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Category: Linux

  • Tunneling http traffic through ssh

    James Strassburg gave a great tutorial on tunneling http(s) traffic through ssh with your Linksys WRT-54GL router. Actually, if you have a server that you can ssh to that has web access, like your web host, you can tunnel all your http(s) traffic through that server from your Windows workstation. It is pretty simple to…

  • File type, directory size, free space, disk usage, and tar in Linux

    A few quick notes for people who want to know how to do simple things in *nix. This is for Windows users who are making the transition or find themselves dealing with *nix from time to time. Use file FooBar to find out what kind of file FooBar is. This is helpful when you need…

  • 64-bit, virturalization, and their impact

    VMWare recently released a freeware called VMWare Player that can play a pre-built virtual machine file. A virtual machine is an OS bundled with whatever the virtual machine creator put there. This is perfect for people to test-drive various operating systems and software, without going through the hassle of installing themselves. VMWare currently provides virtual…

  • Failed nbsmtp compile and some Linux and RPM tips

    Earlier, I talked about my failed attempt to comiple and install msmtp. I tried to install and compile nbsmtp, and got similar results. Googling revealed that many people would suggest install things from an RPM package. So I searched around and found a msmtp package for Suse, but my web host is on RedHat. I…

  • msmtp compile and install

    This is kind of my own Linux admin study notes. Like most of my other posts, it can be dry and boring;) In an earlier post, I talked about my desire to compile Mutt and use it as my primary email client. Note there is a little more information on the comment section. Things have…