So I want to be able to test web access from outside our network. On my private server I have Squid running on port 3128 so: ssh -L 3128:localhost:3128 jonny@myprivateserver.com Then I can configure Firefox (with FoxyProxy) to use localhost port 3128 as a proxy. Then on the private server tail the squid access log… Read more »
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Blocking Attackers in ProFTPd
To manually block an IP address accessing ProFTPd you can use the following in the ProFTPd config file: <Limit LOGIN>Order deny,allowDeny from 111.222.111.222Allow from all</Limit></Global> Of course it would be better to use IPtables iptables -A INPUT -s 111.222.111.222 -j DROP To allow the IP address again: iptables -D INPUT -s 111.222.111.222 -j DROP Where… Read more »
Convert bin/cue to iso with bchunk
On Ubuntu install binchunker with: sudo apt-get install bchunk Then create the iso at the command-line with the following: bchunk myfile.bin myfile.cue newfile.iso More info here
Top of the Tops
A roundup of my top top utilities for troubleshooting problems on servers. htopIn terms of alternatives to the traditional top command htop is pretty good (being better than the older atop too). Maybe it is just the colours but it is also useful to get a view of the memory without the caches included. yum… Read more »
Samba Client
Smbclient operates like a command-line ftp client which allows sending commands to the samba server. The following syntax worked for me: /usr/bin/smbclient ‘//anotherserver/myshare’ -D ‘mydirectory/’ -c ‘mkdir “testlog5″‘ -U ‘myusername%mypass’ I got a bit confused when some directories where list with DA rather than D but these extra file attributes appear to be: A –… Read more »
Get iPlayer
The previous version of get_iplayer had stopped working for me but there is still people updating this script. Get it here: http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer/html/get_iplayer.html
Android Screenshots
Download the Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ Add the Path to the SDK Tools: export PATH=${PATH}:<your_sdk_dir>/tools Run ddms: # ddms Connect your Android device by USB and choose the ‘Sync’ method of connection. Choose your Device from the left menu Then from the ddms menu bar choose Device > Screen Capture
Resetting WordPress User Password
Get to the MySQL prompt and use something like the following: UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass=MD5(‘secret’) WHERE ID=1;
SNES games on Nintendo DS
SNES emulator for the Nintendo DS – great!
WineTricks for Windows Dependencies
Download the WineTricks script from here: http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks Make it executable and then move it to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin Run it and a GUI will appear to tick the stuff you need e.g. 7zip, AdobeAIR, mono, corefonts and many more
