If you dont like using telnet to test a remote or local smtp server , swaks is a neat little tool to do the job for you.
its also available ( suprise suprise … ) in the freebsd ports : /usr/ports/mail/swaks.
found it first here
swaks – mail server testing tool
Posted by moti
on July 8, 2009
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control ip access to apache via .htaccess
Posted by moti
on July 6, 2009
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1. Allow only specific ip address :
order allow,deny
deny from all
allow from 192.168.1.1
allow from 192.168.1.2
2. Block specific ip address :
order deny,allow
allow from all
deny from 192.168.1.1
deny from 192.168.1.2
you can substitute ip for :
subnet -> deny from 192.168.1.0/24
subnet wild cards -> deny from 192.168.*.*
domain -> deny from domain\.com
you can also combine ip’s on one line:
deny from 192.168.1.1 192.168.2.1
Leopard keeps warning : is an application which was downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it?
Posted by moti
on April 27, 2009
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Full thread I found is here , below is the short version on how to remove the extended attributes and possible ACL’s. Leopard adds an ACL called com.apple.quarantine to your download apps :
1. Open the Terminal
2. List the attributes of the app you are having issue with ( in this example , skype )
mac: moti$ xattr -l /Applications/Skype.app
com.apple.quarantine: 0000;49d521d9;Firefox;|org.mozilla.firefox
Remove the “com.apple.quatantine” attribute if it is defined
sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Skype.app
3. Check the attributes again
mac: moti$ xattr -l /Applications/Skype.app
mac: moti$com.apple.quarantine should not be listed.
FreeBSD – reload nginx configuration
Posted by moti
on April 23, 2009
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test the config !!!
sudo nginx -t
output :
2009/04/23 09:11:46 [info] 46329#0: the configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
2009/04/23 09:11:46 [info] 46329#0: the configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf was tested successfully
then reload :
sudo kill -HUP `cat /var/run/nginx.pid`