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May/12

Ubuntu 12.04 Server Install Stops At Purple Screen

Filed Under Linux at 7th May 2012 0:01 by

I was installing Ubuntu 12.04 server edition and after it detected the network interface it stopped at a blank purple screen. The install hadn’t hung because characters appeared in the bottom grey bar when you pressing any keys on the … Continue reading →

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Dec/11

Migration Plan From Ubuntu 10.04 LTS To 12.04 LTS

Filed Under Linux at 28th December 2011 0:01 by

Overview I’m preparing myself to move from 10.04 to 12.04. With 12.04 as the next Long Term Release (LTS) coming in the next release I thought it was time to prepare for the inevitable move from old to new. Setup … Continue reading →

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Dec/11

FreePBX MySQL Caller Lookup Source

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 13th December 2011 0:01 by

Overview One of the reasons I switched to MySQL instead of using the built in phonebook was because the numbers weren’t matching the ones in the internal phonebook. The built in phonebook only allows numbers so international numbers with + … Continue reading →

18

Nov/11

Resizing VirtualBox Disk

Filed Under Linux, Software at 18th November 2011 10:29 by

I ran out of disk space on my virtual machine and needed more space. I did not want to create a new disk and install from scratch but VirtualBox does not have any GUI tools which would resize a disk … Continue reading →

06

Nov/11

Things To Install After Installing Ubuntu 11.10

Filed Under Linux at 6th November 2011 17:44 by

A great article on what to install after Ubuntu 11.10 is installed. 10 things to do after installing Ubuntu 11.10

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Oct/11

Bash Reverse Search

Filed Under Linux at 18th October 2011 0:01 by

A cool little tip when using Bash shell is the reverse search in the shell history. If your looking for a previous command hit the key combo [ctrl + r] and the prompt changes to (reverse-i-search) Type in the command … Continue reading →

21

Sep/11

Security Holes & Backdoors In FreePBX

Filed Under Linux, Networking, PBX, Security at 21st September 2011 17:20 by

I found a chilling article by chance the consequence was extremely bad! It seems security was not high on the agenda when FreePBX was initially developed and the developers had built some default and backdoors into a system for easy … Continue reading →

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Aug/11

Remove Ubuntu Keyring Password

Filed Under Linux, Security at 24th August 2011 10:20 by

I often access Linux remotely but since 10.04 I have been encountering issues with the remote desktop. After a reboot, in order to gain remote desktop connection it would always prompt for a password. In situations where it reboots and … Continue reading →