i’ve been using 12.10 for two days now. i haven’t noticed much difference yet besides the following: kompozer has been removed from the repository (possibly because it doesn’t seem to be maintained) some application launcher icons on the gnome classic panel are not being displayed properly (size scaling of the icon is off) gnome’s archive […]
EFS on file servers: can’t use groups for access also appears that you cannot set access on an encrypted folder, only on individual files user who encrypts the file(s) chooses who has access to the file(s) for a remote file server to host EFS files, the file server’s computer account in AD must be trusted for […]
i just found this out today and have no idea how long it was possible to do this. files/folders can be shown on the KDE desktop by right-clicking the desktop and choosing Desktop Settings->View->Layout->Folder View. this is something i’ve whined about forever. also if you right-click the KDE application launcher you can choose “Switch to […]
http://www.freeformatter.com/xml-validator-xsd.html – online tool for validating an xml file against an xsd http://www.validome.org/grammar/validate/ – online xsd and dtd validator http://www.xmlforasp.net/CodeBank/System_Xml_Schema/BuildSchema/BuildXMLSchema.aspx – online xsd generator in linux, i was able to generate a DTD from an xml file by using the trang utility.
ben told me about access-based enumeration (ABE) in 2009. it allows folders that a user does not have explicit access to on a file share to remain hidden. so it’s definitely ideal for home directories. from share and storage management, choose properties for a share then “Advanced” then checkmark “Enable access-based enumeration” to enable the […]
very easy to use javascript form validation here: http://www.javascript-coder.com/html-form/javascript-form-validation.phtml some more info: http://icecaves.net/2011/03/process-forms-javascript
my sheevaplug still has ubuntu 9.04 installed on it. i’ve postponed putting debian on it due to lack of time. anyways, i’ve found that ubuntu 9.04 does not like ext4 nor advanced format drives formatted for 4K sectors. from what i’ve read, to make sure a drive is set up for 4K sectors use gparted […]
on a standard PC keyboard: option key = alt key, apple key = windows key coverage of mac os x server services: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4547/mac-os-x-lion-server-review services are managed from the server admin tool removing open directory: run slapconfig -destroyldapserver VNC can be enabled from System Preferences->Sharing->Remote Management. a VNC password will need to be set. root password […]
path to merchant accounts: administration->merchant accounts path to donation form merchant account setup: site explorer->parts->donation forms->payment setup test credit card numbers are in the blackbaud netcommunity administration guide – pg. 67
had another recent scare with the ext3 file system. this time, fortunately, there was a happy ending. i had an external usb drive that suddenly started behaving strange when i attempted to copy files to it. the file copy was just flat out rejected. i tried unmounting and remounting the drive – same thing. eventually […]