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‘node-origins’ Feature – Subversion
Subversion Error Message: svn: The ‘node-origins’ feature requires version 3 of the filesystem schema; filesystem ‘/var/svn/projects/db’ uses only version 2 Fix: If you see this error message after upgrading Subversion, run svnadmin upgrade to upgrade the databases, and then run svnadmin recover file:///var/svn/projects
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Apache::Logmonster
An interesting piece of software. Need to look at this when I have some time. Apache::Logmonster – Apache log file splitter, processor, sorter, etc http://search.cpan.org/~msimerson/Apache-Logmonster-3.03/lib/Apache/Logmonster.pm
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Change of hosts
I am moving all the websites under navakrish.com to a ageing laptop in my home. The DNS changes are propogating at the moment. In the mean while, I am taking backups of databases and files from the current hosting provider and importing them to my new system. If everything works to my satisfaction, I’ll cancel…
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PixelPost and spam relaying
I’m seeing an interesting new attack on my website where the attacker is hoping to exploit unchecked fields in a “web to email” form. The attack works by assuming a field used in an email header (such as the “From:” address or the “Subject:”) is passed unchecked to the mail subsystem. Appending a newline character…
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Gmail with Fetchmail
If you have a Gmail account and would like to use it in conjunction with your personal computers, this tutorial will walk you through configuring and installing the latest version of Postfix with SASL authentication and TLS encryption necessary for connecting and relaying mail to smtp.gmail.com and configuring fetchmail with STARTTLS to fetch messages from…
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Google Mail in the UK
Gmail gets a new name in the UK. Following a dispute regarding the trademark of the name ‘GMAIL’ google has anounced that new accounts will be under a new domain name ‘googlemail.com’. What will happen to those from UK who currently uses a gmail.com address. Unfortunately there is no clear message at this point of…
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Offline Blogging clients – 1
This is the second series of experiments I am conducting with the offline blog clients. The last time when I tested a few clients, I found nothing to my liking. But this time, things look promosing.. at least at the moment. I am currently evaluating two pieces of software Zoundry & Post2Blog This is the…
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Wikipedia’s Amazing Growth
As an occasional contributor to the Wikipedia project, I often visit Wikipedia pages. The amount of growth Wikipedia has gone through in recent days is just brilliant. With the decline of DMOZ, pages like these are helpful a lot. I was in a mood to try few new ‘News Aggregators’. In olden days I would…
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Ashes and the Cinderalla Man
England have won the Ashes after 16 years. And I happy for that. But why am I excited for this win? Is it because of the fact that I live there? I think it is because they are the underdogs and that gives me a sense of confidence. Even with the weather playing spoilsport there…
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Ashes – Finale
Final day of the final test of this year’s Ashes series. As Cricinfo’s homepage reads it is “Advantage Australia” at the moment. Australia with the help of some wonderful bowling through Shane Warne and McGrath is now in a comfortable seat. The pressure is on England. Can they hold themselves together for another two sessions?…