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How to Install and Use Windows Applications on Linux using PlayOnLinux
Thursday, January 31, 2019

In this article, we will explain how to install PlayOnLinux on your Ubuntu both through the command line and the graphical user interface. More importantly, we will explain how to install a Windows application, Notepad Plus Plus in our example, by using PlayOnLinux. .. read more..

How To Add The BlackArch Pentesting Repository To Arch Linux
Thursday, January 31, 2019

BlackArch is a penetration testing distribution, similar to Kali Linux, but it’s built on top of Arch Linux. In reality, BlackArch is really a pre-configured Arch installation with an extra repository full of security tools. As a result, you can add the BlackArch repository to a regular install o... .. read more..

WINE 4.0, LXQt 0.14, Parrot OS, Mastodon, MythTV, Gitea, APT Vulnerability | ...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

also on TWinL52: Lubuntu Council Announced, Manjaro Stable Update Breakage, Multipass, gotop, TuxClocker, Dell's XPS 13 9380, Ad Blocker Breakage in Chrome Extension Manifest V3, Humble Bundles .. read more..

Free Drawing And Painting Program MyPaint 2.0.0 Alpha Released
Thursday, January 31, 2019

After being in development for more than 2 years, MyPaint 2.0.0 alpha is available for download. MyPaint is a free, open source drawing and painting program available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The application features infinite canvas, configurable brushes, graphics tablet support, and a dist... .. read more..

Ubuntu 18.04 needs patching
Thursday, January 31, 2019

Canonical is updating Ubuntu 18.04 to the 4.15.0-44.47 Linux kernel to fix several security bugs. .. read more..




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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Mysql, Courier-Imap and POP - make them listen to localhost

-MYSQL-

Edit the the file /etc/my.cnf and add "bind-address = 127.0.0.1" with out the quote, and will look like that below....


[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
# Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
# clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).
old_passwords=1

bind-address = 127.0.0.1

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[mysqld_safe]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid


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Courier-IMAP and POP3 with SSL

Edit the file that can be located @ /usr/lib/courier-imap/etc. Those files are, for IMAP, imapd and imapd-ssl, for POP3, pop3d and pop3d-ssl. Make sure to change the entry that contains
##NAME: ADDRESS:0
#
# Address to listen on, can be set to a single IP address.
#
ADDRESS=127.0.0.1

#ADDRESS=0

the default is ADDRESS=0, I just change 0 (zero) to 127.0.0.1 so that it is not accessible outside, do this only if you dont need your IMAP or POP3 server to be accessible from outside, so its applicable if you use a web based email client like that of squirrel mail, you can set it up this way for safety purposes...

Friday, January 13, 2006

Disabling ipv6 on Fedora core 4 new install





After installing FC4, I found out that when I do #/sbin/ifconfig, it shows that IPv6 has been enabled on any eth interface on my box... see below..


eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0D:60:97:6A:98:F4
inet addr:2xx.xx.xxx.xx2 Bcast:2xx.xx.xxx.xx3 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: f580::290:97ft:faaa:f6d4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:126557 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:77565 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:155429479 (148.2 MiB) TX bytes:5770590 (5.5 MiB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xdc00

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr D0:81:42:86:GD:84
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe88::201:25f:f883:cd74/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:21897 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:9
TX packets:146 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:24 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5363531 (5.1 MiB) TX bytes:9099 (8.8 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:201 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:201 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:52924 (51.6 KiB) TX bytes:52924 (51.6 KiB)


So, in order to disable it, I have to add the ff. on /etc/modprobe.conf file. [note: I found the Idea by googling]

alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off


and then I rebooted, and here's the new result of #/sbin/ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0D:60:97:6A:98:F4
inet addr:2xx.xx.xxx.xx2 Bcast:2xx.xx.xxx.xx3 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:126557 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:77565 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:155429479 (148.2 MiB) TX bytes:5770590 (5.5 MiB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xdc00


The inet6 address has gone :)