Adding a user to your whitelist gives them a -100 score, which has the effect of always marking their mail as non-spam. To manually whitelist a particular address, say [email protected] edit your local user prefs file vim ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs or globally vim /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf # whitelist David Cary: whitelist_from [email protected] Whitelist and blacklist addresses are file-glob-style patterns,…

Bash Lesson 8 – Figlets From http://bashscripts.info/

Here is a link to an updated list of well known port numbers http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers PORT NUMBERS (last updated 2010-02-10) The port numbers are divided into three ranges: the Well Known Ports, the Registered Ports, and the Dynamic and/or Private Ports. The Well Known Ports are those from 0 through 1023. DCCP Well Known ports SHOULD…

From Toolinux.com Initiated several weeks ago, the proposed creation of a comprehensive manual for the use of Ubuntu, has just passed a milestone with the publication of a first draft. The ambitious target is to achieve a 150-page book, translated into 30 different languages. This book is intended primarily for new users and beginners who…

Unix Toolbox This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or for advanced users. This is a practical guide with concise explanations, however the reader should know what they doing. Unix Toolbox revision 14.1 The latest version of this document can be found at http://cb.vu/unixtoolbox.xhtml. Replace .xhtml…

Nix Emulator Need a quick place to test something basic out? Here is the link for a nice little nix emulator. It supports the following commands: ? @ alias bc break brow bye cat cd chmod clear compress continue cp cut d date df echo eval exit fg foreach fw fy goto grep icq id…

BASH lesson 7 – HEAD, TAIL, MORE From http://bashscripts.info/

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Security advisories for Monday from LWN [Security] Posted Feb 15, 2010 19:50 UTC (Mon) by jake CentOS has updated openoffice (C3, C5: multiple vulnerabilities). Debian has updated kernel (multiple vulnerabilities) and mysql-dfsg (multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated gnash (F11, F12: arbitrary code execution). Mandriva has updated webmin (cross-site scripting). Pardus has updated qemu (multiple vulnerabilities),…

I don’t know how accurate these results are as they are specific to LinuxQuestions.org but the list still contains some very good apps, distributions and servers. Here is a link to all of the contestants: Poll Results Desktop Distribution of the Year – Ubuntu (30.13%) Server Distribution of the Year – Debian (24.24%) Security/Forensic/Rescue Distribution…