Let’s say you have just prepared a new server and you make all your stuff. Nowadays Linux distro have an option to enable home encryption for users, a feature I feel interesting for a system administrator as reduces the always present danger of leaving something valuable lingering around for an attacker.
It presents also a lesser know issue. If you use ssh Pubkey authentication (and you probably should by now) only, you may find yourself being out of the server in a subtle way, as OpenSsh will start refusing key intermittently, or SSH public key login will fail for first login. It may seem a permission issue, at first. It may be not.
Confessions of a dangerous mind
Germano Mosconi (1932 – 2012)
Germano Mosconi, a well-known television personality, died today. We’d like to think that he’d finally discovered who’s that ‘mona che sbatte la porta’ (the prick that shuts the door loudly). Drawing by xoxtanianxox (Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License)
Alis (27 april 2001-14 feb 2012)
You were the best dog I could ever desire. So flawlessly You were beside me I could not tell between my shadow and you. Shame on me to be far when you needed me most. For all that counts, I will always bring that funny puppy you were in my heart. Godspeed, I’ll always remember … Leggi tutto
Milan for Dummies #2
Milan for Dummies #2, originally uploaded by hayha. Tutt el mond a l’è paes, a semm d’accòrd, ma Milan, l’è on gran Milan…
Cannot delete/modify protected access point on Symbian S60
I suspect there’s an issue between Wefi and Whatsapp on Symbian (specifically S60 3rd edition, tested on Nokia e51). I cannot unfortunately recover the Wefi version as I disinstalled it. That’s precisely how troubles began: with Whatsup always running, Wefi failed to delete the Automatic-Wefi access point during uninstall. Turns out that this access point … Leggi tutto
Apple recalls Nano 1st generation
Apple is recalling some nano 1st gen due a battery overheating issue. It seems since suplies of 1st are depleted, they are sending in brand new 6gen nanos. Recall form is here: https://supportform.apple.com/201110/ for more informations see here (applemobile.it, in italian)
Happy New Y2012
Untitled, originally uploaded by hayha. 2012 will be fun and full. GD
Vista dal traverso, all’Antimedale
View from Antimedale, al traverso., originally uploaded by hayha. High cuteness
Ubuntu oneric ocelot 11.10: adding a favourite lancher when you can’t use Keep in launcher
Sometimes in the new Ubuntu Oneric Ocelot 11.1 launching a program and selecting ‘Keep in launcher’ is not enough. This may happen if your program requires special startup parameters, or simply because it requires a terminal to run in, ala’ Matlab. Creating a launcher on the desktop is not simply as right clicking to ‘create launcher’ as it was in older versions.
I wandered a while before finding my answer here (thanks to Bruno Pereira), as others where that useful to me.
matlab r14 startup problem on windows
I had a friend with a strange matlab startup issue on Windows Xp sp2 and AMD. Matlab 7.0 R14, it would install and run just fine, but it used to crush just before getting into the prompt in the main windows. No useful info into logs using -logfile. Starting with -nojit (another solution found around) … Leggi tutto