Sometimes you need to get numerical permissions while doing ls. Numerical permissions are like 777 or 644. Here is how to do it: You can create a bash file in /usr/local/bin to access this command quickly
Author: Alex Amiryan
HOWTO: Secure File Storage on Windows (TrueCrypt vs EncFS)
TrueCrypt You will create encrypted file container which is for example 10 GB file which itself contains encrypted file system. You will be able to mount this filesystem as hard drive (assign some letter in My Computer) providing correct password. Pros: Most secure method. Cons: It is not salable, and harder to transfer secure file container …
Web-CVS-Tools is now under GNU GPLv3
Web-CVS-Tools is now release under GNU GPLv3. Project migrated to github.com, so now you can participate in development. Web-CVS-Tools is a bunch of script written in Perl to automate and make easier web development using CVS. You can read about the intended web development team work flow in my earlier article, which can be found …
VirtualBox init.d service autostart script
I’ve just installed started using VirtualBox on my Fedora 11 x86_64 and it works just perfectly. I’ve migrated from VMWare when it figured out that it is unable to work with latest kernel version. So I need to start some virtual machines in the background with system startup. I’ve made a lot of googling and …
SOLVED: Adobe AIR installation problem on Fedora 10 x86_64
Adobe AIR installation fails on Fedora 10 x86_64 without any explanations. It just says: An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator. The reason is some missing i386 packages. You just have to run following command: yum install gtk2-devel.i386 nss.i386 libxml2-devel.i386 libxslt.i386 gnome-keyring.i386 rpm-devel.i386 …
Howto delete all .svn folders from SVN working directory
To delete all .svn folders from SVN working directory for releasing folder from SVN just do this simple steps. Create new file in /usr/local/bin with name svnrm with following content #!/bin/sh find . -name .svn -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf Save it. From now on you can execute svnrm command in your working directory …
LastPass password manager review
Few days ago I have found extension for Firefox which called LastPass. LastPass is a tool for remembering all your passwords and not store them on your local computer. It is very convinient to use it when you have several computers (for example at home, at office) and you need to synchronize your passwords across …
Bugfix: Howto turn off gpg-agent usage in Enigmail in Thunderbird
There is some bug in Enigmail v0.95.7 for Thunderbird. If you untick the checkbox “Use gpg-agent for passphrases” in Advanced tab of Advanced settings menu, Thunderbird in anyway will try to use gpg-agent if GPG_AGENT_INFO environment variable is set. The reason is some little bug in Enigmail source code. To fix it, first close Thunderbird, …
Howto recursively add unversioned files into SVN repository
Because svn add command does not support recursive addition of unversioned files you can use this little script to do it. Create new file in /usr/local/bin with name svnadd with following content #!/bin/sh svn status | perl -ne ‘s/^\?\s+(\S.+)$/\1/g;chomp;system(“svn add \”$_\””);’ Save it. From now on you can execute svnadd command in your working directory.