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Every time I need to set up SSH keys I’m never sure I’ve remembered correctly, and for proftpd SFTP logins an additional step is needed. So here’s how I do it! 1. Generate a 4096 key, with -o ensuring the passphrase is stored more securely. I also specify a file for the keys to avoid overwriting any existing keys and for future reference. Login into client and change to .ssh directory john@myclient:~/.ssh$ ssh-keygen -b 4096 -o -f myserver-john-id-rsa Generating public/private…

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Welcome to WordPress. This is my first post.

Well, this is pending….. But I have a GitHub repository: https://github.com/jradxl?tab=repositoriesI’m going to use this more for everything, as the post links keep breaking  

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I initially thought OpenLiveWriter didn’t support BlogEngine, but by fiddling with the options – perhaps it was using dasBlog that did it, it logged in succesfully and I have posted this as a test. Phew!Seems OpenLiveWriter is the last of the Blog authoring tools, as the other names I searched for have gone.

In Teamviewer 11 a feature to manage a headless server has been introduced. The trouble is that Teamviewer’s FAQ leaves out a crucial piece of information on how to get this going. The following instructions are for Ubuntu Server 15.10 running on Virtualbox 5.0.14, using Teamview 11.0.53254 1. Install Ubuntu Server 64bit as per normal. 2. Log in with the account you created during the install. 3. sudo to root $sudo -i 4. Activate the root account with passwd #passwd…

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This post is just an example using Post List widget with image in the post body. Post List widget should find first image in the post body and display it in the post list when this option selected in the widget admin.

X2go is a great way of remotely connecting to a headless Ubuntu server (assuming you’re the type of person that wants to manage Ubuntu graphically). In my case my headless Ubuntu is just a hobbyist’s server and I think it’s cheaper to have one hosted for me, than to pay for the electricity and with the added fire risk of hosting a physical server myself. (Except for disk space considerations).I’ve been using DigitalOcean droplets and I think their control panel…

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