Category Archives: Linux - Page 3

Using a config file with SSH

I found this to be very much worth doing once I started spending a fair amount of time SSHing into different remote systems on a regular basis. So now I have about 18 of these for personal, and client, servers. …

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A few helpful Bash settings and aliases

I’m constantly trying to get my hands off the mouse and onto the keyboard so I’ve been looking for tweaks and tricks to help me to do what I need to do with fewer mouse clicks and keystrokes. I’ve been …

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Separating source code from web root with PHP and NetBeans

I recently tidied my server filesystem and ended up making webroot a little more secure by keeping all of my source out of there, and having nothing that I edit directly in place. Mainly this was done to avoid duplication …

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WordPress upload/upgrade permissions with group ownership

I have to maintain a few WP blogs for clients. It’s not a package I overly enjoy working with. Sure, it does the job pretty well and is hugely popular, But there is something about it that I just find …

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Irssi improved notification script

I don’t use IRC very much, but when I do, I use Irssi. I don’t bother with a lot of customisation, and just use adv_windowlist.pl just to tidy up the display a little more. However, I do like the irssi-libnotify …

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Ubuntu 64 Minimal Install Upgrades

I’ve been running Ubuntu 64 installed from the minimal install for about 4 months now, and have been slowly tweaking it to get it just how I want to be. This mainly came about after a…not quite disastrous, but certainly …

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