1. Backup to Amazon S3 using Duplicity

... the files and directories what you want to backup, so I strongly suggest run your backup jobs as root. So open a terminal and become root. Now run "gpg --gen-key" to generate your key and follow the ...

2. Password protected website area with Apache digest authentication

... the file. chown root:www-data /usr/local/etc/apache/auth chmod 640 /usr/local/etc/apache/auth In the passwdfile the datas are stored in the following format: username:realm:encrypted password Example ...

3. Dual Booting on a single hard drive - Windows XP Pro and Debian 5 (Lenny)

... partitions automatically, like me, do the following: On the "How to use this free space" screen select Automatically partition the free space and press Enter. (This will create both the root and swap ...

4. How to setup a root password in Knoppix?

Go to Penguin menu>Set password for root Set your password in the popup window.  ...

5. How to setup a restricted OpenSSH sftp server?

To set up a restricted sftp server you should use the "ForceCommand" and "ChrootDirectory" directives in sshd_config. If you don't want to restrict every user, you should also use the "Match" directive ...

6. How to setup MySQL user privileges in phpMyAdmin?

Never use your root account and password when running databases. The root account is a privileged account which should only be used for admin procedures. And also unadvisable to add global MySQL server ...

7. Freespire

...  Provides easy-to-use yet advanced installation and configuration options. Is secure with non-root Admin login features and strict firewall. Utilizes the community IRMA project to provide Freespire ...

8. Determine BIOS version from Linux command line

You don't need to reboot just to find out what BIOS version you are running. Run this as root. dd if=/dev/mem bs=32768 skip=31 count=1 | strings -n 10 | grep -i bios  ...

9. GetDataBack

GetDataBack will recover your data if the hard drive's partition table, boot record, FAT/MFT or root directory are lost or damaged, data was lost due to a virus attack, the drive was formatted, fdisk has ...

10. Avast Home Edition

Avast Home Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit package. Avast includes the following components: On demand scanner ...

11. Webroot Spy Sweeper

Webroot Spy Sweeper is a tool used to stay safe from spyware, adware, keyloggers, and Trojans, all of which can lead to identity theft and fraud. With Webroot Spy Sweeper installed on your PC, you can ...

12. ESET NOD32

... phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats than any program available. It's the ideal antivirus for Windows XP, and also runs smoothly on Windows legacy systems, MS-DOS, file servers, mail servers, ...