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... » More

Convert bin/cue to iso with bchunk

On Ubuntu install binchunker with:sudo apt-get install bchunkThen create the iso at the command-line with the following:bchunk myfile.bin myfile.cue newfile.isoMore 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... » 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... » 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>/toolsRun ddms:# ddmsConnect your Android device by USB and choose the 'Sync' method of connection.Choose your Device fromĀ ... » More

WineTricks for Windows Dependencies

Download the WineTricks script from here:http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricksMake it executable and then move it to /usr/bin or /usr/local/binRun it and a GUI will appear to tick the stuff you need e.g. 7zip, AdobeAIR, mono, corefonts and many more

Ubuntu Bibble libstdc++5

Error while trying to install Bibble 4:Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libstdc++5Got the DEB file from:http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/libstdc++5And the Bibble installer now works :-)