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Language support in Debian/Ubuntu

Language support in Debian/Ubuntu

If you want to view your Debian/Ubuntu desktop, you need to add the language support for your language via System -> Administration -> Language Support Menu option. Once you’re in-front of language support window, do select the language which you want for...

Apache/Tomcat and JkMount with Servlets

What if I like to access the servlets directly via port 80 instead of using :portnumber on my URL? You can do a trick, Edit apache virtualhost entry and add the JkMount directive. For example: I wanted to access a servlet which was under seed directory of my document...

Pure-FTP and Anonymous access

Have you ever wondered how to give access to the files which are stored under /home/username/public_ftp of a Cpanel account anonymously? Yes, It’s possible. First you need to get a dedicated account assigned for the domain and then, goto /etc/pure-ftpd folder....
Ubuntu Init scripts management

Ubuntu Init scripts management

How do I manage my startup scripts? You can do it in Many ways, manually or by using scripts or sysvconfig command. sysvconfig interface in console looks like this : I don’t find chkconfig command in Ubuntu/Debian. How do I add custom scripts to start up? Do I...

OpenSSH compromised on RHEL and Fedora?

Couple of weeks back few of Fedora servers have been compromised or there was a security breach. It has been confirmed by Fedora project leader via mailing list post. This security breach has compromised OpenSSH packages on Fedora distributions. The issue is being...
OpenMoko Emulation on Ubuntu

OpenMoko Emulation on Ubuntu

While I’m egar to test “OpenMoko” on my MotoMing A1200, I emulate  OpenMoko on my laptop to see how it really works while its on my phone. Here is the first screen of the emulator. You too can tryout this Automatic Emulation. Its quite...