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Apache permission issues with virtualhosts.

For many years I have played with Linux servers, and the one issue I always had that seemed non-fixable was permission issues between FTP and my virtualhosts on Apache. But now that has been solved.

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PHP mail() function on Ubuntu computer.

This will get the PHP mail() function to work on a Ubuntu computer.

sudo apt-get install php-pear
sudo pear install mail
sudo pear install Net_SMTP
sudo pear install Auth_SASL
sudo pear install mail_mime
sudo apt-get install postfix
# Choose Internet Site
# System mail name: localhost

Ontario Electronic Stewardship Fees

Started April 1st 2009 all sellers in Ontario are required to charge a new OES Fee as per the table below. This charge doesn't necessarily mean it will show up on your bill. Retailers have a few options when it comes to collecting and reporting these fees. But in the end the consumer always pays the price.

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Block any site with Windows hosts file.

Default file contents are below. You can easily edit this file and block people from viewing certain domains on a single computer.

File Location: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
File Name: hosts, there is no extention at all.

Default Contents:

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Common .htaccess issues.

There is alot that can be done with an .htaccess file on an Apache HTTP Server server. Below are just some quick examples without much explanation outside of the comments I've left.

Side note: you can block out complete IP address blocks by leaving off the last digit of the IP address sequence. so if you wanted 12.34.56.1 all the way to 12.34.56.254 then you'd put 12.34.56

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Download anything with Firefox and Firebug.

Advanced Downloading

Using Firefox and Firebug you can download just about anything, including finding the location of radio streams and such for online stations that attempt to restrict you to their ad filled players. A friendly reminder that this technique isn't foolproof, company's constantly change techniques to get their data and sometimes it is just impossible to obtain content. But for the most part anything is obtainable.

Read more: Download anything with Firefox and Firebug.