There are times in a web developers life cycle where you need to create a PHP script that does some maintenance to your site. In my case, I needed a script that cleanly backed up a MySQL database and email it to the client in question. It’s a fairly simple process, and I know that [...]
I had been hunting around looking for a MySQL backup script that I could provide to a few of my users that simply dumped the DB, compressed it and email it to the client as an attachment so they had the piece of mind that they had a backup. Upon much searching, I decided that [...]
For some reason, on Ubuntu Server, the base installs of Apache 2 and PHP5 doesn’t install the MCrypt extension, This extension is used by phpMyAdmin and other PHP scripts for encrypting data (passwords, etc.), so it’s a very good tool to have. To install mCrypt for PHP5 on your Ubuntu Linux system: #> sudo apt-get [...]
If you spend as much time as I do in front of your computer you’ll know that the way the computer looks becomes a big deal. I like my computer to look cool, to look like anything other than every other computer at the store on the shelf, and changing the background only goes so [...]
So how do you setup, change and pimp out Linux / UNIX shell prompt? Most of us work with a shell prompt. By default most Linux distro displays hostname and current working directory. You can easily customize your prompt to display information important to you. In this small how to I will explain how to [...]
This tutorial is meant to help users who want to use the Ubuntu version of Linux as a webserver. This is not for a novice, though the instructions are pretty straightforward. This tutorial assumes that you have gone through the basic install of Ubuntu server and have configured it to be connected to the internet.
So here I am, a windows 2000 server that I remotely manage (forced, not by choice). If you are logged in via Remote Desktop Connection and conveniently just close the window or simply let the session expire and poof. 2 of those and you can’t connect. Now if your colo company is anything like mine, [...]
From time to time I have had the need to dump a directory of files to a directory file. Clients have backed up too much data and it’s caused issues trying to delete them. In our case, the tool we offered our clients only allowed the deletion of one file at a time. And when [...]
So Apple has finally gone and done it. They have released a tablet. And just like I suspected it’s nothing more than a really big iTouch with a few extra whistles. Don’t get me wrong, my Tax money is most likely going to buy at least 1 if not 2 of these little puppies to [...]
It’s not all that difficult for hackers to impersonate you by spoofing your email address and sending out emails that appear to come from you. Luckily there’s something you can do to give your recipients some piece of mind that, hey, this email is the real deal. You need a digital ID. The above piece [...]
