BFWorks http://bfworks.com Web and software development Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Temporarily changing default gid http://bfworks.com/posts/temporarily-changing-default-gid.html http://bfworks.com/posts/temporarily-changing-default-gid.html#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:29:57 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/temporarily-changing-default-gid.html I was not satisfied with just chgrp -R files that were created with SVN so decided to do some research on how Linux determines which gid to assign to a file when created.

I was hoping that it was as simple as just changing an environment variable but that was not the case. However, I came across this tlpd.org page:

http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_04.html

It brought to my attention the newgrp and id commands. I wrote up a quick  wiki article about this.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/temporarily-changing-default-gid.html/feed Unique Comment Notify up on Wordpress.org http://bfworks.com/posts/ucn-on-wordpress.html http://bfworks.com/posts/ucn-on-wordpress.html#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:47:12 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/ucn-on-wordpress.html So finally got my plugin up on Wordpress.org’s repository:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/unique-comment-notify/

My submission was pending for a little bit less than a month but I can’t complain–it’s free hosting.

This is actually only the 2nd time I have played around with repositories. I experimented with svn when attempting to follow Wordpress.org’s how-to on updating it’s software. However, because of my non-traditional setup, it didn’t really work for me. I ended up using a more involved method of upgrading.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/ucn-on-wordpress.html/feed Setting up time synchronization http://bfworks.com/posts/setting-up-time-synchronization.html http://bfworks.com/posts/setting-up-time-synchronization.html#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:53:07 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/setting-up-time-synchronization.html Wrote a wiki article on how I setup the NTP server on my Linux server and what I had to do to get my laptop to sync it’s time with the server.

Now that school’s begun, I won’t be doing many BFWorks stuff–if at all. However, I expect to have a busy summer after the semester. I plan to put more time in polishing my experiments in Facebook applications and Wordpress plugins.

I also plan to finish some of the projects I begun using Zend Framework.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/setting-up-time-synchronization.html/feed WP Plug-in: Unique Comment Notify v1.0 http://bfworks.com/posts/wp-plug-in-unique-comment-notify-v10.html http://bfworks.com/posts/wp-plug-in-unique-comment-notify-v10.html#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:45:57 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/wp-plug-in-unique-comment-notify-v10.html Cleaned and packed up a simple plug-in I wrote up. For more information, view the wiki article on it.

I will look into into actually submitting it to some Wordpress repositories sometime this weekend.

I also hope to publish the other 2-3 plug-ins for Wordpress that I coded up soon. However, none of them are polished and I am not sure when I’ll get the time to clean them up.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/wp-plug-in-unique-comment-notify-v10.html/feed Upgraded to Wordpress 2.3.2 http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-to-wordpress-232.html http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-to-wordpress-232.html#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:37:17 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-to-wordpress-232.html I upgraded Wordpress on both my blogs (this one and IAmBelmin) to 2.3.2. Documented the process in a wiki article.

I know exists a perhaps “easier” way to perform the upgrade with svn but I don’t trust it with my non-Wordpress files that are hosted in the same directory. This has worked for me for the past 2 upgrades. Next time I’ll look into the svn method.

As far as the upgrade itself, seems like it is mostly to address DB related security issues. They have implemented DB error templating. I will probably take a look at that later on in the future.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-to-wordpress-232.html/feed favicons for sites http://bfworks.com/posts/favicons-for-sites.html http://bfworks.com/posts/favicons-for-sites.html#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:29:45 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/created-faviconico-for-blogs-and-wiki.html Finally got around to creating favicon.ico icons for IAmBelmin and BFWorks’ blog and wiki. There’s a few how-to’s out there but in reality, it’s pretty simple. It’s just a Windows Icon file (.ico) saved in the root folder of the sites.

For Photoshop users, you might find this ICO Plugin useful. It allows you to open a file in Windows Icon format as well as saving as a .ico file.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/favicons-for-sites.html/feed My PTR record http://bfworks.com/posts/my-ptr-record.html http://bfworks.com/posts/my-ptr-record.html#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:24:46 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/my-ptr-record.html So I finally was able to get my PTR record changed for my static IP from Verizon.

Formerly, the generic:
static-68-161-230-103.ny325.east.verizon.net

Now, my static IP will resolve to:
home.iambelmin.com

I had to first call Verizon and the lady who I was first assigned to quickly recognized what I was requesting. This was a plesant surprise because I googled around trying to find information on how to modify a PTR record from Verizon and I came across many claims that their support was clueless.

Anyway, the lady then transfered me to someone in the “Enhanced product support” department who, after a few questions, requested I e-mail my request to her just to have everything in writting. Sent the e-mail while she was on the phone, she confirmed that she received it and said I will be receiving an e-mail with confirmation that it was done the following morning.

Around 10am the following morning, it was put through. Went pretty smoothly. No complaints here.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/my-ptr-record.html/feed My Linux server http://bfworks.com/posts/my-linux-server.html http://bfworks.com/posts/my-linux-server.html#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:12:28 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/my-linux-server.html Now that school is officially off till Spring, I have been doing a lot of work on my “test-bed” server at home. I pretty much try to replicate a small business environment. I use this server to gain experience configuring and administrating services. Currently, it runs:

  • Web sever (Apache and PHP) - I run Wordpress (this blog and IAmBelmin blog), MediaWiki for wiki.bfworks.com and a couple of other PHP based sites.
  • Database server (MySQL) - Using MySQL for the database back-end of the sites hosted on the box.
  • Firewall/Router (IPTables) - Wrote up some custom IPTables rules to secure and route my network. Currently have two subnets–wired and wireless.
  • DHCP server (DHCPd) - Configured to give IPs to computers connecting to the network based on the subnet they are on.
  • Nameserver (BIND) - Through DHCPd updates A and PTR record for new clients on the server under the internal domain iambelmin.lan.
  • Filesharing (Samba) - Made a couple of shares, private and public, for my internal network
  • Other Linux services (SSH, NTP, etc.) - Services of typical Linux installations.

While school is off, I plan to write up a few Wiki articles concerning some of my configurations and administration practices. This is mostly for my own benefit since having things documented will help me better understand why I did things a certain way later in the future. As of now, I have most of my configuration files pretty heavily documented so this should not be a difficult task.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/my-linux-server.html/feed Re-categorizing? http://bfworks.com/posts/re-categorizing.html http://bfworks.com/posts/re-categorizing.html#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:18:24 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/re-categorizing.html I am reconsidering my categorization. I was thinking of making a distinction in topics that have to do strictly with Linux and topics that have to do with the actual configuration and administration services.

This will separate things like creating TAR balls and working with LDIF

Still putting some thought into it.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/re-categorizing.html/feed LDIF directives wiki article http://bfworks.com/posts/ldif-directives-wiki-article.html http://bfworks.com/posts/ldif-directives-wiki-article.html#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:13:04 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/ldif-directives-wiki-article.html I quickly wrote up a wiki article about LDIF directives. I find myself going to Google when I forget some of this so figure I might benefit from documenting it myself for future reference.

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