Category Archives: General

Follow symlinks

If you have symlinks to symlinks to … etc, you might find this command useful readlink -f

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Setting time on a Linux client from a Windows PDC

You can set the time on a linux client using NTP, using the ntpd daemon. For a quick and dirty approach you can use the deprecated ntpdate command. The following script will set the time on the pc cat /usr/local/bin/syncclock #!/bin/bash /usr/sbin/ntpdate … Continue reading

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RTE Radio on the command line

If you go to the RTÉ on a device that isn’t running “Real Player” or “Windows Media Player” then you’re out of luck. It’s not that your device isn’t capable of playing it, it’s jut that they don’t make it … Continue reading

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Check Point SSL Network Extender

I have released an update to this blog post: See CheckPoint SNX install instructions for major Linux distributions In what is becoming a bit of a series, today I’ll be covering how to get Check Point SSL Network Extender installed under … Continue reading

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Competition to design Mini Business Cards for HPR

I Need Help I would like to have some mini-business cards made. The idea been to give them out at shows, to people interested in recording a show or to potential interviewees. I’ve also seen them used to add a … Continue reading

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How to install Checkpoint ssl extender vpn (snx) under Fedora 14

I have released an update to this blog post: See CheckPoint SNX install instructions for major Linux distributions This is the Fedora 14 AMD64 version of my previous post How to install Checkpoint ssl extender vpn (snx) under Debian/Kubuntu. Running the … Continue reading

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Installing Citrix on Fedora 14

Some of you my be familiar with my adventures with installing Citrix on Debian based systems, well I’ve been trying out Fedora 14 and came across a few issues as well. You can make life a lot easier for yourself … Continue reading

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Rebooting on the command line

I was prompted to write this post after listening to Jonathan Nadeau talk about accessibility in Ubuntu. He mentioned not knowing how to shutdown a GNU/Linux system from the command line yet. As it happens the command to use is … Continue reading

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XP guest in a virtual box losing network mappings

I had a strange situation where my XP guest would login fine to a domain and everything would work for a period of time. Suddenly the CheckPoint client would pop up even though I did not request anything in the … Continue reading

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The JakAttack is back (Again)

It was an ordinary day. A day like any other when suddenly… As I was transferring my ogg casts to my ogg player I realised that there was a new JakAttack episode. The show is by Jon Watson and his … Continue reading

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