GPG error on N900 when doing update on command line

2011-06-22 1 min read Maemo N900
Image via Wikipedia If you have added some extra repositories to your Nokia N900 and are trying to do something ( like update, install or any other apt-get operation) you might see some errors or warnings related to the GPG keys. The errors would come because the Public keys for the reporisitories are not present in the gpg database 🙂 Cool, now you know the reason, but what to do… Add them as below: Continue reading

OpenLDAP and SSL – some links

2010-11-15 1 min read Learning Linux
Here are some of the links that may be of great help to you if you are having issues with setting up SSL and OpenLDAP. I was having some issues with this setup and these links helped me fix the same. http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/SSL-RedHat-HOWTO.html http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams006/selfsign_redhat.html http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/8.1/html/Using_Red_Hat_Console/Starting_the_Server_with_SSL_Enabled-Enabling_SSL_in_the_DS_Admin_Server_and_Console.html http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:SSL http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books//network_administration_guides/ldap_administration/appendix-common-errors_Common_causes_of_LDAP_errors.html Related articles Stephan Hermann: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and OpenLDAP (shermann.name) Exploring LDAP SASL Authentication With Ruby (intridea.com) Stephan Hermann: [SOLVED] OpenLDAP, passwd and CRYPT passwords (shermann. Continue reading

EncFS – Simple article to use Encrypted filesystem in Linux

2009-12-24 3 min read Linux
A nice article here EncFS is an easy-to-use, command-line tool for storing information in encrypted form. It’s not really a file-system, but it pretends to be one at the CLI. If you’ve been searching for a means of encrypting and decrypting your sensitive data easily, here it is. User Level: Intermediate EncFS is included with the distribution I’m using on the desktop, Ubuntu Dapper, so all I needed to do to install it was a few clicks in Synaptic. Continue reading