Tailing a log file over http with netcat – nc

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by config.

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Tailing a log file over http with netcat – nc

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Mirror websites with lftp

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by config.

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There are lots of methods to mirror websites, you could use tons of Gui tools or just use Curl, wget or httrack. But as usual with linux there is a simpler and/or “better” method – lftp. It works great for mirroring Apache directory listings.

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iStat Menus 2.0 beta for Snow Leopard

Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by config.

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Great news for all iStat Menus fans, someone posted their 2.0 beta release for Snow Leopard Online.
Here is the link, enjoy:
http://drop.io/ps2akxf9155/asset/istat-menus-installer-zip
Program seems to be stable and working great on Snow Leopard Retail with 32 bit Kernel
update:
Here is direct link to developers site:
http://islayer.com/files/istatmenus2/istatmenus_build111.zip
this one works too but its the same build 111 despite 112 in the [...]

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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 10A432 Gold Master RTM

Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by config.

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Seems like build 10A432 is the Gold Master of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard from Apple. This build will be soon released to manufacturers and probably will leak on the torrent trackers and sites. Several sources confirmed this rumor to popular mac rumor websites such as macrumors.com.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will be [...]

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Plesk for Linux – Fixing .htaccess pcfg_openfile error – permission fix

Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by config.

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Problem with directory / files permissions after installing some software on your Plesk Linux server ( Nagios for example known to cause this in certain scenarios ).
From /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/logs/error_log :
[critical] [client 192.168.0.13] (13)Permission
denied: /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/.htaccess pcfg_openfile:
unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable
You will see Forbidden Error in your browser.
If you check the mentioned location you [...]

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Plesk for Linux – Disabling mod_security rules for specific directory

Posted on 08. Aug, 2009 by config.

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If you are working with Plesk Control Panel ( Linux version ) and mod security – you probably encountered some problems with specific scripts. Sometimes mod security block certain functions of the script because it thinks it is malicious code.
For example this warning taken from Apache log:
Warning. Match of “rx ^apache.*perl” against “REQUEST_HEADERS:User-Agent” required. [file [...]

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Batch adding multiple ip addresses to Windows server with netsh

Posted on 08. Aug, 2009 by config.

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Ever wanted to add 200 ip addresses to Windows Server with one command instead of manually configure it on the interface? Netsh will help you to save time.
You can use this quick batch command in cmd:
FOR /L %I IN (2,1,254) DO netsh interface ip add address “Local Area Connection” 10.0.0.%I 255.255.255.0
This example will add ip [...]

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Grub2, problem booting after kernel update

Posted on 05. Aug, 2009 by config.

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If you are using grub2 ( arch linux or ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala ) you might notice some problems after kernel updates.
Symptoms – System won’t boot and you will get error similar to this:
Error – you need to load the linux kernel first.
Quick solution would be to boot from Arch / Ubuntu CD and go [...]

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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha – Ctrl+c in ssh terminal

Posted on 04. Aug, 2009 by config.

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Seems like Ubuntu dev folks decided to change some functionality of the Ctrl-c shortcut so now it is copy function instead of break.
Anyway there is a bug open here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/402973
My install is ( lsb_release -a ):
Description:    Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release:        9.10
uname -a ( date and time stripped )
Linux psy-srv 2.6.31-3-generic-pae #19-Ubuntu SMP i686 GNU/Linux
Its Alpha [...]

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How to open CLI to VMware ESXi. How to Clone Virtual Machines.

Posted on 02. Aug, 2009 by config.

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ESXi Commands
You can access the CLI by switching to terminal 1 using Alt-F1.
Now type “unsupported”, This is not echoed so you won’t see anything. If you get it right, you will get a prompt asking for the root pasword.
( This might not work in ESXi 4.0 as VMWare is trying to limit ESXi for their [...]

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