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Curing ‘Symbolic link not allowed’ (Apache 2.0)

Drew — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:19:39 +0000

Awhile back when trying to add a directory to Apache on my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server, I ran into some issues. These issues, of course were the infamous 403 "Forbidden" error that your web barfs up when you try to access a server that is not publicly viewable, because of permission issues. I'm going to give you my scenario and explain how you can fix this issue, so that you don't have to go through an hour of throwing your hands up in disgust. The Scenario In our example, out DocumentRoot Read More »

/bin/rm: Argument list too long

Drew — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:47:45 +0000

While at work, I had a customer ask me how to, one time, delete all the mail in his /home//mail/cur directory. So, first off, I wanted him to just take a look at that directory, get to know it (figuratively speaking). So I had him run the du command on it; wow, you wouldn't imaging how much mail was in there! The actual command I had him run was: BASH cd /home//mail/cur du -h ./ The output was 1.3GB. Yes, that's right, he had 1.3GB of mail files. Some people are unaware Read More »

Changing Vongo’s default directory for storing movies

Drew — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:35:16 +0000

Vongo is Starz' approach to a "movies-on-demand" type of service. I currently use it and I love it. The only thing I think would make it better is, well, the obvious - more movies! Overall, I really like Vongo and I'll tell you why. First off, it allows you to download and watch movies at the same time; this is amazing due to the fact that a 1.3GB movie can take quite awhile to download, even on a high-speed internet connection. Another thing I just love about Vongo is that it is on-demand Read More »