http://dryice.name/blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:01:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just realized that it has been nearly 2 years that I haven't wrote anything on my blog. So just an announcement that I'm still alive :) And so does this blog. Thanks to everyone that come to visit or even leave a comment. It's really good to know someone is ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/im-still-alive-so-does-this-blog/ Here's a quick note/tutorial about how to setup FreeBSD 7.0 as a network bridge and use dummynet to shape the traffic, There is a pretty good tutorial on the net but I found it's rather outdated. So here is mine. First of all we'll need to setup FreeBSD as a ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/using-freebsd-as-a-network-bridge-and-use-dummynet-to-shape-the-traffic/ Last week I was asked to help a friend to check out his server that has been hacked. First I was thinking some kind of PHP leak or SQL injection. But I was wrong. The crack uses some kind of SSH user/password scanner and got his root password. I find this ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/never-think-your-password-is-complicated-enough/ I've done this before with the help of a very good blog entry. But when I tried to do the same thing today I can't find that page. So I decide to write this down, in case I'll need it later. The most problem of setting up Vsftpd with file based ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/file-based-virtual-user-settings-for-vsftpd-on-freebsd/ Well I did this some time ago, I still think writing things done may help if I encounter this again. To move the mail server to another server, and lost mails as less as possible, here is my steps: - Set your DNS server so your domains get a lower TTL. Do ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/notes-on-moving-mail-system-to-a-new-server/ Well I need to handle some PHP upgrade on a Debian server some days ago, and it turns out to be a nightmire... Debian is famous for its "apt-get" package management system, and I thought it would be easy. However, it turns out all the packages are binary and have exact ... http://dryice.name/blog/uncategorized/why-the-freebsd-ports-system-rocks/ Well, together with the LX5 my wife also get me a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. There's nothing wrong with my old Dell keyboad and/or the BTC 9019URF wireless keyboard. It is my wrist. With more and more typing, I began to feel the pain of RSI so I ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/the-new-microsoft-natural-ergonomic-keyboard-4000/ Last weekend my wife get me a LX5 and I really like it. Seeing my old mouse going to its EOL and I was looking for a new one. I don't need those funny functions cause I'm a heavy keyboard user. And with FreeBSD being my desktop all those funny keys ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/logitech-lx5-on-freebsd/   Contents Why The target What we need Yeal, show me the code!   Why If you have 10+ GUI applications running and spend lots of time dragging them to the right place, you need a tiling window manager. On contrary to most modern window systems, which allow you to put one window on top of another, and mess up your ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/tiling-window-management-with-fvwm/ Well, this is a short note to myself so the next time I want to create a branch of a new project, I won't need to search through the Internet. Before doing $ svn copy http://svn.example.com/repos/calc/trunk \ http://svn.example.com/repos/calc/branches/my-calc-branch \ -m "Creating a private branch of /calc/trunk." to make a new branch of a new project ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/svn-make-the-branches-directory-before-make-a-branch/