If you want to use your PuTTY generated private key (.ppk) in Linux with not only PuTTY, but other SSH or SFTP client (Terminal, Nautilus, GFTP, etc), you have to convert it to OpenSSH’s private key format, because PuTTY private key format (.ppk) is not compatible with OpenSSH.
First, install “putty-tools” package, if you did [...]
In my Windows machines I use PuTTY SSH client to connect to my Linux server. I know there are other SSH clients available in Linux, but I like PuTTY, so I wanted to use it on my newly installed Debian Lenny desktop.
I installed PuTTY with this command:
apt-get install putty putty-tools
Okay, Putty was installed.
I copied my public and [...]
I always had problems with fonts in Linux both on the desktop and in the web browsers. The fonts were always crappy. So I wanted to get a few Windows fonts to my Linux desktop. You can follow me.
In Debian (I use Debian Lenny) the “ttf-mscorefonts-installer” package will install the following fonts:
Andale Mono
Arial Black
Arial (Bold, Italic, [...]
Joomla generated HTML pages contain the following meta tag:
<meta name=”generator” content=”Joomla! 1.5 – Open Source Content Management” />
Note: 1.5 is the Joomla! version.
First of all, I love Joomla. I use it since 2005 when a group of Mambo developers (the core team) left Mambo and started Joomla . So I am a big Joomla fan. But [...]
Never use your MySQL root account to running databases. The root account is a privileged account which should only be used for admin procedures. And also unadvisable to add global MySQL server privileges to those database users who connect to a MySQL database from an application/script (Joomla, Drupal, etc). Better if you setup these users separated. [...]
I always forget how can I change a password in Thunderbird, and you?
1, Delete your old, saved password
a, In Thunderbird 2
Go to Tools>Options>Privacy>Passwords>Edit Saved Passwords
Select the password what you want to change and press the Remove button.
b, In Thunderbird 3
Go to Tools>Options>Security>Passwords>Saved Passwords…
Select the password what you want to change and press the Remove button.
2, [...]
MD5 is a widely used cryptographic hash function with a 128-bit hash value. It is commonly used to check the integrity of files.
If you downloaded a file from the web and the file owner provided a MD5 hash (checksum) then you can compare the hash of the downloaded file with the hash provided by file [...]
Water & Stone, a web development company specializing in Open Source technologies, released a popularity survey of open source content management systems. In the analysis of 19 of the most prominent open source content management systems, Water and Stone evaluated CMS’s on the basis of Rate of Adoption and Brand Strength, as well as a [...]
You don’t need to reboot your sytem and press the pause key during boot just to find out what BIOS version you are running. You can determine the BIOS version and other BOIS related datas from Linux command line.
Please consider I use Debian.
You need the dmidecode package installed in your system, so first check the [...]
If your hosting provider doesn’t give you any directory password protection tool, but you want to protect your Joomla! admininistrator directory with an encrypted password, do the following.
1, Create an empty file .htaccess in your Joomla! administrator directory. Put the following lines in it:
AuthType Basic
AuthName “Joomla Administrator”
AuthUserFile /full/path/to/joomla/administrator/.htpasswd
<Limit GET>
require valid-user
</Limit>
Modify the /full/path/to/joomla to your Joomla [...]
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