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Reset Forgotten MySQL Root Password

Rumi, September 9, 2008September 9, 2008

Have you ever forgotten the root password on one of your MySQL servers? No? Well maybe I’m not as perfect as you. This is a quick h00tow (how to) reset your MySQL root password. It does require root access on your server. If you have forgotten that password wait for…

Best Web Applications

Rumi, September 6, 2008

Just googling- here’re few leads- http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=651 http://www.webaward.org/best_of_show.asp http://www.interactivemediaawards.com/enter/?gclid=CNbxwau2x5UCFQVItAodOFiNYQ http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000073,39289803,00.htm http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Awards2007/bestwebapp.aspx http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS149306+10-Jan-2008+BW20080110 http://mashable.com/openwebawards/timeline/

Yunus eyes lawsuit for GP control

Rumi, September 6, 2008September 6, 2008

We Expect Telenor to Honour Its Written Intentions, Law of Bangladesh, and the High Ethical Standards Demanded By the People of Norway

Set up the firewall to listen MySQL on port 3306

Rumi, September 6, 2008

Just a small tweaking comnand that allows MySQL server on a linux server to open & listen to port 3306 for remote connectivity- [root@linux root]# iptables -I INPUT -p tcp –dport 3306 -j ACCEPT

Lowrance iFinder GO2

Rumi, August 29, 2008

Weighs:5.36 oz/151.9g with 2 AA batteries Size: 5.15×2.12×1.24 inches / 13.1×5.4×3.15 cm The iFinder GO2 is Lowrance’s latest entry in the consumer grade, handheld GPSr market. At $99, it’s targeted towards entry level GPSr users. The GO2 is a 16 channel, WASS enabled receiver with mapping, which is unheard of…

Reinstall Apache 2.X in CENT OS 5

Rumi, August 28, 2008

Download the rpm and reinstall like so: rpm -ivh –replacepkgs httpd-2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3.i386.rpm For i386, you can grab the latest version here: http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/ Backup your httpd.conf file first. User created files shouldn’t be affected, but it’s always wise to have a backup of those too.

How to setup as DNS client / name server IP address

Rumi, August 26, 2008August 26, 2008

Many new Linux user finds it difficult to setup / modify new name server address (NS1 / NS2). Local name resolution is done via /etc/hosts file. If you have small network then use /etc/hosts file. DNS (domain name service is accountable for associating domain names with ip address, for example…