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Install Webmin 1.470 on Ubuntu Server

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 19:42:33 -0700

What is webmin?

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely. See the standard modules page for a list of all the functions built into Webmin, or check out the screenshots.

In this article, we will walk you through installing Webmin 1.470 on a Ubuntu 9.04 Server

Read more to learn how!

1: Download Webmin 1.470

$ wget http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin_1.470_all.deb

2: Install dependences

$ sudo apt-get install libnet-ssleay-perl libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl

3: Install Webmin 1.470

$ sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.470_all.deb

4: Log into Webmin 1.470

Browse to https://host:10000 in your web browser.

(This could also be https://ip.address:10000)

If you need any assistance with this, please ask in our friendly chatroom [ http://www.omgirc.com/chat.php ]

Install Google's Droid fonts on your Linux Desktop

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:19:08 -0700

Google Android Font Install on Linux

Do you dig the Google Droid font that is used by the Google Android OS?

One thing not too many people have yet been raving over is the lovely set of typefaces from Ascender Fonts known as the Droid family.

Hidden away into the down-loadable SDK's emulator is system.img which contains various binary files including these new fonts. Being that the image is almost certainly in Linux ext format and I found no easy way of mounting it in Mac OS X or Windows I was rather pleased when I found a simple deb package to install the fonts with ease.

In this article we will walk you through installing the Droid font on your Linux Desktop.

Ubuntu 9.04 �Jaunty�

$ sudo aptitude install ttf-droid

Ubuntu 8.10 �Intrepid�

Download ttf-droid package:
$ wget http://www.omgirc.com/files/ttf-droid_1.00~b112+dfsg-0ubuntu1_all.deb

Install the ttf-droid package:

If you downloaded it to your desktop, simply double click and install.

If you followed the command line, simply run:

$ sudo dpkg -i ttf-droid_1.00~b112+dfsg-0ubuntu1_all.deb

Change the font used:

Browse to:

System -> Preferences -> Appearance

Then select the Fonts Tab.

Change the font used to the Droid font of your choice.

Enjoy!

If you need any assistance with this, please ask in our friendly chatroom [ http://www.omgirc.com/chat.php ]

Mounting ISO images with one click in Ubuntu Linux!

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:10:26 -0800

Mount ISO Image

Why would i need to mount an ISO in one click?

Well if you're a lazy ass Linux user like myself, you would do anything possible to save time and continue mastering the art of laziness. Shell scripts are your friend when it comes to perfecting this very art. Why launch terminal every time to mount your ISO images when you can simple right click on them and mount them with a Nautilus context menu.

In this article, we will walk you through adding a simple shell script that will allow you to mount ISO images within Ubuntu Linux with a simple right click.

First, you will need to grab the two scripts. One for mounting, one for un-mounting the ISO images.

Download mount.sh and unmount.sh

Now change the permissions to each file to allow them to be executable:

$ sudo chmod +x mount.sh

$ sudo chmod +x unmount.sh

Move the scripts to the Nautilus script folder:

$ sudo mv mount.sh ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/

$ sudo mv unmount.sh ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/

You should now see a "Scripts" option, along with mount and unmount when you click on an ISO image!

Mount and Unmount the ISO image

If you need any assistance with this, please ask in our friendly chatroom [ http://www.omgirc.com/chat.php ]

Crack password protected RAR files with Ubuntu Linux

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:55:37 -0800

Crack password protected rar files with Ubuntu Linux

Ever get a file that some douche bag password protected?

Fear not my fellow linux family! You can crack password protected rar files very easily in linux. Rarcrack uses brute force algorithm to find correct password. You can specify which characters will be used in password generations.

In this tutorial we will walk you through installing Rarcrack and cracking a password protected RAR archive.

1) Download Rarcrack

$ wget http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rarcrack/rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2

2) Extract Rarcrack

$ tar xvjf rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2

3) Compile Rarcrack

$ make

4) Install Rarcrack

$ sudo make install

5) Crack a Rar Archive

$ rarcrack your_encrypted_archive.ext [--threads thread_num] [--type rar|zip|7z]

If you need any assistance with this, please ask in our friendly chatroom [ http://www.omgirc.com/chat.php ]

Pre-jailbroken custom 2.2 firmware for iPhone 3G

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:21:00 -0800

jailbreak iphone 3g 2.2 custom firmware

Yes! The OMGIRC team has yet again put up a custom pre-jailbroken firmware for a quick 1-step update! Just shift-click restore in iTunes and select the custom ipsw firmware! That's it!

Please check the hash of your download, we take no responsibility for what you do with the firmware provided or the phone you plan on updating. Just double check the MD5 hash to be sure you have a complete download :)

Download: 2.2 Firmware for iPhone 3G
http://www.omgirc.com/files/iPhone1,2_2.2_5G77_Custom_Restore.ipsw
[ MD5: c51a21390cce41553350eebdd6dc7817 ]

Enjoy!

DynDns Daemon Service for your Ubuntu Server or Desktop

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:07:29 -0800

DynDns Ubuntu Server Desktop Daemon Service

What is DynDns?
Formed in 1998, Dynamic Network Services Inc. (Dyn Inc.) provides domain name system (DNS) services with the highest levels of redundancy, service, and support in the industry. The world-class team of DNS experts allows us to provide unprecedented quality of service and support, and our use of proven open source technology reduces cost and risk to their users. The result? Superior DNS service and value.

Keeping Connected with DNS

DNS was created to make the Internet easier to use. Before DNS, computers connected to the Internet were only reachable by their computer address, called an IP address, written like 63.208.196.66. Internet pioneers created a system called DNS which allowed hostnames like www.website.com and mail.mycompany.com to be used in place of the numbers. This translation occurs automatically.

Dyn Inc. has operated the DynDNS� Platform as a brand of services starting with a free Dynamic DNS services because some Internet users have IP addresses that change. We created a method that allows users to update the IP address associated with a hostname that we provide, enabling users to serve content or keep connected to their computer.

In this Article we will walk you through installing and configuring ddclient on Ubuntu Linux.

1: Setup a Free (or paid) DynDns.org account @ https://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/howto.html

2: Install ssh and ssh-socket so we can send our DynDNS user and password encrypted instead clear text:

$ sudo apt-get install ssh libio-socket-ssl-perl

3: Install ddclient:

$ sudo apt-get install ddclient

4: Configure ddclient:

ddclient

For your dynamic DNS provider, select www.dyndns.com

ddclient

Type the domain name you want to update (i.e. omgirc.dyndns.org or if you paid for your own dmain, i.e. omgbbs.com)

ddclient

Enter your DynDNS username

ddclient

Enter your DynDNS password

ddclient

Type �web� as the DynDNS interface

5: Edit your /etc/ddclient.conf

$ sudo nano /etc/ddclient.conf

Replace use=if, if=web with use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.com/, web-skip='IP Address'

Under that add

ssl=yes
daemon=300

Save and Quit (Ctrl-X)

6: Restart the ddclient daemon service

$ sudo /etc/init.d/ddclient restart

Thats it!

You can verify your updated ip by typing:

$ nslookup

Verify that matches with what http://www.moanmyip.com/ says.

Jailbreak / Unlock your iPhone 2G / 3G in 1-Step!

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:53:08 -0700

iphone hack jailbreak unlock

Tired of running in circles trying to figure out the proper way to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 2g or 3g? Your wish is our command. Here is a 1-step unlock for your iPhone 2G or 3G. Download the pre-jailbroken firmware update and just update your iPhone with it!

Used: Pwnage Tool
[ http://wikee.iphwn.org/main ]
Storage: 1gig partition (room for all those 3rd party apps!)
Version: 2.1 (Hash: 5F136)

Download:
2.1 2G
http://www.omgirc.com/files/iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Custom_Restore.ipsw
[ MD5: 9706b0c79249d49c2e862654edd373ff ]

2.1 3G
http://www.omgirc.com/files/iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Custom_Restore.ipsw
[ MD5: c0590296a08957948710bef26581a109 ]

Read on if you don't know how to install this firmware using iTunes

Put your iPhone into DFU Mode.

(Edit: the text on how to do this was boring. So i found Mr. AceMurdera demoinstrating this for you. Enjoy :)

After you put the iPhone into DFU mode simply SHIFT-CLICK the "Restore" button, browse to the custom IPSW firmware file and install!
[ NOTE: This *WILL* erase all data on the iPhone ]

Enjoy your new jailbroken + unlocked firmware by browsing through "Installer" and "Cydia"! Don't forget to add some 3rd party repos to find more software!

If you need any assistance with this, please ask in our friendly chatroom [ http://www.omgirc.com/chat.php ]

Install AWN Dock on Ubuntu Linux

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:22:58 -0700

AWN Avant Window Navigator

What is AWN?
Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a dock-like bar which sits at the bottom of the screen. It has support for launchers, task lists, and third party applets. The official applet and plugin repository is in a separate project, awn-extras

The Awn project is the development of the 'dock', avant-window-navigator, and its corresponding shared library 'libawn', which is used to develop applets.

In this article we will walk you through a quick install of AWN along with a basic configuration and AWN Applet support.

Enable video hardware drivers:

System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers -> Check box video driver (if any)

Enable "Extra" Visual effects

System -> Preferences -> Apperance -> Visual Effects Tab -> Extra Radio Button

Install AWN:

Launch Terminal and type:

$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator

Run AWN:

Applications -> Accessories -> Avant Window Navigator

Configure AWN:

Right click on a icon on the AWN Dock and choose Dock Preferences

or

Launch Terminal and type:

$ awn-manager

Bar behaviour:

General tab -> Check off "Keep below maximized windows when not in use" and "Alert when application window updated"

Icon Effects:

General tab -> Icon Effects Dropdown -> Select Zoom

Show running apps:

Task Apperance -> Tasks have arrows

3D bar:

Bar Apperance -> Look -> 3D Look

Install AWN Applets:

Even though AWN Dock is part of the offical ubuntu repositories, Awn Extras unfortunately did not make it into either the official Gutsy or Hardy repositories. It did however make it into Ubuntu 8.10.

8.10 Users:

Launch Terminal and type:

$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk

8.04 Users:

Add apt sources

System -> Administration -> Software Sources -> Password -> Third-Party Software -> Add

Put the following two repositories

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu hardy main

Close -> Reload

Launch Terminal and type:

$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk

Add AWN Applets:

Right click on Dock -> Preferences

or

Terminal -> awn-manager

Select Applets

Add:

Awn Main Menu

Awn Notification Daemon (for system notices)

Clock/Calandar Applet (we're removing the bar at the top with the time in it!)

Digg (Because we all cant live without our precious tech news)

File Browser Launcher (we're removing the bar at the top that has Places!)

Last.fm (To configure, right click on icon and select Preferences)

Notification Area (will be a white line for now, system tray is already in use by gnome-panel at the top)

Quit-Logoff Applet (we're removing the logout/shutdown from the top!)

Trash Applet (we're removing it from the bottom panel!)

Add apps to dock:

Applications -> Internet -> Drag Firefox to dock

Remove panels:

Right click bottom panel -> Delete this panel -> Confirm Delete

Right click top panel -> Note that "Delete this panel" is greyed out

System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Current Sessions -> Remove Gnome Panel

Session Options -> CLOSE ALL OPEN APPS -> Remeber Currently Running Applications

Startup Programs -> Add -> avant-window-navigator -> Close -> REBOOT

Enjoy Avant Window Navigator Dock!

Twhirl Twitter Client with Adobe AIR on Ubuntu 8.04 32bit / 64bit

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:39:55 -0700

Twhirl Twitter AdobeAIR Adobe AIR

What is Twhirl?
Twhirl is a desktop client for the popular microblogging service Twitter. It allows you to post short 140-character updates about what you are doing, as well as following your twitter friends and read all their updates, replies anyone sends to you, and direct messages to your account. You can also answer to another user by replying or sending him/her a private direct message.

Twhirl has a lot of other features, for example looking up other user�s profiles, searching public tweets (powered by terraminds, favoring tweets etc.

The latest version added support to post your updates to two other services, Pownce and Jaiku.

In this article we will show you how to install Twhirl along side with Adobe AIR on Ubuntu Linux 32bit and 64bit Platforms.

1: Download AdobeAIR SDK

Browse to http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air_linux.html and download the SDK from the very bottom of that page.

2: Create "AdobeAIRSDK" folder in your home folder and Extract the AdobeAIR SDK

$ mkdir ~/AdobeAIRSDK && tar -xvf adobeair_linux_sdk_b1_091508.tbz2 -C ~/AdobeAIRSDK

3: Download the Twhirl Client

Browse to http://twhirl.org/project/twhirl and download the latest package

4: Create "Twhirl" folder in your home folder and Extract the Twhirl Client

$ mkdir ~/Twhirl && unzip twhirl-0.8.6.air -d ~/Twhirl

5: Create a script to run the Twhirl Client with AdobeAIR

$ nano ~/twhirl.sh

Put the following, all in one line: ~/AdobeAIRSDK/bin/adl -nodebug ~/Twhirl/META-INF/AIR/application.xml ~/Twhirl

Ctrl-X to Save

6: Make your twhirl.sh script executable

$ chmod +x ~/twhirl.sh

7: Run your script from bash

$ ~/twhirl.sh

Create an .iso from anything in Ubuntu Linux

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:33:36 -0700

ISO Image

The Ubuntu Guide web site runs down how to turn your CDs/DVDs and folders into .iso disk images. The process even demonstrates how to create your own MD5 checksum files. This surprisingly simple process makes it easy to create digital backups of all those installation CDs you've accumulated.

Creating an .iso image can be useful when you want to mount an image in VMWare and install software or updates. Just point to the directory and execute the command, before you know it you'll have a nice solid iso image to mount to your hearts content.

Although the process is specific to Ubuntu, you can follow the same tutorial to create .iso and MD5 checksum files in any distro.

Read on to learn how to create your very own .iso images using Ubuntu Linux.Turn a CD/DVD into an .iso

sudo umount /dev/cdrom

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=file.iso bs=1024

Turn a folder into an .iso

mkisofs -r -o file.iso /location_of_folder/

Generate an MD5 checksum file

md5sum file.iso > file.iso.md5