connection. Of course, the solution was obvious, openwrt on a linksys wrt54gl. The office, point of sale and public networks all share the same gateway. The problem was segregating the public wireless network from the private office lan. Sam (http://thepromisedlan.org) and [...]