Author Archives: ronaldpringadi

An nmap primer: scanning ports, fingerprinting hosts, and staying legal

If you just want a quick look at what’s listening on a Linux machine, the one-liner is: 1nmap -sS -O 127.0.0.1 That’s an nmap SYN scan with OS detection against your own loopback interface. If you’ve never used nmap before, … Continue reading

Posted in Linux, Operating System | Comments Off on An nmap primer: scanning ports, fingerprinting hosts, and staying legal

Find Files in Linux by Name

To find files in Linux with a certain name portion or pattern we can issue a locate command. If locate is unable to find a matching file, then you might need to update your file index database. 12# locate journal-2011-07 … Continue reading

Posted in Linux | Comments Off on Find Files in Linux by Name

Check For Loaded PHP Extensions

Sometimes you want to make sure a certain PHP extension is loaded or not. These extensions can be curl, xmlrpc, or ldap. After all, when you move your application from one server to another the configuration is not necessarily the … Continue reading

Posted in PHP, Web Development | Comments Off on Check For Loaded PHP Extensions

Extending an Existing Javascript Function

This is how you extend an existing javascript function. Assuming that you want to preserve the existing function and the “added algorithm” is somewhat only needed to be executed based on a certain environment only. 123456789101112function abc(){   alert(’abc is … Continue reading

Posted in javascript, Web Development | Comments Off on Extending an Existing Javascript Function

Map Network Drive using DOS command

Create a batch file named mapdrive.bat and put the following inside it: 1234REM Map network drives net use j: \\server1\john_music net use p: \\server2\pdfs pause Explanation: Line 1 is a comment. Line 2 (and similarly line 3) maps the network … Continue reading

Posted in DOS | Comments Off on Map Network Drive using DOS command

Super Powerful Debugging Function in Javascript

Super powerful debugging function in JavaScript. This function will output your variable in question to the Firebug console or the HTML page. With it you can debug anything from an Object, array, string, integer, etc. It is also recursive-safe. 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117/** … Continue reading

Posted in javascript, Web Development | Comments Off on Super Powerful Debugging Function in Javascript

Storage Speed Benchmark Using CrystalDiskMark

I have always been an enthusiast in computer hardware benchmark. Lately I been trying to increase my overall PC performance (both laptop and desktop). A speedy and responsive system does not only take a fast processor, but also enough RAM … Continue reading

Posted in Benchmark, Hardware | Comments Off on Storage Speed Benchmark Using CrystalDiskMark

Vacuum the Whole Database in Postgres

Postgres comes with a functionality called vacuum. Vacuum is intended to cleanup dead tuples or rows. This is how you cleanup the entire DB in PostgreSQL 1/usr/pg9/bin/vacuumdb –full –port=5433 –username=YOUR_USERNAME –password DB_NAME

Posted in Database, PostgreSQL | Comments Off on Vacuum the Whole Database in Postgres

Finding a String Inside Multiple Files in Linux

This is how you can find a text/string Proudly inside folder /var/www. The -H parameter is to show the filename and -R is to make grep look recursively. 1grep -H -R "Proudly" /var/www

Posted in Linux | Comments Off on Finding a String Inside Multiple Files in Linux

Fix Microsoft Mouse in Linux Ubuntu

123456789101112nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7" EndSection

Posted in Linux, Operating System, Ubuntu | Comments Off on Fix Microsoft Mouse in Linux Ubuntu