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Enabling fingerprint scanner on ThinkPad running Ubuntu Hardy in four steps
Install the ThinkFinger utilities and the relative PAM module:
~$ sudo apt-get install thinkfinger-tools libpam-thinkfinger
Acquire and test your fingerprint:
~$ sudo tf-tool –acquire
~$ sudo tf-tool –verify
Enable the PAM module:
~$ sudo /usr/lib/pam-thinkfinger/pam-thinkfinger-enable
Enjoy
Resources
- wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinkFinger
- Bug #203973 in thinkfinger (Ubuntu)
Discovery hosts and services with PHP and Nmap
Requirements:
- PHP5
- PEAR::Net_Nmap
- nmap
<?php
/**
* Scan network to retrieve hosts and services information.
*/
require_once 'Net/Nmap.php';
//Define the target to scan
$target = array('127.0.0.1','www.yourserver.com');
$options = array('nmap_binary' => '/usr/local/bin/nmap');
try {
$nmap = new Net_Nmap($options);
//Enable nmap options
$nmap_options = array('os_detection' => true,
[...]
Execute SQL script from a file using PHP
The code below allows to retrieve and execute all SQL statements defined in a SQL script file removing all comments.
<?php
$sql_file = 'test.sql';
$contents = file_get_contents($sql_file);
// Remove C style and inline comments
$comment_patterns = array('/\/\*.*(\n)*.*(\*\/)?/', //C comments
[...]
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