Stopping the darn akonadi server…
Hi Folks! I have noticed that akonadi (even tho the indexing was off in KDE Control Center) was creating big .db files in my ~/.local/share/akonadi/…
Category: Howtoology
Me being a smartarse and telling people how to do something that I have no idea about myself…
Using Midnight Commander and SSH to transfer files securely between hosts.
Hi Folks. After the previous 3 SSH related posts: Passwordless SSH authentication. Using authentication keys, Copying files securely between local machine and shell account and…
Setting Up Autologin…
Hi all. Autologin can be handy when You are the only person that uses the computer. It can also be used to log into guest…
Backup Your folders… Re-doing Your settings can be a long and tidious process…
I have heard a good joke today… – Hey Daddy… What does “Formatting HDD successfully completed” means?… – It means You’re freakin DEAD It does…
KDE4 All Permissions Greyed Out.
Hi. This is something I do when all my permissions are greyed out in KDE. A) Open Dolphin file manager. B) Right click on the…
How to record (capture) with rtmpdump by pstranger
This is one of the “Tips and Tricks” written by pstranger. I found it very interesting and decided to re-post it here. Original post can…
Wait… What was in updated in that upgrade I just did?
Hi all. Sometimes I am upgrading my system and rebooting without looking at what it does in the background. I am just using a command:…
Tightening security for SSH Server…
Hi all. When I was setting up my server while back I have noticed 100’s of entries in my: /var/log/auth.log about failed log in attempts…
Hey! I have port XXX opened! What is using it?
Hi all. I was messing around on my server sometime ago and I have nmap-ed myself and noticed port XXX opened. I knew I have…
Blocking port 113 in shorewall – PCLinuxOS default firewall.
Hi all. I was using GRC.com Shields Up – Internet Vulnerability Profiling tool to verify are all of my ports in stealth mode and I…