ThinkPad x201 Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Wireless
The ThinkPad x201 is a great platform for Ubuntu 10.04. The default installation contains an outdated version of the Thinkpad BGN wireless drivers. After first boot you can see networks(not all available), and connect to some – but in general this will give you difficulties. The recommendation is to first update your installation via-Ethernet to automatically download the patch. ...
Read MoreMySQL error /usr/libexec/mysqld: unknown option ‘–skip-bdb’
MySQL version 5.1.47 failing to start after upgrade? Here is the brief: Problem: tail -f /var/log/mysqld.log 1/usr/libexec/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-bdb' After poking around for a quick solution, nobody seemed to release that the bdb dependncy is no longer used in /etc/my.cnf configuration file. Old...
Read MoreAdd 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 MoreCreate multiple email accounts Plesk 8
After much hunting around and reading through the Plesk Administrator Guide I finally found an easy way for creating multiple e-mail accounts in batch! This is not a MySQL hook or database related, but stems from the logic of wanting to create multiple accounts at once. To create an e-mail account in Plesk, first login to your server via SSH. Execute the following: /usr/local/psa/bin/mail...
Read MoreReset “lost” Administrator Password Mac OS X
Lost your administrator password? Working with a client who has lost their administrator password and need to install applications and updates? Here is a very simple workaround to resetting the password on any account in OS X. So what do we do? Basically start up your Mac in single user mode, deleting the local profile cache for the creation of a new user. Upon restart, you will be prompted...
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