Archive for March, 2009

Linux Permissions – Octal Notation

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Have you ever wondered what 755, 754, 777 mean? Let me help…. The first thing I will explain is why it’s called Octal Notation, quite simply, every numeral that makes up the permission has 8 values. They are: 0 — No Access 1 –x Execute Only 2 -w- Write Only 3 -wx Write & Execute [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Mar 25, 2009

lfd on servername.com failed

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Sometimes a Cpanel server running lfd (part of CSF) will send you an email every minute because it’s detected an lfd service failure. Although it could have failed, what usually happens is a software update of CSF (config server firewall) might change the program id (pid), and chkservd (the service checker thats part of cpanel) [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Mar 21, 2009

Overheating Easynote 55 Laptop

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I had to repair an easynote 55 laptop this week, I installed the usual diagnostic utilities, one of which is SpeedFan. The chipset temperature probe was almost 85 degrees C, that kind of temperature is high enough to reduce the life of most standard pc components. So I took my trust screwdriver to the problem… [...]

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Read more | Comments (1) | Mar 8, 2009

Top 10 Open Source Website Template Destinations

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http://www.oswd.org http://www.freelayouts.com http://www.oswt.co.uk/ http://www.free-css.com/ http://www.opensourcedesign.com/ http://www.dreamweaverclub.com/templates/ – Also has some nice tutorials. http://www.ostemplates.org/ – Word Press Theme Gallery http://www.opendesigns.org/ http://www.openwebdesign.org/ – Slow to browse at time of writing this. http://www.opensourcetemplates.org/ – Not Many Yet (02/03/2009) You’ll find most of these links share popular themes, but some do have some hidden gems.

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Read more | Comments (0) | Mar 2, 2009