Install MySQL5 Server on Apple Mac Leopard with MacPorts

Previously I wrote a post on “installing postgresql 8.2 on Leopard with macports“, seem like quite a no. of people also interested to know how to MySQL5 as server on Mac Leopard with MacPorts. As usual, it’s advice to update…

Exim, Recipient Verify on Relay and Mail Server

How many of you got dictionary/ratware attack on your mail server which take unnecessary processing load to do virus scanning or spam scoring? We have more than thousand (average) dictionary attack on our mail server in an hour and it…

Apple Mac Startup Scripts – launchd

Wonder how does Apple Mac machine start up background services automatically? It’s using a daemon called “launchd” for those who are interested to know how mac manages startup programs/services, check our launchd official documentationon Apple’s website.

cisco IOS equivalent Ctrl-w or Control-w …

ctrl-n or Control-n

ssh dynamic port tunnelling

useful when using insecure links with a ssh server you can access : ssh -ND<port on localhost> username@remote-ssh-server e.g. ssh -ND8080 myusername@192.168.1.1 *** when using firefox, only specify “localhost” in SOCKS Host, port “8080” & choose “SOCKS 5” in “connection…