Easily setting up a ThePirateBay.org mirror (wordpress plugin)
karloEasier than my previous post, use this plugin for wordpress.
Easily setting up a ThePirateBay.org mirror (nph-tpb.cgi)
If you want to set up a simple pirate-bay mirror, download this script. This is the nph-tpb.cgi - file various sites talk about. Setting up is easy. It is just a…
Example postfix + dovecot SSL configuration
I generated SSL certs using this guide. Then I set up dovecot and postfix. View my dovecot conf here and my psotfix main.cf here. You can use this to configure…
[Solution] Can’t use /usr/lib/dovecot/imap: No such file or directory
Getting this? $ sudo service dovecot restart * Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server dovecot Error: mail_executable: Can't use /usr/lib/dovecot/imap: No such file or directory Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf ...fail! install…
Update wordpress without needing FTP
Give your wordpress dir the right permissions: sudo chmod -R 775 wp-dir ; sudo chown -R username:www-data Add this in wp-config.php: define('FS_METHOD','direct'); You can now update via 'update now'.
Test SMTP block (sshguard, fail2ban)
I used the following script to test brute-force protection: #!/usr/bin/php <?php for( $i=0; $i<99; $i++ ){ echo "Will try now. \n"; $mbox = imap_open("{mail.mailserver.com:143/imap/novalidate-cert}INBOX","user_test_$i","foobar",0,0); } ?> Edit: You will…
Deprecated Linux networking commands and their replacements
Found this gem on an other blog: Deprecated Linux networking commands and their replacements I mostly use $ifconfig. Let's try `$ ip a` from now on :).
[Solution] GConf Error – GetDefaultDatabase – org.gnome.GConf.Server
Recently I got the error: GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Method " GetDefaultDatabase" with signature "" on interface "org.gnome.GConf.Server" doesn't exist. I got this while trying…
[Solution] Jar not working via command line
Getting this: $ java drs.jar Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: drs/jar Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: drs.jar at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266) Could not…
Clear BASH history
Clear the BASH history easily via: $ >~/.bash_history Remember to log out after doing this.
ifconfig gone (command not found)
Today, ifconfig was not working for me. I think this happened after I installed X11 on my headless server. $ ifconfig bash: ifconfig: command not found It turns out something…
Use $top over SSH
If you want to use `top` over SSH, use the -t option: $ ssh -t servername top This also works if you want to use `tail -f` over ssh: $…
My idea for this site
My idea on this site is to put snippets of codes / solutions / things I discovered here. When people will google a sulution to their problem, I hope they…