End-of-central-directory signature not found
When unzipping a file you may get the following error: You will need to use the “gunzip” command rather than “unzip”. Alternatively you can gunzip […]
linux
Prevent ssh shell access for sftp user
In Linux it is not easily apparent as to how to prevent someone from having ssh shell access into a machine you intend to give […]
building jfreechart using ant in linux
To build ant in linux download the jfreechart package. Now you will need to build it using ant. If you don’t have ant installed you […]
Compile Handbrake in Linux
We get the following error when compiling handbrake in linux First install yasm, you can get it from here: http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.1.0.tar.gz Also install subversion and the […]
Mounting Local NFS Share In Linux
On occasion you may want to mount a local nfs share for testing. To do so you will need to perform the following: This is […]
SSH to Amazon EC2 Host
Once you have created your Amazon EC2 host you will need to assign a key to it. You can do this using your Amazon EC2 […]
Disabling the default Ubuntu Firewall
Ubuntu has a built-in firewall that will block most things. This is separate from the IP Tables that is used from most other linux distributions. […]
Using ipmitool to find sensor information
IPMItool is a fantastic tool to know. It provides a generic framework for querying or controlling a system. Your computer motherboard must support the IPMI […]