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postmap (Postfix) LDAP query syntax

May

2013

If you have postfix set up to use LDAP to query for email addresses or groups, you can test to see if the query returns what you expect. To do this, use the familiar ‘postmap’ tool in query (-q) mode. For example, if you have a mailing list in postfix (maillist1@examplecom) whose members are populated ...

"Your copy of Cydia does not know what version it is, itself, running."

Feb

2011

While running Cydia you may get this message with a red background. It looks scary. Try this. Using Cydia, install openssh. Restart your iphone. SSH into the machine (username: root, password: alpine). rm /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/lock

Anarşi Nedir – Butler Shaffer

Nov

2010

Anarşi nedir? (İngilizce aslına sadık kalarak çevrilmiştir) Butler Shaffer Gerek kendimin gerekse diğer kişilerin felsefi görüşlerini tarif ederken “etiketlerin” kullanılması konusunda karmaşı duygular içindeyim. Bunu yapmaktan kaçınmak zor çünkü dünyayı anlamak ve onun hakkında iletişim kurmak için gösterdiğimiz çaba ister istemez kelimelerin kullanılmasını gerektiriyor ve kelimeler Alfred Korzybski’nin bizi uyardığı gibi, tarif etmeye çalıştıkları şeye ...

Lexmark Wireless Printer (Prospect Pro205 and similar) Setup Tips

Feb

2010

There’s a driver for this series of printer on Lexmark’s web site. The software provides both the print drivers and printer and wireless set up utilities as well as a management interface to see ink status and perform some operations (Those operations can be performed using the menu on the printer as well). The installation ...

Lexmark Printer and Cartridge (!!!) license agreement

Feb

2010

[ .. snip ..] PRINTER LICENSE AGREEMENT I agree that this patented printer is licensed for, and designed to work with only genuine Lexmark ink cartridges for the life of the patented printer. I agree to: (1) use only genuine Lexmark ink cartridges with this printer (except I may use replacement cartridges made by Lexmark ...

quick update Launchpad .po revision date (PO-Revision-Date)

Feb

2010

Quickly mass update the PO-Revision-Date header in gettext archives (.po files). sed 's/PO-Revision-Date:.*/PO-Revision-Date: 2010-02-14 10:09+0000\\n"/g' filename.po This finds all occurrences (there should only be one) of PO-Revision-Date will sets the date to 2010-02-14 and 10:09 am. From there one can employ find/xargs etc to repeat the same thing for a great number of files. -i ...

Thomson ST780WL Bridge mode w/ Custom Gateway

Jan

2010

When you set up the ST780WL in bridge mode it uses its own IP (192.168.1.254) as the default gateway. If your real network gateway is at some other IP (192.168.1.1) then the ST780WL will not have internet connectivity. I could not find a way to set the default gateway for the main interface on this ...

Mozilla Thunderbird – Send Message in the background

Nov

2009

When you compose an email with Thunderbird (all versions) and hit SEND, the compose window will remain open until the email is sent. This is annoying, especially when you’re sending big attachments. I wanted the compose window to disappear as soon as possible since Thunderbird will warn me if there is an error anyway. So ...

Alfresco on Ubuntu – CIFS (File Server) does not start. [Solution]

Dec

2008

On Ubuntu (and possibly Debian), tomcat runs as the tomcat user which does not have privileges to start daemons on low ports. For this reason, the Alfresco CIFS server will silently fail when it attempts to bind to port ’139′. The solution is to edit, file-server.xml and uncomment the following section: This will cause CIFS ...

How to re-run the CONFIGURATION script for software in FreeBSD Ports

Dec

2006

Some of the software in FreeBSD‘s Ports provide a menu based interface to configure the package. For instance, when you’re trying to install the curl package by typing make in the ports directory, the install has an option to use GNUTLS which you can select. However if you do this without disabling OpenSSL, the port ...