Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Reorganizare

Alest blog duce lipsa acuta de organizare. Lucrez la asta si sper ca in curand va fi un loc placut la citit pentru toata lumea...

This blog has an urgent need for reorganization. I'm working on it and hope it will be soon a pleasant site to read...


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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

How to view complete message source (email source, email header) in Outlook 2010

Shortly, not easy way. Especially when using Outlook 2010 (probably, 2007 and 2013 as well). And especially when you must configure your account as Microsoft Exchange. Why is Microsoft invent tools that nobody use them? Their Outlook 2013 became such a bloatware that I could hardly find what I need. Most of the time I just want a simple email client, nothing more.

So, this is what I am talking about (as explained in this question):
http://superuser.com/questions/476940/outlook-2013-view-source-of-an-email

As the answers tell (verified by myself as well), it does not simply work on an Outlook 2010. Here is what you can do about it:

Solution 1
Install Mozilla Thunderbird and configure your account as IMAP (or POP3). It will work >> select a message or open it in new tab/window, then press Ctrl+U to see the source. You will see the header + source. Great staff!

Solution 2
Install eM-client, then configure your account as IMAP (or POP3). It will work >> right-click on the message and you have 2 options: View Mail Header and View Mail Source. As simple as that. :)


Update: I finally found out where it's hidden this options (dooh!... Microsoft):
Open Message > Message Tab > Tags > Arrow at bottom right

And here is how you make a shortcut to it:

  1. In the main window (Outlook), go to File -> Options
  2. Select the Quick Access Toolbar on the left.
  3. Set the "Choose commands from" dropdown list to; Commands Not in the Ribbon
  4. From the command list select; Message Options…
  5. Press the "Add >>" button.
  6. Press OK.

The option is now added to the Quick Access Toolbar at the top of your Outlook window and view the Internet headers of a message without needing to open it first.

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Linkedin User Agreement updated on Sep. 12, 2013

Linkedin User Agreement has been updated on September 12, 2013.


Summary of Changes to LinkedIn User Agreement

This summary is intended to facilitate your review and understanding of the changes to the User Agreement. However, please take the time to read the full document, as you will be bound by its terms when you view, access or otherwise use LinkedIn’s online services.
Some highlights of the revisions to the User Agreement follow:
We have changed the minimum age of a person to access LinkedIn’s online services. LinkedIn is not available to children under 13, but the minimum age to become a member of LinkedIn will be anywhere from 13 to 18 years old depending on the country, as described in Section 2.3.
We have provided notice that LinkedIn will continue to charge your chosen payment method until you cancel the Premium Service or your membership, as described in Section 2.6.

If you'd like to read everything, here are the links: User Agreement and Privacy Policy.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

OpenConnect

Evenimentul OpenConnect se tine Joia la Starbacks Mall Vitan, incepand cu 9:30am. 

Nu costa nimic. Daca aveti putin timp puteti arunca o privire pe site-ul oficial (http://openconnect.ro/). Ca sa va faceti o idee despre dinamica lucrurilor aruncati o privire pe facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/355893314491424/). Tineti cont ca suntem la editia nr 23, adica eveniment pornit cu circa 5 luni in urma. De la (aproape) nimic, adica doar intalniri cu cateva persoane, s-a ajuns la:
- 20 cafele gratis pentru participanti
- 50-60 participanti la fiecare editie, intr-un loc cu tot atatea scaune (numarul participantilor e in crestere)
- transmisie partiala live pe internet (de la 50-100 vizionari live, acum sunt peste 3000) - si mult mai multe dupa eveniment....
- interactivitate si imbunatatiri permanente
- o atmosfera speciala si un mediu foarte sanatos: amuzant, interesant, in trend, cu idei, concepte, interactivitate cu persoane necunoscute din diverse domenii

Felicitari Dragos Roua!

Pentru mine este a 4a editie la care paticip si incep sa devin dependent... Tot aici la OpenConnect, astazi 28-feb-2013, lansez  public acest blog care se doreste a fi o noua oaza de informatie de calitate, cu opinii proprii despre diverse subiecte care ma pasioneaza (dezvoltare personala, informatii financiare, oportunitati pentru incepatori sau pur si simplu intamplari din viata mea), dar si informatii tehnice din domeniul meu de activitate (IT hardware & software, tutoriale, informatii tehnice).

Daca va place, tineti aproape!


Edit 2014: http://webblog.bestwebimage.ro/2014/01/ce-este-open-connect/

Monday, February 18, 2013

Remote access to linux via SSH using Putty (and draw lines correctly)

Update 2014: Actually, it's pretty simple to solve all these things, when using Ubuntu 12.04 (US English) and Putty 0.63. I didn't check other distros. Configure Putty like this:
- Terminal >> Keyboard >> The Function keys and keypad = Linux
- Window >> Translation >> Remote Character set = UTF-8
All works great!



When logged in from a Putty terminal, some programs render correctly the bars made of characters using in putty UTF-8, while others render them correctly using ISO-8859-1:1998 (Latin-1, West Europe) in Putty settings. I haven't found a nice way to deal with this problem, and I'm gonna keep a log of programs' preferred way.

UTF-8: hddtemp, links, links2, lm-sensors, mc, moc, smartmontools,
ISO-8859: alsamixer, elinks, iptraf, mp3blaster, sysv-rc-conf, wavemon

Keep in mind that this is related to the way server's locale is configured. My server locale shows the following output:
server:~# locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=


What to do: configure ssh client in other systems (Putty) to use UTF-8 and match server's locale to get nice display of man pages and character bars of some programs. The optimum settings I have found so far are the following:
- Window >> Translation >> Remote Character Set >> UTF-8
- Connection >> Data >> Terminal-type string >> linux


Other Putty settings I choose to alterate from default:
- Lines of scrollback = 900
- Window title (i.e. "[root@server1.example.com]", without quotes)
- Auto-login username (i.e. "root", without quotes)
- Enable compression
- Permit only protocol version 2


https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=511920
http://www.andremiller.net/content/getting-midnight-commander-line-drawing-work-putty
http://rc.quest.com/topics/putty/doc.php#config-linedraw
http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/putty-configuration/
http://sourceforge.net/p/nmon/bugs/4/
http://superuser.com/questions/393834/how-to-configure-putty-to-display-these-characters
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/07/10-practical-putty-tips-and-tricks-you-probably-didnt-know/



Last update: 2013.03.18

Sunday, February 17, 2013

SSH login with Putty, without password

Install ssh-server if it's not already installed. In Debian/Ubuntu, this is what we have to do:
# apt-get install ssh openssh-server

I am using authentication between two hosts without the need of a password in 4 easy steps:
    1. Generate the keys using a DSA authentication identity:
    # ssh-keygen -t dsa
    2. Make a new "authorized_keys" file (if not already there) an paste the key generated by puttygen (see login via Putty without a password):
    # vim ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
    3. Assign rw permissions only for the owner
    # chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
    4. Configure Putty to know where the saved private key file (see login via Putty without a password)

If you'd like to secure SSH, more setup is neccessary. Hints: fail2ban (blacklist IPs using iptables), denyhosts (blacklist IPs using /etc/hosts.deny file).

When in trouble configuring Putty to access remote machines, you may find useful this post:
http://iulmit.blogspot.ro/2013/03/remote-access-to-linux-via-ssh-using.html


Reference:
Debian Linux Install OpenSSH SSHD Server
SSH Debian Wiki


Last update: 2013.03.17