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How to create a boot CD with the specified kernel in Linux

The kernel in Fedora Core 2 and higher is too big to fit on a floppy disk, so you’ll have to create a boot CD instead. Here are the steps. 1. Each installed kernel has a dedicated subdirectory for its modules in the /lib/modules directory. Get a listing of this directory. Here there are two [...]

How to access your server via SSH

If you are unfamiliar with SSH this is ok. This is a simple explanation to get you to a command prompt on your new server or existing server. Simply download a program called “putty.exe” if you are using Windows. If you are using MAC you will need to jump in to the shell and follow [...]

How to Create a Shutdown Shortcut on Your Desktop

Below you will find instructions on how to create such a shortcut on your desktop. You can also view the one pager by clicking on the pic tutorial icon. As always comments/suggestions are always welcome. 1.Right-click your Desktop Computer and select New > Shortcut from the drop down menu 2. In the browse box type: SHUTDOWN -s -t 01, click Next [...]

How to regedit or edit registry in Windows

Regedit, which is built-in in Windows 2000, XP and Vista, enables you to view, find, and modify settings in your system registry. A registry contains information about how your computer runs. Regedit can be very risky so make sure to back up, export everything before you change anything. 1. Click Start, and then click Run. [...]

How to Use Nslookup to query Domain Name System

nslookup is a computer program used in Windows and Unix to query Domain Name System (DNS) servers to find DNS details, including IP addresses of a particular computer, MX records for a domain and the NS servers of a domain. The name nslookup means “name server lookup”. The most common version of the program is [...]

Script to backup all mysql database and upload to FTP

In this howto I will show you a simple bash script that dump ALL mysql databases on your server compressed to GZIP and then make a nice tar.gz file with them and upload it to the FTP of your choice.

How to Install Elgg – An open, flexible social networking engine

Elgg is an open, flexible social networking engine, designed to run at the heart of any socially-aware application. Building on Elgg is easy, and because the engine handles common web application and social functionality for you, you can concentrate on developing your idea. Elgg is open source. That means, when you use Elgg, you have [...]

How to Reduce photo size for emailing

If you’re like me and take all your pictures with a digital camera at the highest quality possible, you may have trouble sending them by email because they will be too large. A quick way to reduce your photo size when sending it by email is to: Browse to the picture folder on your computer [...]

How to export Microsoft outlook contacts into a spreadsheet file

One of the quickest ways to send all your Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express contacts to someone is to export them into a spreadsheet file, then email the file to them. Open Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express Select File Export When the Wizard starts, select ‘Export to a File’ and click Next Select ‘Export to [...]

How to Restore Old Versions of Files in Windows Vista

Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions), has a new feature called Restore Previous Versions.  Every time a system restore point is created, new versions of your files are created at the same time. To restore from previous versions of a file:  browse through your documents folder and right mouse click on the file name, [...]

How to Create tables in Mysql – PHP & MySQL Code

Before you can enter data (rows) into a table, you must first define what kinds of data will be stored (columns). We are now going to design a MySQL query to summon our table from database land. In future lessons we will be using this table, so be sure to enter this query correctly! PHP [...]

How to Verify Email Security With tcpdump

I can use tcpdump to verify that encryption is working. Here is what a plain unencrypted POP mail session looks like. This is an abbreviated example showing only the initial three-way TCP handshake. You can do this yourself by firing up tcpdump, then checking mail. Ctrl+C stops it: # tcpdump port 110 15:04:49.050227 windbag.34348 > [...]

How to configure Virtual Hosting using Apache 2 on Ubuntu

Virtual Hosting allow web servers to host more than one website on a sing machine. This is how sharing hosting works. I become pretty handy as well while develloping different web project on the same machine and allows you to access to your local repository using addresses such as http://dev.mysite.com instead of http://localhost/~myuser/myproject/ :) . [...]

How to configure xinetd package in fedora

 xinetd, the eXtended InterNET Daemon, is an open-source daemon which runs on many Linux and Unix systems and manages Internet-based connectivity. It offers a more secure extension to or version of inetd, the Internet daemon. xinetd performs the same function as inetd: it starts programs that provide Internet services. Instead of having such servers started [...]