I discovered that it is not possible, at least not for the same user, to have two git projects in the same account as github uses the ssh key to identify your repository. Once I realized that this was the problem, the quick fix was to clone the repository in another account. I created a new user and …
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ODBC link with a database
I have a web server which needs to link to a MS SQL server (not my choice). In my case I use Plack which calls the database in four steps. The catch I often struggle with is that some other files with the same name may float around and which you may not be aware off. Run therefore a “find / -name …
Read more →Wireless not working in Ubuntu 14.04
I did a fresh install the other day of Ubuntu 14.04 on a little notebook for my daughter. All worked out of the box with the exception of the wireless which had worked before using version 12. The following terminal commands may give you a clue as to which network controller you have. iwconfig lspci …
Read more →File encryption with ccrypt
No doubt you have, like me, one or more documents that you would like extra protected. How can you remember all your passwords, access codes, urls etc which you know you should not have available in plain text. In Linux there are several tools that make file encrypting easy. I like to use a little …
Read more →Public key without a password as a non root user
After the Chinese attacked my system trice recently I am a bit paranoid about securing my system. I used to sync data using rsync which uses ssh. However, using this as root is not a good idea hence I decided to use rsync as a non-root user without a prompt for a password. This post is therefore an …
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