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...
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...
If you use fwbuilder to compile and install your firewall rules you may have come accross "sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo" This is caused by a setting in the /etc/sudoers file "Defaults requiretty" As root run visudo and comment out that line with a hash...
Those of us Windows admins that like the mstsc /v:hostname option of connecting to our Windows Boxes may also want a "feel at home" approach for Linux. I personally like to be able to use vncviewer ip_address:port to connect and get a complete Linux Desktop. The...
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...
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...