A few months ago, I had the pleasure of installing and configuring a VPN link between an outdated Linux box and a Sonicwall TZ170. Oh the joys I had in getting this to work ..
The Sonicwall device was located in a data center, whilst the Linux machine was located in an office protecting a 192.168.0.0/24 [...]

One of the biggest problems I faced when I made the switch to Ubuntu was my workplace. You see, I’m often assigned to projects that require me to work on websites and online systems using ASP.NET and C#. It’s these projects that require me to have access to Visual Studio 2005 and mSQL on my [...]

So I felt like some instant messaging action and my favorite IM client at the moment is web based Meebo, which allows you to log into multiple IM networks using the one sexy, Ajax client otherwise known as Meebo. But BAM, Firefox closed without a hint of what the problem was. So I tried again, [...]

Whoa. I didn’t think this was possible.. BUT If you’re a twitter addict, there there’s no better client like Twhirl. Twhirl uses the Adobe Air platform which is currently supported on Windows and Mac, and I found out today that there is an Alpha version which runs on Linux!
My man Seth Yates has a wicked [...]

Okay I just stumbled upon the coolest Unbuntu feature (gnome..) yet. Nautilus image resizer allows you to quickly “highlight” multiple image files, right click, select Image Resize and wham - all your images get resized in a batch process. It’s the quickest and easiest way to resize your photos.
To install, type the following from [...]

If you’re interesting in checking out the new Google Chrome web browser, but you run Ubuntu; there is a way to get it up and cranking using WINE. Simply follow the easy to use steps outlined in this guide and you’ll have Google Chrome up and running in no time.

Need to quickly tar and gzip an entire folder? Try the command below!
tar -cvzpf filename.tar.gz /path/to/folder

Every network administrator at some stage in their career will come into trouble with the influx of spam during their career because, quite simply, spammers are smart. If you did a Google search for “Linux Anti-Spam”, you’ll be bombarded with tutorials using the infamous, free, SpamAssassin software. However if spamassassin isn’t quite cutting it, you [...]

If you’re receiving duplicate emails on your postfix engine, check the mailq and you will probably see error messages which relate to “trace service failed”. It most likely means that your Postfix engine is using an older config file.
Give the following a whirl.
postfix upgrade-configuration
then
/etc/init.d/postfix restart

“The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available”
Try
apt-key add /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
Then

apt-get update
apt-get install package-name

If that doesn’t work, check that you have the debian-archive-keyring package.
apt-get install debian-archive-keyring

Ezbounce is a cool peice of software that has many useful features for the hardcore IRC user. If your a regular IRC user who wants to hide your identity, stay connected to channels whilst offline and have a centralized IRC session - be sure to check this guide out.
From the ezbounce website.
ezbounce is an Internet [...]

Whilst trying to connect to a windows 2003 server via smbclient, I kept recieivng the error message “NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME”. After much google searching I found that the solution is to drop the trailing slash .. so simple .. so easy. I hate samba.
The error I kept receiving was
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
WRONG way
smbclient //server/Data/ -U james
CORRECT way
smbclient [...]