Linux
The easiest way to set up Samba for file-sharing
The techmail of two weeks ago was The easiest way to set up Samba for file-sharing which discusses a really quick way of getting Samba setup for filesharing. It doesn’t go into all the details of setting up multiple users or different authentication types, but if you want to share files on computer A with [...]
Updated my GPG key
I realized today, after having a conversation with someone at work about gpg keys and rpm support, that I haven’t updated my GPG key in about 6 years. Then I realized I harped on CERT not too long ago about not doing things right. =) Granted, my key hasn’t been compromised and I have no [...]
How to set up WebDAV hosting on Apache
This week’s Linux techmail is How to set up WebDAV hosting on Apache which looks at how to setup your Apache server for use as a WebDAV server. This was a tricky one for me as I’d tried it before and couldn’t get one of my applications that allowed syncing via WebDAV (OmniFocus for the [...]
How not to update GPG keys
This seems to be an ongoing saga so now I’m going to vent about it. It is ridiculous that an organization supposedly as secure as CERT can have such poor distribution mechanisms for alerting users of their new GPG keys. It is really important that, when you update GPG keys and distribute the public key [...]
A month of Linux techmails
I’ve been so busy in the last little while I’ve not had a chance to post the recent techmails that have gone up, so here goes: Cloud-based RSS reading with Google Reader and Liferea looks at using Liferea as a client for Google Reader. The nice thing about using Google Reader is you can use [...]
New Fedora git repositories
A little bit frustrated with Fedora’s new git repositories this morning (for packages). Ding-Yi Chen has a really nice write-up on how to get started with it. Got me a few of the essentials that I had missed earlier. I like the new certificate that can be used with Koji. That’s pretty slick. Ding-Yi Chen [...]