Monthly Archives: March 2008

HOW TO: Proxy Firefox through SSH

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Nick Mathew

Requirements: PuTTY on local machine Remote host running OpenSSH 1. Create a new PuTTY session Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host that is running OpenSSH. Fill in the hostname, the port … Continue reading →

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Making Java 2 work in Debian

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Nick Mathew

Download the j2se SDK from http://java.sun.com. Download the “.bin” file. In a terminal window, run the following commands. Switch to root use by issuing $ su – Password: cd to the directory where the file was downloaded. # cd ~nick/Downloads/ … Continue reading →

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HOW TO: Shortcut to “Safely Remove Harware”

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Nick Mathew

Press Windows Key + R (To open the run dialog). Type in the following: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Now create a shortcut (right-click on an empty space in the folder and select New-> shortcut). Add the following line. RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll … Continue reading →

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HOW TO: Password-less SSH login

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Nick Mathew

Steps to create a password-less SSH login These commands are executed on linux or on a pseudo-linux environment, like cygwin. It will not work under Windows. Generate the encryption key. Do this on client machine. $ ssh-keygen -t dsa -f … Continue reading →

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