This project started as a vague idea to play music on better speakers and ended up becoming a bit more. There are a few things here which a lot of audiophiles wouldn’t like and it’s more like a curiosity project for learning than a setup for the best possible audio quality. It is indeed possible to […]
Category: linux
Script for taking automatic backups in Linux
From now, on I’ll post all my tech related articles in tech section here. I’ll start it from this small tutorial to automate backup process in linux over a network. Read the rest of post here
PHP5 installation & integration with Apache2
This tutorial is meant for people who are want PHP5 on their Ubuntu computer along with Apache2, but can’t seem to make it happen. I’ll just explain it all as it happened to me. I have an old pc running BackTrack 4 R2 which is used as a MySQL server. It’s Ubuntu version is Intrepid, […]
BackTrack 5 Linux. Startx not working
I just managed to get BackTrack 5 running on my PC at home after a lot of struggle. Installation was pretty smooth as everything from booting up from Live DVD to installation was very easy. But the real problems popped out after that. I originally intended to write one long post listing all the problems […]
Essential OS Basics 2: Deleting files & folders in Linux
This series of posts will contain a list of some very useful Linux commands that you might need every now and then. This one is a small tutorial on how to delete files in linux. First post on Linux networking here 1. Delete files and directories rm command Let us assume you want to delete […]
Essential OS basics 1: Linux Networking
This article is for people trying to get their Linux PC connect to internet or just the local network. Most linux distributions come with automatic DHCP clients and thus need minimal tinkering with configuration. But if you are in a situation where having a simple DHCP client is not working, read on. In this part […]
Autopwn Automation of FastTrack Bug
Seems like there’ve been some minor changes in the MetaSploit Framework 3. One of the effects is that the the Autopwn Automation of FastTrack is not working. Running the script gives the following error: . . msf > load db_sqlite3 [-] [-] The functionality previously provided by this plugin has been [-] integrated into the […]
Using ProxyChains
There are probably dozens of programs on any OS that don’t have any option for using proxies. Many common command line tools like ping, traceroute don’t work if the network you are on, forces you to use a proxy. Finally found a way to specify a proxy for these programs . ProxyChains is one very […]