http://wiki.daleroberts.info/ 2007-09-06T20:00:11+01:00 http://wiki.daleroberts.info/ http://wiki.daleroberts.info/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-09-06T19:46:08+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@89.104.50.239) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:vpn_with_ssh&do=diff1189104368 There are many VPN solutions out there, but this one is mine. I wanted a VPN solution that I could use to enable my MacBook laptop when out and about to connect back to my MacMini at home. In addition to the usual email and file access, I wanted ac... text/html 2007-09-02T17:43:08+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@89.104.34.15) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:offsite_backup&do=diff1188751388 Here is a script to allow you to create a secure offsite backup of your home directory. Offsite is provided as the remote machine can be anywhere you can get to via SSH. Secure is provided by means of using a Mac OS/X Encrypted disk image as the sto... text/html 2007-03-14T09:28:27+01:00 Gary Law (garylaw@217.68.21.232) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=gary&do=diff1173864507 This is my new wiki site. So far, not much then. But, to get started, here are a few links: Links Guardian Unlimited, the finest on-line newspaper in the world, and my employer My sister, Patrina's, home page RedCard, a superb web presence c... text/html 2007-01-20T16:19:44+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@89.104.61.84) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:launchd_mysql&do=diff1169309984 Use xmllint with –valid to validate your .plist file. I didn’t and wondered why launchctl just kept telling me there was nothing to load/unload for my file. Alternately use the PropertyListEditor application ... I prefer good old vi for ... text/html 2006-11-14T05:18:14+01:00 Gary Law (garylaw@217.154.72.57) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:launchd_tinydns&do=diff1163481494 This information comes with no warranty. Introduction Tinydns is a piece of software from the djbdns suite. Unfortunately, it was written long, long ago, and although it still performs very well compared to Bind, the install instructions don&rsq... text/html 2006-02-20T21:54:36+01:00 Gary Law (garylaw@217.154.72.57) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:linux:yam&do=diff1140472476 Hi. This page contains information and guidance on untested/pre-release software. Like all information, this page comes with no warranty. Introduction Yam is Dag Wieers’s tool for mirroring the Red Hat Network (RHN) Updates to a local server. If... text/html 2006-02-14T15:23:07+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@86.132.28.124) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:default_app&do=diff1139930587 If you have a problem that you have tried a variety of applications and now have finder giving you a massive list of optional apps to open a file with. Or the default one is not what you want. Try the following: Run lsregister -kill -r -domain loc... text/html 2006-02-08T09:06:36+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@86.132.28.124) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:networking:smtp_error_codes&do=diff1139389596 All SMTP codes consist of three digits, for example, 550, 221, 354, etc. Not all of them mean some type of error. Each of these 3 digits has a different meaning. Below is first a list of the meaning of each digit and then a list of common error code... text/html 2006-02-07T11:32:42+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@86.132.28.124) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:automatic_proxy_configuration&do=diff1139311962 Here I will go over some information on proxy auto configuration files. I built and used one while working for a global company and it was an excellent way of saving money while at the same time enhancing our proxy infrastrcture. Bear in mind it was... text/html 2006-02-06T16:16:23+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@86.132.28.124) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=life:bms&do=diff1139242583 1) For centuries, wedding speeches have honored the guests of honor, hosts and others who have gone to much effort (and expense!) in entertaining their assembly of guests. It’s a way to say “thanks for throwing the party!” and for those honored to s... text/html 2006-01-20T18:32:02+01:00 Gary Law (garylaw@212.187.153.231) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:linux:yum&do=diff1137781922 I’m going to use this sunsite mirror repository for CentOS. You may want to use a closer one. If you’re not using an i386 machine then you’ll need to change the path accordingly. I’ve already set myself up to use sudo. If yo... text/html 2006-01-16T11:11:24+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@83.216.65.198) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:setting_up_k750i&do=diff1137409884 Due to a poor kernel implementation, your Mac is in severe danger of crashing when you unplug a K750i from it using the supplied USB cable. To stop this happening, download and install K750i Grabber from here:- http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.d... text/html 2006-01-14T15:51:09+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@83.216.86.175) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:connection_sharing&do=diff1137253869 Well, Having had the need to use internet connection sharing with my Mac today I thought I’d note what I had seen as not ideal. Firstly, if you are using a Sony laptop make sure the wireless card is switched on. This might sound obviouse, but... text/html 2006-01-14T12:10:30+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@81.91.205.22) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:scrolling_trackpad&do=diff1137240630 If you want to be able to get older Mac laptops to have scroll functionality and a few other nice features included in newer models try this http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/iscroll2/. I have to admit I haven’t yeet used it as ... text/html 2006-01-11T16:23:57+01:00 Gary Law (garylaw@217.154.72.57) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:installing_skencil&do=diff1136996637 Skencil is a fantastic, easy and powerful drawing package. Mac OS X is a fantastic, easy and powerful operating system. So, getting the one to run on another is a breeze, right? Nope. A world of pain in fact. But follow these instructions and Skenci... text/html 2006-01-11T13:06:11+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@86.132.39.248) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=dale&do=diff1136984771 For now please visit my home page http://daleroberts.info. I will put some more here later. ... text/html 2006-01-11T11:28:25+01:00 Gary Law (garylaw@217.154.72.57) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=start&do=diff1136978905 Gary Law's Wiki Dale Robert's Wiki ... text/html 2006-01-03T22:42:04+01:00 Gary Law (garylaw@217.154.72.57) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:unix:mac_os_x:keyboard_remapping&do=diff1136328124 I have an IBM full size desk keyboard plugged into my iBook when I’m at work. This works find except the ‘option’ (aka alt) and ‘command’ (aka Apple, like Windows) keys are in the opposite places on the PC keyboard inst... text/html 2005-12-23T21:20:37+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@86.132.39.248) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=wiki:restructuring&do=diff1135372837 If you want to relocate a page in DokuWiki you need to actual relocate 2 files. The first is the actual page which is found in ${dokuwiki_home}/html/data/pages/. The second is the change log for the file which is in ${dokuwiki_home}/html/data/attic/... text/html 2005-12-19T20:03:21+01:00 Dale Roberts (daleroberts@86.132.39.248) http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:web_publishing&do=diff1135022601 This is just a few things I have noticed while playing with creating web pages using the variouse “newer” standards out there. At least they were “newer” when I wrote the comments on them. HTML4 This seems perfectly good f...