Tip from here edit squid.conf vi /etc/squid/squid.conf Find the following section of squid.conf and add forwarded_for off # TAG: forwarded_for on|off # If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name # in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks...
Simple Cross Platform Password Generation using pwgen
If, like me, you lack a certain amount of inspiration when trying to generate secure passwords pwgen may be the answer for you. It has heaps of options (see below) and can assist you to generate new secure passwords for your users. Thanks to the cygwin project you can...
Owner Builders License
After completing an ozob.com.au online owner builders course. Today I traveled to Newcastle to get my Owner Builders License. After getting the license I let the council know that I'm about to start using a "Notice of Commencement". Another small step/s in the reno...
Woo Hoo Plans Approved – On to the Manual Labour
After submitting my plans and less than a month later they have been approved. Excellent! Now a trip to the office of Fair trading to get my Owner Builders permit and we are good to go...
MD5SUM check files need to be in unix format on windows
I just attempted to use md5sum.exe under windows... In a putty session on a Linux box I ran md5sum and then copied and pasted the output to a text file under windows... [thejayster@abigbox thejayster]$ md5sum live-bak-200909250216AM.tar.gz...
Unpack an RPM
Just needed to unpack an rpm on my Ubuntu Box so I could send my brother one of the chkconfig init.d scripts. To do it required the following: sudo apt-get install rpm # need this for rpm2cpio utility rpm2cpio therpmyouwantounpack.rpm | cpio -idmv
Windows CE 5 (Symbol VC5090) Remote Control on a Shoestring
I have a Symbol VC5090 mobile computer. The Symbol remote control client starts at 1400+ AUD and rises from there. So to work around this I Googled for vnc for Windows CE 5. Download efonvnc from sourceforge here. You need the ARM version for the VC5090 Because the...
Joomla Module Position Display
The benefit of having a sister doing web devel. Handy tip on how to see your Joomla Module positions: http://www.cageofwords.com/?p=266
Resize all files using ImageMagick’s convert under Windows
This is a very quick script to resize all files of type jpg to 1024x1024 (longest edge becomes 1024 pixels) and name them "1024-originalfile name.jpg" using ImageMagick for Windows Open a command prompt and cd into the folder containing your jpg's and run the...
Save Energy Go Green
I was reading some Dell promo stuff talking about intel vPro technology which gives the ability to boot a remote computer which has been shutdown as long as it's got a network connection and power to the motherboard. Amazing stuff. And having it would mean you can...
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