Add jail shelled FTP/SSH user on CentOS / Plesk
The process of adding a new FTP user with SSH access to a Plesk / CentOS server is more difficult than it needs to be. Plesk will only allow you to add WebUsers to your domains which have FTP accounts, not full SSH accounts. Here is the quick and dirty. We want our new user to be in chroot jail and to inherit the same permissions as another user on the system. The user will be restricted to...
Read MoreAcer Aspire 3690 Broadcom Wireless 43xx Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
Issue : After installing Ubuntu 9.10 wireless and wired networking are either working sporadicly or not at all. The most vanilla solution you will find. Target : Acer Aspire 3690-2159 OS : ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386 Hardware : Broadcom 4318 Wireless Adapter Ensure your wireless switch is turned on in the front before reading step 1. 1. Install Ubuntu 9.10 2. Plug in active internet connection...
Read MoreFacebook Chat is not Secure
Armed to the teeth with Backtrack 4, any reasonably intelligent individual can execute a MITM or Man-In-The-Middle by packet sniffing and injecting packets into the stream against Facebook. This is of concern when on public wireless networks, or public local area networks. Read the documentation here. Protect yourself by running a desktop client like Adium, and encrypting your chats. In Adium, go...
Read MoreAnimata – Real Time Animation in SL
http://animata.kibu.hu/ Video after the break! Reverse Shadow Theatre from gabor papp on Vimeo. Animata Jazz Pub from gabor papp on Vimeo. “Animata is a cross-platform open source real-time animation software for live performance developed in Kitchen Budapest in 2007. The software makes it really easy to create scenes with virtual puppets, which can be moved according to live input...
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