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  • 2011-07-27
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How to restrict access to your phpmyadmin

Went through the apache logs on my web-server and saw some access requests to my phpmyadmin page. It's probably a good idea to restrict access to this web based sql admin interface (in case there is an exploit I don't want somebody to use it on this). How to make …

  • 2011-07-13
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Reading encrypted/password protected pdf on Linux

The problematic PDF The CFP300 material on http://community.brocade.com/docs/DOC-2041 is encrypted so that it cannot be printed/re-edited without a password. If you try to open this with evince (default .pdf viewer in Gnome) it will ask for a password. pdftotext (comes with the software suite …

  • 2011-07-08
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Aurora 7 - The future Firefox

Just got an update on Aurora (it's like daily builds of the latest mozilla - with all the nice updates). I've been running it since they made it available and I have not had any issues with it. The only slightly annoying is that almost daily (if you restart the web …

Buying Kindle in Finland

On the 28th I purchased it around 1900. Today on the 30th at 0820 it arrived in the airport in Helsinki. Also yesterday somebody called and said it would come this week. Update: It's now on the way to my work! Got it around 12 or so. Less than 48 …

  • 2011-06-20
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Frustration?

This is from a post on the ITRC forum, I will copy it into here because the forum are moving soon and you never know if the links will work or not :) Also I do want to immortalize it. Title: Is it just me? Or does everything required a fw …

  • 2011-06-19
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PostgreSQL upgrade - compressed dumpfile

Why does a PostgreSQL upgrade require an export, uninstall, install and then import of the database? That big changes in the database? It would be nice to know how to import from a compressed archive, anybody ever got this working? If so, please leave a comment! I've been googling my …

Last Exam Day

Ever been there after your last exam? You've just started a new job and some time ahead into the job you need to take the plunge, make some big changes, upgrades, something you haven't done before or just something that has a big impact. Maybe it's the day you do …

  • 2011-05-30
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Ubuntu Server + VMWare Workstation

0/ Have your own virtual machine in your desktop is not hard! 0.1/ Some Terminology OS - Operating System Host OS - Underlying OS - in this you install VMWare Workstation. Host needs to be stared for the guest to be able to start. Guest OS - The extra OS you install inside …

  • 2011-05-27
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Nerves of steel: requirement for being a sysadmin?

Is it just me? Whenever I have to restart something or do some actual maintenance on a server - that my heart starts pumping and I get really really nervous. I've heard many times people say things like: "pain is temporary, glory is forever" (quote from a movie) when it comes …

  • 2011-05-26
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Firefox 5 Beta

You can download the Beta here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html The release notes are here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/5.0beta/releasenotes/ Some cool stuff, but should you upgrade already? I ran the Firefox 4 beta for what feels like forever and didn't have …