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Preparing the server

To compile unrealircd you need to install some software. First off resynchronize the package index files
```
sudo apt-get update
```
Then we need to install compiling tools
```
sudo apt-get install build-essential
```
If you want SSL your going to need to install openssl
```
sudo apt-get install openssl libssl-dev
```

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Added by Duffy on June 15, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Changing your windows product key code

This will show you how to change your windows XP product key code

Press start, go to run and type in regedit
Navigate your way to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents
Doube click on OOBETimer and change any of the values

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Added by Duffy on May 27, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Shorting your linux commands

Are you tired off typing out full commands? if so aliases can save you time. They allow you to shorten long commands down into one word. To add a alias edit ~/.bashrc

nano ~/.bashrc

Then come to the bottom of that file and add your aliases like this:

alias rm = "rm -i"

alias lightyrestart = "/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart"

alias server_name="s

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Added by Duffy on May 22, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Setting up a DNS Server for your LAN Network

This tutorial will show you how to configure bind9 on debian to be a dns server for your LAN network.

Install bind9 and some DNS utilities
```
apt-get install bind9 dnsutils
```

Set your systems hostname

echo "server.home.local" > /etc/hostname

then edit /etc/hosts so it looks like this

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost192.168.1.2    ser

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Added by Duffy on May 8, 2009 at 3:53am — No Comments

Linux Basic Commands

Starting and Stopping
poweroff will shutdown the system
reboot will restart the system

Mounting and unmounting
fdisk -l gives a list of all drives
mount /dev/hdd /mnt would mount the hard drive in /mnt
umount /dev/hdd would unmount the hard drive

Moving, c

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Added by Duffy on May 6, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Chroot sftp

This tutorial will show you how to chroot sftp on openssh

Create a Chrooted group
```
addgroup chrooted
```

Open up /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add the following to the end of it

Subsystem sftp internal-sftpMatch group chrootedChrootDirectory /home/%uX11Forwarding no
ForceCommand internal-sftp

Restart SSHD
```
/etc/init.d/ssh restart
```
Then make user(s) chroot

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Added by Duffy on May 3, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Slipstream SP3 To Your Xp Installation

Download XP SP3 from here
Download Windows XP SP2 Deployment Tools from here
Create a folder on your hard drive called C:\XP_SP3_SlipStream
Within this folder create 2 folders called Root and SP
Copy t

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Added by Duffy on May 3, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

Finding out the subdomains of a domain

1. First off you need to get a program called dig for debian based Operating systems you can do

apt-get install dnsutils

a windows version can be downloaded from here 2. Find out the name servers of the domain this can be done by typing

dig ns

3. Now you query the Nameserver to output the subdomains

dig @  axfr

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Added by Duffy on May 2, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Obtain A Smaller Taskbar on Windows 7

Right click on your taskbar and click on properties
Check Use Small Icons
And pick Never Combine for Taskbar Buttons
Press Apply and Ok
Remove Any Unwanted pined icons by right clicking on them and selecting unpin

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Added by Duffy on May 2, 2009 at 5:30pm — 5 Comments

Lovely Charts is a free web-base program that will allow you to easily create flow charts, site maps, network diagrams, and other visualizations with a simple drag-and-drop interface. When finished making your diagram you can pick to export it as a jpg or png image. Here is a sample of my network: