Ubuntu

Mount remote dirs via ssh with sshfs / fuse

Well, there is nothing like a simple and easy innovative solutions to save the day -it's been around for quite a while and never really needed it until now ...

 

Use Case:

we moved Subversion from server A to server B and we wanted to bea ble to utilze the same backup scripts we were using so one (not real elegant way) was to mount the remote location via NFS which has its issues, from time to time you will meet stale NFS records and such so that is almost in all cases out of the question.

 

A neat solution would be to mount over SSH a specific directory run svnhotbackup and close the share, I took this to another level by utilising this over a VDSL connection which worked like a charm, so how do we do this ?

 

If you are on Ubuntu (see install snippet below):

 

hagzag 29/05/2011 - 23:17
ALM, CentOs, RHEL, ssh, ssh, sshfs, Ubuntu
Ubuntu and Sun's Java silent divorce


I was getting mad yesterday trying to figure out what happened to my SUN-JAVA 6 installation on my Ubuntu equipped laptop after the upgrade to the last and best Ubuntu version 10.04, so called "Lucid Lynx".

 

The desktop itself is wonderful. Most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Really.

 

But suddenly all my java stuff stopped: eclipse, maven, ant, everything, that

helped me to cope without marriage so far...just refused to work.

 

And you know what? Try to guess...

 

Ubuntu DELETED (ERASED, REMOVED) my SUN java 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

peterk 08/05/2010 - 11:59
install, Lucid Lynx, sun java, Ubuntu, ubuntu Lucid Lynx sun java install
Signing Windows executable file on Linux

Signing Windows executable file on Linux.

If you build windows executables on linux (on Continuous Integration Machine) you must sign them before release.

But there is only tool signcode.exe from Microsoft (part of .NET) that can do it and of course this tool runs on Windows only.

osslsigncode - is open source tool under GPL.

You may download sources from http://sourceforge.net/projects/osslsigncode and compile / install on linux you want to run it.
It has very similar syntax and parameters set as signcode.exe

osslsigncode -spc SPC-FILE -key PRIVATE-KEY-FILE -in EXECUTABLE -out OUTFILE

mark 25/10/2009 - 14:58
.NET, signcode, Ubuntu
Google Calendar & Thunderbird on Ubuntu 9.04



Google Calendar / Google Apps integration with Thunderbird, seems to be a simple task to accomplish don't you think?

This is the second or third time this has happened to me therefore I thought I'd share this with you guys!

Well, I had an experience with one of my colleges today having to install Thunderbird + Lightning + Google Provider on Ubutnu 9.04 and I tell you it wasn't that straight forward.

 

The recipe is supposed to be quite simple if you want an external calendar in your Thunderbird you need lightning, if you want to integrate a Gmail calendar with your Thunderbird you need Google Provider.

hagzag 06/09/2009 - 13:08
Google-Provider, lightning, Operating Systems, Thunderbird, Ubuntu
Portable Ubuntu for Windows

Portable Ubuntu for Windows is a Ubuntu system running as a Windows application.

This system is built with the Colinux Kernel, Xming X server and Pulseaudio server for Windows.

Portable Ubuntu for Windows is a useful tool when you need to move yourself to other machine that have Windows as operating system.

lior.kanfi 06/04/2009 - 00:20
Resource, Ubuntu, Windows
Install VPN on Ubuntu

In order to install Junipier VPN on Ubuntu you need to execute the following script. Please note this script requires root password and on VPN activation you will be prompted for root password as well.

 

 

tigor 22/09/2008 - 13:22
Junipier VPN, Operating Systems, Ubuntu
Evolution problem with MS-Outlook invitations

A default Evolution installation has problems with meeting invitations from MS-Outlook 2003 - when such an invitation is received, it is shown as a plain text message like this:

Evolution shows metting invitation as plain text

yanai 17/06/2008 - 10:03
Blogpost, evolution, invitations, meeting, outlook, Ubuntu
Make Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG work for Ubuntu 8.04

After installing Ubuntu 8.04 on my T60, I was supprised that wifi network card does not work at all.

After searching and googling I found next: In the kernel 2.6.24 driver for Intel PRO/Wireless Card 3945ABG was replaced from ipw3945 to iwl3945, and because of some bugs it does not work by default.

Google has a lot of suggestions about this issue, and after two days probing each of them, workable solution was found. Workaround is :

1. sudo modprobe -r iwl3945

2. sudo modprobe iwl3945

3. create a file named iwl3945 in /etc/modprobe.d/

3. in the file type the following and save:
    alias wlan0 iwl3945
    options iwl3945 disable_hw_scan=1
    sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

reboot Enjoy your wireless connection

mark 02/05/2008 - 21:03
8.04, iwl3945, Operating Systems, Ubuntu, wifi, wireless
A very cool way to experience Ubuntu...on Windows

Mark Shuttleworth points to an excellent way to let Ubuntu Linux newbies give it a try without leaving the comfort of their Windows machines:

...I was absolutely delighted with the way Agostino Russo and Evan Dandrea steered the Windows-native installer for Ubuntu into 8.04 LTS. What I think is

lior.kanfi 10/04/2008 - 10:13
Blogpost, Ubuntu, Windows
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