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Category Archives: Internet
Converting Putty PPK files for Debian SSH
Today I read Debian: convert ppk key for linux ssh which explained how to convert PuTTY *.ppk files to *.pem files for Linux:
sudo apt-get install putty-tools puttygen mykey.ppk -O private-openssh -o mykey.pem
Installing PHPUnit on Debian with PEAR
To install PHPUnit on Debian with PEAR:
sudo pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de sudo pear install --alldeps phpunit/PHPUnit
To see which path the command-line utility ‘phpunit’ was installed:
sudo pear config-get bin_dir which phpunit
Salted Password Hashing – Doing it Right
Today I read Salted Password Hashing – Doing it Right which was a good run-down on how to do password hashing. The article linked to phpass: Portable PHP password hashing framework which is a library for hashing passwords.
Listing mapped Windows drives using net use
I had a complete mental blank today and couldn’t remember the ‘net use’ windows command to list mapped drives and their sources. I found Managing shared folders from the command line which reminded me!
QuirkTools Screenfly
Found out about this handy utility the other day: ScreenFly.
It allows you to test your website on various device form-factors. Handy!
Round corners with CSS
Today I had to look up the CSS syntax for curved corners and I found this article which suggested:
#example1 {
-moz-border-radius: 15px;
border-radius: 15px;
}
Getting a file by HTTP and redirecting file contents to stdout
To download a file from the web and send its contents to standard out, try this:
wget -O - -o /dev/null https://www.unconfusable.com
Fixing mailman can’t discard/defer message via web config
I had a notice from Mailman for one of my lists that there was a message that required administrative attention (i.e. it was spam). The mailman web-interface provides a facility for treating email, however when I went to discard the message it wouldn’t go away. I tried a heap of things and it took a long time to figure out, but eventually I noticed that in the mailman web page the domain name it was using was “intranet.blackbrick.com” whereas that should have been “www.intranet.blackbrick.com”. So I did a little searching about how to configure a list’s base URL and discovered this, which fixed my issue:
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist -l -r fix_url support \ --urlhost=www.intranet.blackbrick.com
Where ‘support’ above is ‘list name’.
What’s new in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS
Been meaning to get around to reading this white paper from Canonical: What’s new in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS.