iOS 6.1.3 is available now directly from your device using Software Update, or you can obtain it using iTunes sync. The changes are:
Not very exciting but the passcode bypass fix is a big one for me.
By default, new user accounts do not have access to use sudo command on a CentOS system. You have to manually add the users or their user group to the ‘/etc/sudoers file’. I do this as follows:
User ‘blogchampion’ now has access to use the sudo command.
You can also add all users within a particular user group to have sudo permissions. I do this as follows:
Now all users belonging to the bloguser user group have access to use the sudo command.
You probably also want to force users to use the root password when using sudo. See the post How to make CentOS ask for the root password with sudo for instructions.
When you add a user to the ‘/etc/sudoers’ file, by default that account will be prompted for their user account password when using sudo. But it is far better to force the use of the separate root password for these requests. You can accomplish quite simply by adding a rule to the /etc/sudoers file.
Now when a user account tries to use the sudo command, they will be prompted for the root password.
Here is a link dump from my ancient old bookmarks file relating to restaurants, groups, services and people that I have encountered during my many business visits to Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have many more links to add, and I will try to update this post in the near future to be a lot more comprehensive. Read the rest of this entry »
I have an iPod Nano I was trying to load up with some favourite tracks from artists I like. The Nano only has 16GB of storage, and I’m using about a third of that space already to manage podcasts. So I’m using the iTunes option to “Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps” AAC to get as many songs on the device as possible.
This worked well for all but three of the tracks in my library where I was presented with the cryptic error message:
iTunes could not copy “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” to the iPod because the file could not be converted
I originally formatted a Western Digital Passport drive on a Mac for a SuperDuper! clone backup. But later I needed to use the drive on a Windows system. More specifically I needed to use the drive as attached router storage. The router would refuse to play nicely with any drive containing an EFI partition. Formatting the drive in Windows 8 using Administrative Tools left the EFI pattition intact. I found the solution was to dig into the Command Prompt and use a disk utility “diskpart” that ships with Windows to “clean” the drive.
Diskpart can be used to wipe a drive clean of all partitions. It will wipe EVERYTHING and require you to format the drive in Windows afterwards to a valid filesystem such as NTFS or XFAT before you can use it.
Here are the steps I successfully followed:
Google Chrome includes an annoying behavior that triggers zooming in and out of a web page when you have the control key held (for keyboard shortcut purposes) and you’re simultaneously moving a track wheel on a mouse.
Despite numerous complaints and requests for an option to disable the behavior in Chrome Preferences, there’s still no way to turn this off within the browser – or tweak a hidden browser config option. The only workable solution I have found is to install AutoHotkey software and add three lines of code to a simple .ahk script.
