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Install deCSS on Ubuntu 12.04

Posted on March 9, 2013 by admin

You’ll need this to play encrypted DVD’s on your linux box. Installing it is easy but I can never remember the trick. sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

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How to use openssl to generate a certificate request

Posted on February 25, 2013 by admin

I can never remember how to generate a certificate request (CSR) when doing a one-off certificate. I use a script for my normal certs at work but sometimes I want to make one for personal use or a self signed … Continue reading →

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500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()

Posted on February 25, 2013 by admin

This is one of the most annoying and frustrating problems I have run into lately. This supposed security fix makes vsftp simply unusable after upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 from 10.04. No amount of cajoling or messing with options will get … Continue reading →

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OpenVPN refuses to start in LXC container

Posted on February 1, 2013 by admin

I was getting the following error when trying to start openvpn from within an LXC container: Note: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such file or directory (errno=2) This fixed it: mkdir /dev/net mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200 chmod 666 … Continue reading →

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Can I remove winsxs on windows server 2008? It is eating up my hard disk

Posted on January 31, 2013 by admin

In case you ever need it, I followed this advice, and it cut the winsxs folder just about in half.  Everything seems to be working fine.  All that I lost was the ability to roll back to a previous Service … Continue reading →

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