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Entries for June, 2009

Configuring YUM to use proxy server…

To use Yum with proxy server,
edit /etc/yum.conf
Then add proxy server’s IP Address and Port number like follows.
proxy=http://PROXY-IP:PORT
If your proxy server requires authentication, Then add following lines,

proxy_username=PROXY-USERNAME
proxy_password=PROXY-PASSWD
save the file and try running Yum.

Using Wget with Proxy Server.

To Set a Proxy server for Wget, just type following commands.
export http_proxy=http://proxy-server-ip:port/
for example,
export http_proxy=http://192.168.0.1:3128/
similerly,
export ftp_proxy=http://proxy-server-ip:port/
If your proxy server requires authentication, use..
export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy-server-ip:port/
And if you feel that it’s not secure to keep usernale password in environment variable, then use following cocmmand.

wget –proxy-user=USER –proxy-password=PASSWD http://shaxonline.org
You can also set this variable for all Users, Just open /etc/profile and [...]

Piezo Horn for Vehicles

I drive my motorbike through heavy traffic on my way to office and home , Which also means that i’vve to honk 10 times more than ordinary vehicle.. This brings lot of wear and tear to the electric horns that i use and i’ve to change them almost every 6 months. It is very annoying [...]

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows(R) – Save your installed OS

2 days ago, when i was searching for disk cloning tool, i came across this nice piece of software, which creates a bootable windows CD with load of tools. Tools which can prove very helpful when your windows OS crashes, Right from the Antispyware, password recovery to Disk cloning.. it has everything included. The only requirement is windows OS installation files, which obviously you’ll have to supply.