User authentication using MySQL: libnss-mysql and FreeRADIUS on FreeBSD 9.0
For my little lab project I have been trying to get user authentication using a MySQL database up and running. Here is how I did it, including my configuration files:
Juniper practice lab for Virt-IX
Coming soon: a low-cost Juniper lab, hosted in my garage. With many thanks to E-bay, I’ve been able to purchase Juniper gear for a good price and I’m currently working to set everything up. Once finished, there will be a fully functional Juniper lab ready for certification practice. The lab will be interconnected to the Virtual Internet Exchange and able to peer directly on the peering-lan, as well as receive a full BGP table.
How Apple spam ruins a birthday surprise…
Unlike myself, my lovely wife is an Apple fan. She has an Iphone 4S and has had the opportunity to play with an Apple Ipad 3 (which I had at home for work) for a while. She absolutely loved it!
Her birthday was coming up (sep 5) so I knew what to buy. Obviously I tried to keep it a surprise so I told her I would not buy her any electronics this year. This was actually true: I bought an Ipad cover as well as the Ipad 3, and she would then receive the Ipad 3 from our daughter Charlotte while “my” gift would be the Ipad cover. On the back, I had Apple engrave “Happy Birthday Mommy! Love, Charlotte”. On a side-note: great feature! When you buy an Ipad from the Apple Store, you get to have it engraved for free!
Why I’m ditching Thunderbird
After 15 years of using Open Source applications for my mail, I am forced to give it up. I have been a proud user of Pine, Mutt and Mozilla Thunderbird. After joining my current employer, where everything is MS based, I found options to avoid using Microsoft Outlook by using a combination of Mozilla Thunderbird, fetchmail and Lightning with (buggy) Exchange extensions. However, I found that I can no longer use this, primarily because of this:
How to ungroup in dockbarx
I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 and installed the Win2-7 theme. This comes with a Windows 7 style grouping of applications on the taskbar. This annoyed me and I tried to ungroup it. Unfortunately, this was not possible.
After a bit of googling, I found this old post. It no longer applies to the current code, so I worked around it using that post. Here is what I did:
Using CSS to style input type=file
In fact, FreeBSD, are you serious????
I needed a quick multicast streamer, so I tried to install vlc from the ports. Here is the mess that my monitor got filled with:
Use the arrowkeys to navigate a webpage using javascript
For a demo I was looking into the possibility of using a Vista MCE Remote controller to navigate a web portal. I found out that the arrow keys are the same as a keyboard arrow key and the “ok” button equals the “enter” key. So, now I needed to find a way to use the arrow keys to navigate.
Embedding VLC mediaplayer as a multicast receiver in your browser
Using Windows Media Player as the mediaplayer of your choice is tricky at best, if you are trying to access a multicast stream. I have done some research and found that it is very difficult to receive a multicast stream which was not generated by a Windows Media server. So I had to revert to VLC mediaplayer.
How to install FreeBSD on a compact-flash disk using Qemu
I recently installed FreeBSD 8.2 on a compact-flash disk for my home-build CPE project. Previously, I would use a laptop, a CF-adapter and boot a FreeBSD installation CD. For my latest project, I thought of a new way. Using Qemu, it is very easy to install and configure the OS prior to mounting the CF into the device.