hints & tricks in no particular order
30/11/2010
As of DD-WRT v.24 SP1, it is now possible to set up DD-WRT as an OpenVPN server. Which is a pretty good thing, because I needed to setup one of these beasts! I used Windows as a client, but also to generate the various configuration, certificate and key files. Initial setup First, install OpenVPN for Windows. At the […]
27/11/2010
After the upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 I noticed the Ubuntu theme was sometimes reverted to the default Gnome one, meaning fonts, icons, toolbars are all reset. I tried a clean reinstall but the same bug raised up again. It seems to be a race condition appearing on higher hardware (combination of SSD + core i7). The […]
27/11/2010
27/11/2010
Shred shred OPTIONS filename Common options: -n N Overwrite a file N times. -u Remove the file after you’ve shredded it. -z After shredding a file with random bits (ones and zeros), overwrite the file with only zeros. So, for example, to shred a file “topsecret.txt” with 26 iterations, and delete it afterwards, and […]
24/11/2010
Fix the MBR: bootrec /FixMbr Fix the partition boot record: bootrec /FixBoot Fix the boot menu: bootrec /RebuildBcd To run the Bootrec.exe tool, you must start Windows RE (recovery console). To do this, follow these steps: Put the installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer. Press a key when you […]
22/11/2010
I recently had to setup a simple, straightforward file server. I chose to install the Turnkey File Server Appliance as it had everything I wanted, ready to use. Following a SAMBA tutorial I could set the server so Samba users can have access to shared resources. However, for a public share I wanted to have a completely […]