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Set TimeZone in Fedora

Fedora Logo

I forgot to set the correct time zone as I installed my new Fedora 18 system.
So this can be also done after the completed installation:

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ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime

The localtime symlink will show to the proper timezone file.

Tiny Tiny Rss Update

RSS

Two days after I installed Tiny Tiny RSS (ttrss) v1.7.2 was released a new version of it 1.7.4. Thats great!

To be able to install Update from preferences are some fixes in config.php required. Maybe its only my problem!?; but my updater was not active. Continue reading ‘Tiny Tiny Rss Update’

Mac OS X 10.8 flush DNS cache

DNS-Cache

I came across this Apple specific DNS cache situation this morning.
I changed a DNS record for my GIT-server and was trying to access it again, the DNS was still showing the old IP-Address. After some attempts to clear Linux DNS cache with “rndc flush” I recognized that dns is was cached by my Mac.

Mac OS X keeps a local cache of successful resolved DNS queries for a time defined by the DNS server.

To clean DNS Cache in Mac OS X versions 10.7 and 10.8, run this command from your Terminal:

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sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Internet Super Server

super-server

Inetd listens for connections on certain sockets. When a connection is found on one of its sockets, it decides what service the socket corresponds to, and invokes a program to service the request. The server program is invoked with the service socket as its standard input, output and error descriptors.

Essentially, inetd allows running one daemon to invoke several others Continue reading ‘Internet Super Server’

Verifying Private Key matches a Certificate

Certificate

If you get a certificate from a customer and you should implement it in some piece of software (for example nginx). The first step is to compare the received files.
After this check the displayed hash should Continue reading ‘Verifying Private Key matches a Certificate’