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Linux

Using ufw / iptables in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) is a new and easy firewall/iptables tool introduced in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron). ufw is a front-end for iptables-restore, with its rules saved in /etc/ufw/before.rules, /etc/ufw/after.rules and /var/lib/ufw/user.rules. Administrators can customize before.rules and after.rules as desired using the standard iptables-restore syntax. Rules are evaluated as follows: before.rules first, user.rules next, and […]

Linux

Create a photo collage using imagemagick

I use imagemagick to create index images to my photo albums to get a quick overview without looking through all the pictures. This is how I create a simple photo collage using imagemagicks montage command montage -label ‘%t\n%wx%h’ -resize 150×150 ‘*.JPG’ -geometry +3+3 -tile 3x -frame 5 _Index.JPG

Security

Determine rkhunter false positive on Redhat

rkhunter has given several warnings (“One or more warnings have been found while checking the system.”) lately and this has forced me to check the installations repeatedly only to determine the fact that it was a false positive. On Redhat systems and their derivatives (Fedora, CentOS…) a easy check can be performed to determine if […]

Linux

Mount remote filesystem using ssh and sshfs

This is short howto on how you can mount a remote filesystem through ssh and access in Debian it like any other local filesystem. This is a safer method to mount remote filesystems and a user can perform it without root privileges. First you need to install sshfs # aptitude install fuse-utils sshfs Install the […]

Misc

The Highlight Source Pro WordPress plugin is installed

I’ve now installed the Highlight Source Pro plugin for my WordPress installation to see if this is something that will make scripts and code snippets better to view and work with.