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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:13:39 -0400
From: Mitchell Laks <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: icewm question. maximized windows stick to top of screen  can this

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

/
/bin
/boot
/home
/usr
/var
/tmp
/opt
/sbin

<office:document-content office:version="1.2">
<office:scripts/>
-
<office:font-face-decls>
<style:font-face style:name="Times New Roman" svg:font-family="'Times
New Roman'" style:font-family-generic="roman"
style:font-pitch="variable"/>
<style:font-face style:name="Arial" svg:font-family="Arial"
style:font-family-generic="swiss" style:font-pitch="variable"/>
<style:font-face style:name="Arial1" svg:font-family="Arial"
style:font-family-generic="system" style:font-pitch="variable"/>
</office:font-face-decls>
<office:automatic-styles/>
-
<office:body>
-
<office:text>
-
<text:sequence-decls>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Illustration"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Table"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Text"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Drawing"/>
</text:sequence-decls>
<text:p text:style-name="Standard">This is a test </text:p>
</office:text>
</office:body>
</office:document-content>

<text:p text:style-name="Standard">This is a test </text:p>

> Greetings, good people.  Problem summary:  After server rebuild, 
> virtual hosts work for SMTP, but Mailman's Web pages are appearing
> for the main host only and not the virtual host.

#!/bin/bash
set -x
LOGDATEI=/tmp/blabla

backup_rsync()
{
/usr/bin/rsync -av $@
}

backup_rsync '/tmp/rsync-test1/Dokumente\ und\ Einstellungen' 
/tmp/rsync-test2/

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:47:57 -0700
From: Rick Moen <[email protected]>
To: Mark Sapiro <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Virtual domain not quite working on HTTP (but

> Yes it is. 'listinfo' is a CGI. You need a
> ScriptAlias /mailman/ "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/"

ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/

> (or whatever the correct path is) in your httpd.conf where it will
> apply to the lists.linuxgazette.net host. I.e. it needs to be in the
> VirtualHost block for each host with lists or it needs to be outside
> of the virtual hosts section so it applies globally.

-- 
Cheers,                      Notice:  The value of your Hofstadter's Constant 
Rick Moen                    (the average amount of time you spend each month 
[email protected]          thinking about Hofstadter's Constant) has just 
McQ!  (4x80)                 been adjusted upwards.

Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 20:34:43 +0100
From: "Silas S. Brown" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Talkback:141/brownss.html

-- 
Silas S Brown http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/ssb22

From: Sigurd Sol�s <[email protected]>
Date: 2009/5/27
Subject: How to get a random file name from a directory - thank you for the tip!
To: [email protected]

$ aplay.sh MusicDirectory

aplay.sh:
------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
while sleep 1; do
myfiles=($1/*.wav)
num=${#myfiles[@]}
aplay -D hw:0,0 "${myfiles[RANDOM %num]}"
done
------------------------------------------------------------------

Sed 's/whs/whs2/g /TEST*.* > outfile

Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 15:35:22 +0700
From: peter <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Ubuntu Server Setup

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* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

From: Allan Peda <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]

Subject: Two Cent tip

#!/bin/bash
#
# Allan Peda
# April 17, 2009
#
# function to call a long running script with a
# user set timeout period
# Script must have the executable bit set
#

# Note that "at" rounds down to the nearest minute
# best to use use full path
function timeout {
   if [[ ${1//[^[:digit:]]} != ${1} ]]; then
      echo "First argument of this function is timeout in minutes." >&2
      return 1
   fi
   declare -i timeout_minutes=${1:-1}
   shift
   # sanity check, can this be run at all?
   if [ ! -x $1 ]; then
      echo "Error: attempt to locate background executable failed." >&2
      return 2
   fi
   "$@" &
   declare -i bckrnd_pid=$!
   declare -i jobspec=$(echo kill -9 $bckrnd_pid |\
                        at now + $timeout_minutes minutes 2>&1 |\
                        perl -ne 's/\D+(\d+)\b.+/$1/ and print')
   # echo kill -9 $bckrnd_pid | at now + $timeout_minutes minutes
   # echo "will kill -9 $bckrnd_pid after $timeout_minutes minutes" >&2
   wait $bckrnd_pid
   declare -i rc=$?
   # cleanup unused batch job
   atrm $jobspec
   return $rc
}

# test case:
# ask child to sleep for 163 seconds
# putting process into the background, the reattaching
# but kill it after 2 minutes, unless it returns
# before then

# timeout 2 /bin/sleep 163
# echo "returned $? after $SECONDS seconds."

Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:43:43 +0000 (GMT)
From: Paul Sands <[email protected]>
Subject: 2-cent Tip - Poor Man's Computer Books
To: [email protected]

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

$ cat /proc/<pid of your process>/smaps | grep Swap

$ cat /proc/<pid of your process>/smaps | grep Swap | awk '{ SUM +=
$2 } END { print SUM }'

#!/bin/sh
# Retrieve a list for fragmented files, #fragments:filename
flist() {
  for i in *; do
    if [ -f $i ]; then
      ff=`filefrag $i`
      fn=`echo $ff | cut -f1 -d':'`
      fs=`echo $ff | cut -f2 -d':' | cut -f2 -d' '`
      if [ -f $fn -a $fs -gt 1 ]; then echo -e "$fs:$fn"; fi
    fi
  done
}

# Sort the list numeric, descending
flist | sort -n -r |
(
# for each file
  while read line; do
    fs=`echo $line | cut -f 1 -d':'`
    fn=`echo $line | cut -f 2 -d':'`
# copy the file up to 10 times, preserving permissions
    j=0;
    while [ -f $fn -a $j -lt 10 ]; do
      j=$[ $j + 1 ]

      TMP=$$.tmp.$j
      if ! cp -p "$fn" "$TMP"; then
        echo copy failed [$fn]
        j=10
      else
# test the new temp file's fragmentation, and if less than the
# original, move the temp file over the original
        ns=`filefrag $TMP | cut -f2 -d':' | cut -f2 -d' '`
        if [ $ns -lt $fs ]; then
          mv "$TMP" "$fn"
          fs=$ns
          if [ $ns -lt 2 ]; then j=10; fi
        fi
      fi
    done
    j=0;
# clean up temporary files
    while [ $j -lt 10 ]; do
      j=$[ $j + 1 ]

      TMP=$$.tmp.$j
      if [ -f $TMP ]; then
        rm $TMP
      else
        j=10
      fi
    done
  done
)
# report fragmentation
for i in *; do if [ -f $i ]; then filefrag $i; fi; done

  "If I am able to determine the enemy's dispositions while at the same time 
  I conceal my own, then I can concentrate and he must divide." - Sun Tzu

a) Laptop SSH
b) Application Code or db2/mysql/JDBC
c) Server (SMTP, DNS, WEB, LDAP, SSH, VPN)

DBUS_TOP_BUILDDIR=.. dbus-send --system --print-reply=literal --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable.Introspect > dbus-bus-introspect.xml.tmp && mv dbus-bus-introspect.xml.tmp dbus-bus-introspect.xml
Failed to open connection to system message bus: Failed to connect to socket /usr/local/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Connection refused
    ./configure: line 32275: syntax error near unexpected token `('
    ./configure: line 32275: `  for ac_var in `(set) 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^\([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)=.*/\1/p'`; do'
       /|\                 /|\
        +-------------------+
        |       pygtk       |
        |      pycairo      |
        |     pygobject     |                        /|\            /| |\
        | (python bindings) |          +---- gail ----+  +-----------+ +------+
        +-------------------+          |    (GNOME    |  | dbus-glib | |libxml|
/|\                                    |accessibility)|  | bindings  | |      |
 +----------------------- gtk+ -----------------------+  +-----------+ +------+
 |     (GIMP Tool Kit - graphical user interfaces)    |  |   D-Bus   |
 |-- pango --+--------+                +---- atk -----+  | (message  |
 |(rendering)| libpng |      +---------+(accessibility|  |  passing  |
 | of text)  | libjpeg|      | libtiff |  interfaces) |  |  system)  |
 +----------------------- cairo ----------------------+  +-----------+
 |  (2D graphics library for multiple output devices) |
 +------------------+------------ pixman -------------+
                    |         (low level pixel        |
                    | manipulation, e.g. compositing) |
                    +----------------------------------
                                                     /|\
                              +-------- gvfs ---------+ 
                              |   (backends include   |
/|\                           | sftp, smb, http, dav) | 
 +----------------------- glib -----------------------+ 
 |(data structures, portability wrappers, event loop, |
 |threads, dynamic loading, algorithms, object system,|
 |GIO - the virtual file system replacing gnome-vfs)  |
 +----------------------------------------------------+   

                                                      gnome-icon-theme
                                                            /|\
                                                      icon-naming-utils
                                               (xml to translate old icon names)
                  libgnomeui* 
    (a few extra gui widgets, many now in gtk)
                      /|\
                       +---------------------------+
                       |                           |
                  libbonoboui*                gnome-keyring
           (user interface controls     (password and secrets daemon 
            for component framework)     and library interface)
                      /|\                          |
                       |                        libtasn1
                       |               (Abstract Syntax Notation One)
                       |
                       +--------------------------------------+
                       |                                      |
                    libgnome*                          libgnomecanvas*
    (initialising applications, starting programs,    (structured graphics:
     accessing configuration parameters, activating  polygons, beziers, text
     files and URI's, displaying help)               pixbufs, etc. Rendered
                      /|\                             by Xlib or libart)
  +--------------------+----------+                           |
  |                               |                          /|\
  |  gnome-vfs monikers           |                           |
  |   /|\       /|\               |                           |
  |    |         +-------- gnome-vfs* (virtual file system)   +----------+
  |    |                 (consistent API for local and        |          |
  |    |               remote files, cameras, WebDAV, etc)    |          |
  |    |                         /|\                          |          |
  |    |             +------------+--------+               libglade    libart*
  |    |             |                     |            (dynamically   (fast 2d
  |    |          Gconf             gnome-mime-data      load glade    graphic
  |    |      (configuration           (classify         user        primitives)
 libbonobo*     database -            file contents)     interface 
 (component      daemon &                                description
 system, e.g.    library)                                files)
 multimedia         /|\
 in word processor)  | 
 /|\                 |
  +------------------+ 
  |
 ORBit2+ * (fast and light CORBA object broker)
   +--- libIDL (parses interface definitions for CORBA)     

Note: * indicates library is depreciated
gnome-themes   gnome-user-docs   gnome-backgrounds   gnome-terminal
     |          (user, admin                        (just the shell:   
    /|\            guides)                           menubar, prefs dialog)
     |               |                                     /|\
gtk-engines    gnome-doc-utils                              |  
 (themes)     (xslt for Docbook                            vte 
               and translations)                    (terminal emulator
                                                 widget implemented in GTK)

                                   gnome-session
                                         | 
                                   control-center
                                        /|\
 +----+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------+ 
 |    |                |                 |            |            |
 | gnome-applets  metacity  nautilus (file manager)   |        gstreamer
 |   (for panel)  (window         |      |       |    |         plugins 
 |    |     |     manager)       /|\  libexif librsvg |            |
 |   /|\ libgtop       |          |  (digital  (fast  |     +------+------+     
 |    |  (portable     zenity     |   cameras)  SVG)  |     |             | 
 |    | performance   (dialogs    |              |    |    gstreamer   liboil 
 |    |  statistics    in         |      +-------+   /|\  (sound &    (optimized
 |    |  library       scripts)   | libcroco  libgsf  |    video)    inner loops
/|\   |  and server)              | (CSS2     (structured                  using
 |    |                           | parser)    files) |                 assembly
 |    |                           |                   +--+-------+     MMX, SSE)
 |    |                           |                      |       |
 | gnome-panel        eel (nautilus widgets, extensions) |  libgnomekdb
 |    |     |           /|\                        |     |      /|\
 |    |     +-------+----+                      gnome-menus      |
 |    |             |                           (engine)    libxklavier
 | libwnck          |                                   (accessing & setting
 | (library for window management e.g. workspace          keyboard layouts)     
 |                  |       pagers and tasklists)               /|\
 +--------+---------+                                            | 
          |                                                   isocodes 
    gnome-desktop                                     (list of country, language
(functions for background, monitor, thumbnails,           and currency names)
 desktop items, and gnome-about. Icon files)
set -b     # so bash tells me when jobs finish

configure --help=short 2>&1 | less    # shows options specific to package

configure >myconf01.lst 2>&1 &        # usually installs into /usr/local -
                                      # unless you add a --prefix=/mydir option
# have a look at the log file, -
# especially the end

make >mymake01.lst 2>&1 &
# at the start, "tail -f" the log file -
# to make sure the compiler options are OK

make install >mymakeinst01.lst 2>&1 & # you may need to be root, of course.
# look at the log file to see where the binaries are put, what are the actual
# names of the libraries installed, and where to find the documentation
# run as root
dd if=/dev/zero of=swap1 bs=1024 count=100k   # 100 Meg
mkswap swap1
swapon swap1
# Users that are not allowed to login via ftp 
root 
bin 
daemon 
adm 
lp 
sync 
shutdown 
halt 
mail 
news 
uucp 
operator 
games 
nobody 

# vsftpd userlist 
# If userlist_deny=NO, only allow users in this file 
# If userlist_deny=YES (default), never allow users in this file, and 
# do not even prompt for a password. 
# Note that the default vsftpd pam config also checks /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers 
# for users that are denied. 
root 
bin 
daemon 
adm 
lp 
sync 
shutdown 
halt 
mail 
news 
uucp 
operator 
games 
nobody 

# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the 
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user. 
# 5-14-09 Joey  I edited below to allow vsftpd to use user ftpsecure with no privileges
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure 
nopriv_user=ftpsecure 

[root@station17 ~]# service vsftpd start

[root@station17 ~]# openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem -out /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem 

ssl_enable=YES 
ssl_tlsv1=YES 
force_local_logins_ssl=YES
rsa_cert_file=/etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem 

# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home 
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of 
# users to NOT chroot(). 
# 5-14-09 Joey  I added the following line to chroot users on the system to their 
# home directories that are using ftp clients to upload web files.
chroot_local_user=YES 
#chroot_list_enable=YES 
# (default follows) 
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list 
# 

anon_root=/powervault/distros 

hide_file={hidden,hide,private} 

# 
# You may fully customize the login banner string: 
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service. 
# 

banner_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_banner

CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION public.my_config (COPY=pg_catalog.english );
CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY english_ispell (
    TEMPLATE = ispell,
    DictFile = english,
    AffFile = english,
    StopWords = english
);
ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION my_config
    ALTER MAPPING FOR asciiword, asciihword, hword_asciipart,
                      word, hword, hword_part
    WITH english_ispell, english_stem;
SET default_text_search_config = 'public.my_config';
bob=# select to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing');
                     to_tsvector                      
------------------------------------------------------
 'free':1 'text':2 'thing':7 'search':3 'wonderful':6
(1 row)
bob=# select setweight(to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing'),'A');
                         setweight                         
-----------------------------------------------------------
 'free':1A 'text':2A 'thing':7A 'search':3A 'wonderful':6A
(1 row)
bob=# select                                                                  
bob-# setweight(to_tsvector('All about search'), 'B') ||
bob-# setweight(to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing'),'A');
                           ?column?                            
---------------------------------------------------------------
 'free':4A 'text':5A 'thing':10A 'search':3B,6A 'wonderful':9A
(1 row)
bob=# select to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing') @@ 'wonderful';
 ?column? 
----------
 t
(1 row)
bob=# select plainto_tsquery('wonderful text');   plainto_tsquery    
----------------------
 'wonderful' & 'text'
bob=# select to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing') @@ plainto_tsquery('wonderful text');
 ?column? 
----------
 t
(1 row)
bob=# select to_tsquery('wonderful text');
ERROR:  syntax error in tsquery: "wonderful text"
bob=# select to_tsquery('wonderful | text');
      to_tsquery      
----------------------
 'wonderful' | 'text'
bob=# select ts_rank(to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing'), to_tsquery('wonderful | thing'));
  ts_rank  
-----------
 0.0607927
(1 row)

bob=# select ts_rank(to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing'), to_tsquery('wonderful & thing'));
  ts_rank  
-----------
 0.0991032
(1 row)

bob=# select ts_rank_cd(to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing'), to_tsquery('wonderful & thing'));
 ts_rank_cd 
------------
        0.1
(1 row)
bob=# select                                                                  
bob-# setweight(to_tsvector('All about search'), 'B') ||
bob-# setweight(to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing'),'A');
                           ?column?                            
---------------------------------------------------------------
 'free':4A 'text':5A 'thing':10A 'search':3B,6A 'wonderful':9A
(1 row)
bob=# select ts_rank(
bob-#  array[0.1,0.1,0.9,0.1],
bob-#  setweight(to_tsvector('All about search'), 'B') || 
bob-#  setweight(to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing'),'A'),
bob-#  to_tsquery('wonderful & search'));
 ts_rank  
----------
 0.328337
(1 row)

bob=# select ts_rank(
bob-#  array[0.1,0.1,0.1,0.9],
bob-#  setweight(to_tsvector('All about search'), 'B') ||
bob-#  setweight(to_tsvector('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing'),'A'),
bob-#  to_tsquery('wonderful & search'));
 ts_rank  
----------
 0.907899
(1 row)
CREATE INDEX pgweb_idx ON pgweb 
  USING gin(to_tsvector('english', title || ' ' || body));
ALTER TABLE pgweb ADD COLUMN tsv tsvector;
UPDATE pgweb SET tsv =
     to_tsvector('english', coalesce(title,'') || ' ' || coalesce(body,''));
CREATE TRIGGER tsvectorupdate BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE
  ON pgweb FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE
  tsvector_update_trigger(tsv, 'pg_catalog.english', title, body);
bob=# select ts_headline('Free text seaRCh is a wonderful Thing',
        to_tsquery('wonderful & thing'));
                 ts_headline                     
-----------------------------------------------------
 Free text seaRCh is a <b>wonderful</b> <b>Thing</b>
(1 row)
select ts_headline(abstract, query)
  from pgweb, to_tsquery('wonderful & thing') query, 
  where query @@ tsv;
select headline, ts_rank(tsv, query) 
  from pgweb, to_tsquery('free & text & postgres & search') query
    where tsv @@ query and body ilike '%Postgres text search%';
su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

yum install akmod-rt2860

alsamixer -c0

yum remove pulseaudio

yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

System -> Preferences -> Mouse

synclient TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2

yum install openssl-devel

apt-get install gnokii

tar -zxf gnokii-0.6.27.tar.gz
cd gnokii-0.6.27/
apt-get install libbluetooth-dev
./configure --with-bluetooth=/usr/include/bluetooth
./configure 
make
make install
cp gnokii-0.6.27/Docs/sample/gnokiirc ~/.gnokiirc
connection = bluetooth
port = 00:1e:3a:7e:a5:1f

gnokii --identify

suramya@Wyrm:~$ gnokii --identify
GNOKII Version 0.6.9
IMEI         : 35954XXXXXXXXXX
Manufacturer : Nokia
Model        : Nokia N95 8GB
Revision     : V06wk41v46.1

	gnokii --sendsms destination_number

suramya@Wyrm:~$ gnokii --sendsms  5551234567
GNOKII Version 0.6.9
Please enter SMS text.
End your input with <cr><control-D>:This is a test message

Send succeeded!
suramya@Wyrm:~$

    $pop3 = Net::POP3->new($ServerName);                # Connect to email server
       die "Couldn't log on to server" unless $pop3;

    $Num_Messages = $pop3->login($UserName, $Password); # Login to the server and get No of messages
      die "Couldn't log on to server" unless $pop3;

    $Messages = $pop3->list();                          # Get message list

    foreach $msg_id (keys(%$Messages))
    {
        $MsgContent = $pop3->top($msg_id, 40);
        ProcessEmail(@$MsgContent);
        $pop3->delete ($msg_id);
    }

  my (@lines) = @_;
  my $body_start =FALSE;
  $sms_body = "";

  # Declare local variables
  my ($from, $line, $sms_to  );

  # Check each line in the header
  foreach $line (@lines)
  {
    if($line =~ m/^From: (.*)/)
    {
       # We found the "From" field, so let's get what we need
       $from = $1;
       $from =~ s/"|<.*>//g;
       $from = substr($from, 0, 39);				# This gives us the 'From' Name
   }

   elsif( $line =~ m/^Subject: (.*)/)
   {
       # We found the "Subject" field. This contains the No to send the SMS to.

       $sms_to   = $1;
       $sms_to = substr($sms_to, 0, 29);

       if ($sms_to =~ /^[+]?\d+$/ )   # here we check if the subject is a no. If so we proceed.
       {
           print "Got email. Subject is a number. Processing further\n";
       }
       else                           # Otherwise we delete the message and ignore it.
       {
            print "Got email. Subject is NOT a number. Ignoring it. \n";
            return;
       }
   }

   # This is the last line in the email header; after this the body starts
   elsif(( $line =~ m/^Envelope-To:/)||($body_start eq TRUE)) 
   { 
	   if($body_start ne FALSE)
	   {
		   $sms_body = $sms_body . $line;
	   }

	   $body_start=TRUE;
   }

  my @stringChunksArray = ($sms_body =~ m/(.{1,160})/gs);
  for($i=0;$i<@stringChunksArray;$i++)
  {
   # Start gnokii and wait for the SMS body
   open(GNOKII, "| gnokii --sendsms $sms_to") || die "Error starting gnokii failed: $!\n";
   print GNOKII $stringChunksArray[$i];      # Print the SMS body in 160 Char chunks
   close(GNOKII);
   # This is there so that the phone gets time to reset after each message;
   # otherwise the send fails
   sleep(10);
  }

gnokii --getsms MemoryType Start [end]       

gnokii --showsmsfolderstatus
gnokii --getsms ME 1 end       

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News Bytes

Contents:

News in General

Power IT Down Day - August 27, 2009

Ubuntu Remix to power Intel Classmate Netbooks

Citrix Contributes Code for Virtual Network Switch

New Community Website for Growing XenServer Customer Base

Dell and Goodwill Expand Free Computer Recycling Program

Conferences and Events

Distro News

New Features listed for Forthcoming Ubuntu 9.10

A naming contest for Ubuntu 10.04 and the South African Linux community

Fedora 11: Many Virtualization Enhancements

Software and Product News

Opera 10 beta: new features, new speed

Oracle 11g Sets New Price/Performance Record with TPC-C Benchmark

Layer 8 Linux Security: OPSEC for Linux Common Users, Developers and Systems Administrators

1. Identify critical information

2. Identify potential adversaries

3. Identify potential vulnerabilities

4. Assess risk

5. Define counter measures

6. Evaluate Effectiveness

Building the GNOME Desktop from Source

GNOME versus KDE

Browsers

Problems compiling packages

GNOME libraries

Base libraries

Notes

Platform libraries

Notes

Desktop libraries

Notes

Build commands

Commands to add swap

Joey's Notes: VSFTP FTP server on RHEL 5.x

FTP

VSFTP

Files involved

/etc/vsftpd/ftpusers

/etc/vsftpd/user_list

/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Anonymous FTP configuration

SSL Connections

Chrooting Users

Changing the Anonymous Root Directory

Hiding Files

Using a Banner

Conclusion

Resources

Understanding Full Text Search in PostgreSQL

Introduction

PostgreSQL Full Text Search

Eliminating redundancy

PostgreSQL Dictionaries

Text Search Configuration