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Gallery 2 – Returning to Secure Permissions
When you perform a module update with Gallery 2 it recommends changing the permissions of the modules and themes directories to rwxrwxrwx or 777: cd $gallery_web_root # on Fedora this is probably /usr/share/gallery2 chmod -R 777 modules/ themes/ To get back to a...
Ubuntu build depency installation command
If you download and install programs from source on Ubuntu / Debian you may have been through the process of running ./configure, then noting what it complains is missing, then apt-get install missing <package name>, then repeat till you have everything you...
Wheel Rim – Garden Hose Holder
This wheel rim was taken from my parents property which they sold. I have had it in the garage forever. After digging round for a concrete anchor or loxin I have finally mounted it on a concrete post near the tap. It's not beautiful but it's functional.
Chicken Coop Security Appliance
This is a shot of my new chicken gate latch. It's made of a plank of wood, 2 welding rods, a mop handle and some 1.2mm galvanized wire.
Chicks and Chickens sometimes don’t mix
Our chickens are about 26weeks old but we have just gotten some smaller ones. If it wasn't for the wire between the older chickens and the chicks I'm fairly sure they would peck the babies to death. The chicks are oblivious to the danger they are in. The older chooks...
Disabling ppp0 from starting when running service network restart
I am configuring a CentOS 5.2 box to act as a gateway. After doing the initial configuration I want the ADSL connection that I configured not to try and start when doing a /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart or service network restart. This may seem like a no brainer but...