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I am pleased to announce the creation of my new forum

Posted 10-31-2010 at 04:05 PM by Kenny_Strawn (Kenny the one-teen comittee to stamp out Proprietary $uckware)
Updated 10-31-2010 at 07:01 PM by Kenny_Strawn

http://www.proprietarysuckware.org/forum/

Powered by FluxBB, it's a forum strictly for proprietary software bashing. Get ready to show your flames at proprietary software here.

Kenny_Strawn

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how to copy files from one pc to another using putty?

Posted 10-31-2010 at 11:09 AM by kapilaneha5

hello!
i am using putty in windows which is connected to linux server through one more system.
My PC(putty)-server-Linux server

i want to copy some files from linux server to my system but its copying the files onto the system connecting both, my system and the linux server.
i have used the command
scp -r username@i.p.address:~/full path/ .
while logging into the intermediate system
how can i copy these files to my system?now the files are...

kapilaneha5

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Rootkit Hunter 1.3.8 release imminent...

Posted 10-31-2010 at 10:40 AM by unSpawn

Tags rootkit hunter

It time again for another release. But before we can I need you to test it in the coming two weeks. Please spare us a few minutes if you care. After testing please reply so we get an idea of how many people tested this release.

Here is a short checklist:
1) Does RKH install correctly?
2) Does 'rkhunter -C' show rkhunter.conf is OK? (Re-run after making changes.)
3) Does '--update' work?
4) Does '--versioncheck' work?
5) Does '--propupd' pick up...

unSpawn

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chroot PHP for use with nginx

Posted 10-31-2010 at 10:40 AM by Web31337 (In The Middle Of Nowhere [edK's blog])

Tags chroot, gentoo, nginx, php, security

I never had to deal with chrooted environment before, and there isn't lots of info out there on the net. Best result I've found so far is http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-...oted-jail.html
Actually, it covers almost entire topic, but I'm going to explain how to bind it with nginx in gentoo linux environment.
Say, you have a site example.org with some app you don't really trust in /app dir. Your own-written site scripts are executed in non-chrooted PHP environment...

Web31337

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Remove unwanted locales on Ubuntu / Debian

Posted 10-31-2010 at 04:18 AM by bittner (Notes on Linux)
Updated 11-01-2010 at 09:43 AM by bittner

Tags debian, locale

Sometimes you feel bothered by too many locales (pre)installed on your Debian system. If I run a server I typically want basic stuff on it, so for locales "en_US-UTF8" is enough.

Which locales are installed on my machine?
You can check which locales are generated and configured on your system using the locale command: