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Using ssh key pair to encrypt files
Is it possible to encrypt a text file using a ssh key pair using gnupg? Where I work we already have our pair created and will be very useful to use these keys to send encrypted files. Thanks!
How to override wincmd.ini location?
How to override location after Total Commander was installed? I can't seem to find a menu item for this setting. Where is this setting stored? Operating system is Windows XP or Windows 7 32bit.
How to kextunload in OS X Lion
I'm starting to learn more about the mac os x internals. Now i want to load and unload some kernel extensions. I startet to load the MS-DOS file system via I can check this by typing The command output shows the loaded kext-file. But when i want to unload the MS-DOS file system: I get only this mes…
Progress bar/% in duplicity?
I'm starting to experiment with Duplicity for my backups and found that it lacks an option to show a progress bar or percentage, it just shows the files to be backup. Is there a way to get a progress bar based on total data to be uploaded/current data uploaded or something like that?
How do I map <cmd>-<shift>-f to run Ack plugin in Vim?
I'm new to vim and I'm trying to map a key combo for running the Ack plugin found here: https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim I want to map to run the Ack command . I've added the following to It doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? I'm using vim 7.3 within iTerm 2 on MacOS X.
Hosts file switcher on linux
It appears there are a ton of utilities to manage the hosts file on OSX. I haven't been able to find even one like http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/29949/gas-mask for linux. I keep my hosts file open in vim all the time because I'm switching the mapping several times per day for testing purposes. W…
RDP File transfer is really slow. Any way to speed it up?
The host is running Windows XP Prof SP3 and the client is running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64. So ... I connect to the remote machine with a 15mbps of ADSL. Which ... I guess, got enough downstream. (~1.3 MB/s). The host machine got a 35mbps of upload. Which is again, fast enough to pump the data wi…
ubuntu and privilege elevation in i3wm
I use i3wm (www.i3wm.org) as the window manager for ubuntu 11.10 x64. it seems that whatever piece of magic that controls elevation is not functioning properly. It's not an issue with i3wm perse, but rather something provided by gnome and unity that im missing, and need to implement manually. examp…
Where are addresses from the network 0.0.0.0/8 used in practice?
I read that this pool: Means "these hosts" in "this network" Is used for self-identification Is used for broadcast messages My questions are: Where exactly these addresses can be found? Which protocols use them?
How to allow other computers on the network to access my virtual web server?
I use Windows 7 as a host OS. I have Debian 6.0.4 installed on VirtualBox with lighttpd. I can easily access the web server from my machine by typing in the browser address panel but other computers from my network cannot access it by typing my IP address. I use NAT port forwarding in VirtualBox. W…
Pointing folder to different disk
Say I have a D-drive and a folder SomeData. For performance reasons I would like the data in SomeData to be on a different harddisk (SSD), while keeping the paths intact. So the file D:\SomeData\ImportantFile.txt would still be in that path, even though actually on a different disk. Can I "mount" (…
less emulate a TTY to preserve piped color output
When you pipe something through , the program usually discards color codes because it's not outputting to a TTY. So you have to add to the options for it to work. What's worse is that sometimes things don't even support that option, so there's actually no way to force color output to a pipe. Is the…
Portable player? Yes. Portable codecs? Not so fast there, buddy
I have come across a very rare, interesting problem. I need to play video on a computer with Windows XP on which I have no system-wide privileges. I cannot install any software. However, I can run executables, naturally, as long as they stay away from system32 and folders like that. That's why I do…
Strange laptop LCD failure
Last week, my laptop display unexpectedly decided to go haywire while it was switching graphic cards (going from ATI Radeon to Intel GMA). Now the image is displayed "right-to-left" instead of the normal "left-to-right". Some of you might already be thinking that it's just the screen inversion/rota…
How to search for text in a whole Eclipse project instead of file by file
Eclipse allows you to search its code using Edit->Find/Replace. This allows you to search only one file at a time. Is it possible to search for a text in a whole Eclipse project instead of searching file by file
How to list network shared items in terminal
Is there a way to list the network shared items in the Terminal command line the way Finder sees them in the Mac OS X GUI?
Resize a VM hard-drive (virtualbox)
Is there a way to resize a VM hard drive? I am using virtualbox and I have a VM that has run out of space, looked into the settings but it seems I may have to create another partition. I thought there might be an easier way, anyone have an idea? Thanks
How to connect my front audio panel?
My motherboard is . So due cleanning I had to disconnect front audio panel wires. Then I installed Windows 7 on a new hard drive. But now I don't know how to plug the wires back. Well I plugged how I remember (hope didn't damage it) but Realtek HD Audio Manager can't detect speakers nor microphone …
Ethernet port not showing up in ifconfig
I asked this question on ubuntuforums.org, but haven't gotten any responses. I am new to Ubuntu, and am having trouble getting my onboard ethernet port working on a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 Server 32-bit. I have searched on Google, but was unable to find the answer to my problem. The motherboa…
Does an antivirus also scan for viruses targetting other OSes other than the one it runs on?
Today my company has some external support personnels coming over and 1 of them bought a thumb drive containing the files for the fix to the driver problems. The IT manager of my company requested for the thumb drive and ran it through 1 of the Windows computer's antivirus, before clearing them to …