Anyway for a while when I searched for James McDonald in Google I would get https://toggen.com.au/blog on the 1st page of results. Today I have done a search on "James McDonald" and It's like page 9. I wondered why, and what was happening. Now here is the interesting...
There is a whirlpool forum with information on connecting a MF332 using Linux. It shows how to use the /etc/ppp/chap-secret /etc/ppp/peers/* to get it all connected. However on Fedora 9 I used the standard system-config-network option to configure the connection as...
Disclaimer: This procedure can render your computer unbootable and corrupt your data if you do it wrong. Perform a backup prior to doing it and verify you can read the backup. Don't attempt it on a critical laptop. I am in no way responsible if you attempt this and...
Here is an annoying problem with Nautilus smb on Fedora 9 I can connect to a remote share with "smbclient //server/share -U user" However in Nautilus if you hit Go ==> Location... it defaults to "smb:///" if you type smb:///server/share you get nothing but a big fat...
I run https://jamesmcdonald.id.au with a self signed untrusted certificate because I'm not using it for commerce and the only person who needs to trust it is me! But after installing Fedora 9 on a laptop and trying to connect to my website. I didn't get the normal add...
By a tradition which is very similar to the "We have always worn these funny hats, so we always will" line of thought many website addresses begin with www dot. This is changing as people ask why have a redundant www tacked on the front of an address. However why make...
For some weird reason when attempting to run the Windows version of telnet under Cygwin it returns to a prompt without connecting. So you need to install the Cygwin Package that contains a telnet client which is: inetutils Run the cygwin setup.exe and choose...
When looking at traffic flowing in and out of your gateway Linux boxes you can use a variety of tools. tcpdump is handy For example if I wanted to know what traffic is flowing from my ppp0 interface to a remote host without resolving the names I would say. tcpdump -i...
OK this will be of virtually no interest to the world community. I put it here simply for posterity and to answer the "When did chicken X start laying?" question. I think we now have two chooks laying. The new egg is on the right. My lovely wife found an egg in the...
The Problem: So you have a firewall / server box that you don't want to run X on but you would rather forgo the pleasure of editing all the config files by hand. What to do? A resolution: Use ssh X forwarding to bring those remote GUI programs to your local...