Category: Linux

# cat /proc/mdstat how to change resync speed so system is usable # cat /proc/mdstat md2 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1] 258855232 blocks [2/2] [UU] [>………………..] resync = 3.0% (7814080/258855232) finish=4462.9min speed=936K/se

Found myself in a situation where I was editing and uploading some files through Dreamweaver on a windows box. The files were accessed via a mounted samba share on a debian server. Didn’t want dreamweaver to see all the .svn directories and files under them (so uploading a folder from dreamweaver would skip uploading the […]

Here’s a free way to get basic single click remote desktop support for your customers…. Step 1: Setup your remote help server Download and install UVNC on a Windows box. Open comand prompt (Start > Run > type: cmd > OK)To start your support server type:  # cd c:/Program Files/UltraVNC # vncviewer -listen 5510 (where […]

Sometimes it is useful to give out htpassword protected access to
certain areas of your web server (say if you are developing an app for
someone and want to give them a preview). Here is a simple way to do it

From a linux command prompt, do the following: MyWmaFile.wma is the file you want to convert into an MP3 called MyMP3File.mp3 first rip the wma into a wav file by running this from a terminal window: mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -af resample=44100 -ao pcm:waveheader MyWmaFile.wma && lame -m s -V 3 audiodump.wav -o MyMP3File.mp3 […]