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Project Alpha

2009-08-18T21:29:00.004+08:00

nantikan kemunculan Project Alpha in Astro featuring me & jojo

huhuhuhu korang jgn jelesss :P

no la, just kidding. actually featuring...

redmummy & jojo

me & redmummy

p/s: me jadik pak pacak jer :(

ssh tips

2009-07-30T15:03:00.020+08:00

most of our servers have timeout for ssh connections or probably the routers or firewalls configured to cut the connections if no data is transferred in either direction after a certain time interval, basically by the time i came back from lunch, all ssh connections will be disconnected. sucks right?

there are 2 ways to prevent this to happen. either do it from the servers or clients side.

1st way: reconfigure sshd on the servers like this:
edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config put ClientAliveInterval 60
and don’t forget to restart sshd on the server;)

2nd way: if you have a bunch lot of servers, i bet you don't want to edit all the servers configs. the easier way is to configure on the client end.

- if your're using linux desktop edit /etc/ssh/ssh_config and add the line:
ServerAliveInterval 60

- if you're using putty - under Connection, put non-zero value for:
Seconds between keepalives (0 to turn off). eg. 60

- if you're using cygwin edit ~/.ssh/config and add these lines:
Host *
TCPKeepAlive no
ServerAliveInterval 60

or u just can put below options when execute ssh command:
$ ssh -o TCPKeepAlive=no -o ServerAliveInterval=60 servername

so now i can have a longer lunch break huhuhuhuu ;)

oh btw, i've dumped putty + PuTTY Connection Manager, now using cygwin + puttycyg.
with puttycyg, at least u're not stuck with the crap "cmd.exe" windows that comes with cygwin, unless u install Cygwin/X lor. betul dak jep?

1 more thing, ssh to outside world is block from within our company network. here is the trick - reconfigure your sshd to run on port 443. on cygwin install corkscrew, then put these in the ~/.ssh/config
Host outside_server
ProxyCommand corkscrew your_company_proxy_ip 8080 %h 443

$ ssh outside_server
Password:
walla you're now on outside world!

again, if u're using putty - under Connection - Proxy. oh thanks to apai!

p/s: wife aku dok komplen "ape yg awk dok buat ngan screen hitam tu, tak ceria langsung..." eh hitam bukan sebarang hitam ya ;)

Victoria’s Secret SALE!!!

2009-07-27T20:45:00.006+08:00

i'm now into online business :)
for those looking for Victoria’s Secret products go to Victoria’s Secret SALE!!!

for other products such as PAC Beauty, Biore Cleansing Oil, Sutera Terengganu, Gin & Jacqie Bags etc go to Shop@RM

So ape lagi, belikan la utk bini/girlfriend/~~mistress~~ korang hehehehe. Thanks.

p/s: VS nyer bau mmg very the sexy... sure naik nafsu syahwat! utk yg berumahtangga sahaja!!! tu belum lingerie dia lagi huhuhu :P

its 4mb now

2009-06-22T22:47:00.005+08:00

speedtest from www.p1.com.my

after a week waiting for technician to come to upgrade my streamyx, now its finally 4mb yeyyy ;)
currently TM has promotion for this package for only rm160/month. before i was paying rm88/month plus italk voice plan rm38/month total up rm126.

speedtest from www.speedtest.net

together with this 4mb package i choose the rm10/month for my voice plan, so just additional rm44 monthly. on top of that i got free wireless router plus free cordless phone. good deal kan?

the free wireless router

so ade sesapa nak beli wireless router lama aku ni?

now me happily youtubing... even from wireless connection, youtube seems smoothly streaming, tak de la tersekat2 :P kalo tersekat pung tak la berjanggut nak tunggu cam dulu ;)
ooo torrent lom test lagi ni... nanti2 la...

p/s: tapi cordless phone tak dapat lagi ni iskk iskk... boleh stok tak dak lak? pe citer ni TM?

blackberry as modem

2009-06-16T11:46:00.010+08:00

all this while i never bothered to configure my blackberry to be a modem. probably the reason was my laptop is company property, malas la nak godek barang orang ni. plus legal admin right pun takde for the laptop (illegal or backdoor ade la hehehehe sssyhhhhhh)

but since we bought our new Lenovo netbook, semangat la sket nak menggodek. here are the steps how to turn your blackberry to be a modem. mine is Curve 8310.

1. install BlackBerry Desktop Manager. download here.

- once installed, connect your berry to your laptop & launch the apps. make sure the status "Connected" like pic above.

2. go to Control Panel -> Phone and Modem Options. select Modem -> Standard Modem. click on Properties. click on Diagnostics -> Query Modem
- there should be some messages "BlackBerry IP Modem, Research In Motion bla bla bla..."

then click on Advanced, u can see there is a column "Extra initialization command"
put this line into that column:
- for MAXIS = at+cgdcont=1,"IP","net"
- for CELCOM = at+cgdcont=1,”ip”,”celcom3g”

then go to Control Panel -> Network Connections (we need to create new connection for this modem)
- select Create a new connections -> Next -> select Connect to the internet -> Next -> select Set up my connection manually -> select Connect using a dial up modem -> (if you have more than 1 modem, select the modem we configured just now)
- give the ISP Name eg. berry maxis
- in Phone number, put *99#

User name & Password:
for MAXIS put User name = maxis & Password = wap
for CELCOM = no need to key in any information, leave it blank.

once finished, double click the shortcut & Dial

if everything is OK, you are now connected ;)

the speed, hmmm not so bad & quite resonable la for surfing purpose. at least if desperate nak pakai internet & no reachable free wifi, boleh la pakai ni...

p/s: credits goes to sukablackberry

zoo taiping

2009-06-14T12:36:00.001+08:00

antara hasil petikan… tak larat nak upload banyak2 ;)

p/s: singa & rimau manjang tido jer… hampeh tul!

bila tangan gatal memetik

2009-06-07T00:59:00.009+08:00

semenjak 2 menjak ni aku dah terjebak ke alam baru. selama ni aku hanya melihat & memerhatikan member2 aku seorang demi seorang terjerumus ke alam yg asyik ini. tapi aku masih lagi tidak goyang walaupun hampir setiap masa diracuni oleh mereka supaya mengikuti jejak langkah mereka.

tetapi air dicincang tak akan putus, eh silap peribahasa pulak! tetapi lekuk juga batu jika dititik air selalu. ye dak?

akhirnya aku tumpas juga... aku kini terjerumus ke alam yg mengasyikkan itu.

peh apa yg aku mengarut ni. actually aku baru berjinak2 dengan DSLR daaa... a few months back bini aku hadiah kan aku sebijik Canon 450D! well actually sebab nak tangkap gambar utk blog dia tu la... dah manjang pergi event sana sini, tak syok la pulak pakai Canon IXUS tu!

tapi dah beberapa bulan pakai rasa cam tak puas lak asik layan kit lens dia tu. tu yg tajuk bila tangan dah makin gatal memetik, tu yang dapat hasil ni...

50mm f/1.8 II & 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS sekali ngan UV filter. sambar gak bagpack. dapat la free lens hood tokey kedai tu bagi. murah2 jer lens tu, bajet ciput. lagipun baru nak berjinak2, amik gambar pun tak betul lagi. layan la bajet lens dulu ye dak... nanti insyallah ade rezeki lebih, leh la sambar L lens :P

hasil petikannya nanti2 la aku upload, dah transfer kat PC lagi satu. malas nak mengopy!

p/s: tu pun hadiah dari bini gak, dia cakap 3 tahun nyer birthday presents daaa... 3 tahun pun 3 tahun la... janji dapat. anyway TQ yang ;)

p/s2: sorry geng Nikon, Canon it is! :P

SCO OpenServer

2009-05-17T00:18:00.004+08:00

another unix flavor added into my portfolio, SCO OpenServer 6.0.0 ;)

friend of mine asked me to do the SCO installation last friday. upfront i told him that i never do any of SCO installation before so don't expect it will go smoothly. well i was right, it didn't go the way it should. we stayed up till 4am but still couldn't get it installed. dang!!!

the hardware is Dell PowerEdge R200. at first it was SATA CDROM issue. somehow SCO couldn't detect it if its connected to 2nd or 3rd SATA port. we opened up & changed to port 0 then it good to go. then half way through the hard disk couldn't be detected! turned out the SCO installation CD doesn't have this Dell RAID Controllers driver. after googling, downloading & burning necessary files, we finally made it through. yeyyy!!!

one thing about SCO installation script, it sucks big time. we have to find out ourselves on how to load those addtional drivers. there's no help or note during the installation tell us how to do so. we even need to key in all those license & code key during the installation. couldn't it wait once it get installed? well, anyway we successfully installed it, now time to configure.

on the same time we also did the FreeBSD 7.2 installation. on the same spec of hardware but the installation was straight forward & perfect. we even only use the bootonly cd, the rest downloaded through mirror. freebsd rock, SCO scissors hehehehehe :P

p/s: probably you all wonder why not use other unix or linux for that SCO box, but according to my friend, it was their legacy application running on Infromix database that only can run on SCO. whatever lor... (janji payment aku jgn lupa! hehhehe)

tab for putty

2009-03-20T00:03:00.003+08:00

have u ever wish putty comes with the tabbing? your wish come true :)

get PuTTY Connection Manager here - http://puttycm.free.fr/

p/s: baru terasa cam pakai konsole KDE ;)

data center

2009-03-02T22:07:00.009+08:00

HP BladeSystem c7000 front view

its has been quite sometime for me not visiting data center. i think it was like 1 year plus ago. not like friend of mine ni, tiap2 hari kuor masuk dc :P

but recently we have a project to build up new infrastructure that made me visiting this freezing dc again.

as u can see from the pics here, this new infrastructure will consists of 4 HP BladeSystem c7000 rack up in 2 racks and 2 of NetApp FAS6080 also in 2 racks.

HP BladeSystem c7000 rear view

from the 1st pic you can see 2 HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosures. the upper enclosure consists of 4 full-height (FH) Server Blades with 8 Virtual Connect modules (rear view). we gonna install VMWare ESX servers here to host windows & linux as clients.
and the lower enclosure consists of 16 half-height (HH) Server Blades with 4 Virtual Connect modules. these will be installed with linux.

NetApp FAS6080 front view

NetApp FAS6080 rear view

and each of the NetApp FAS6080 comes with 21terabytes of disk storage. so total up is 42terabytes. huge huh!

p/s: storage tu aku rasa lebih dari cukup utk mirror kan semua ~~porn or torrent~~ oss projects :P

ubuntu + 32" Sony Bravia LCD

2009-03-01T22:50:00.004+08:00

well, its actually Ubuntu Live CD running on my Dell Latitude D830. Unfortunately couldn't get it to work in full screen. maleh nak godek sbb lagipun running from live cd.

and this is XP. perfecto!

p/s: now what i need is the new wireless keyboard & mouse ;)
leh la surfing from couch jer hehehehee

bunyi yang dilihat

2009-02-26T23:59:00.001+08:00

baru balik dari melayan Konsert Alam Muzik M. Nasir di Istana Budaya sebentar tadi. best giler! superb!

actually konsert ni start esok 27, 28 Feb & 1 Mac, mlm ni tadi kiranya warm up session la hehehe. org2 terpilih jer leh gi tgk ;) (thanks to my SIL)
tapi tadi emcee dia ckp tickets all sold out. hahaha padan muka korang tak dpt tgk!!! and padan muka redmummy tak dpt pegi kena jaga anak2 hehehhe

berakustik lagu kelate

1 2 3 do re mi apa nak jadi alif ba ta a b c

rasa cam nak berjoget pun ade tadi, sib baik la kat istana budaya, kalo dak sure jadik joget lambak!

Dalam hutan
Ada taman
Dan dalam taman
Ada puterinya
Dalam baju
Ada cinta
Dan dalam cinta
Ada segala-galanya

p/s: dan cinta itu penuh keindahan... kasih dan sayang....

random posts for blogger/blogspot

2009-02-25T10:01:00.003+08:00

cara2 nak buat random posts untuk blogger/blogspot macam yg kat sebelah kiri atas tu!
gi sini Random posts for blogger/blogspot

jakarta dong!

2009-01-30T22:48:00.010+08:00

some tips utk sesapa yg nak pegi:
- conversion rates prepare awal2 buat dlm excel (cth: 10k rupiahs = rm3.40, 100k rupiahs = rm34 and so on). ni belajar dr Kak Ann Singapore
- better book transportation before sampai sana. boleh compare rates from below links. kalo booking awal2 leh la dpt discount ;) or email my wife for our driver last time.
http://www.jatrofatrans.com/pelayanan.html
http://www.hadirentcar.com/rental-mobil.htm
- hotel - pandai2 la korang carik, tp dgr citer hotel2 yg bertaraf berbintang2 mahal gila. thanks to ghadoghado, save duit hotel kitorang :)
- shopping places aka my wife second home - byk tpt shopping, ade setgh tempat sehari suntuk pun tak sempat cover - tanah abang, pondok indah mall, senayan city, itc kuningan, mayestik, pasaraya, mangga dua, eh byk lagi la. tapi tak sempat nak pegi. tak cukup masa daaa. bagus gak, kalo idak lg barai poket hahahahha
- theme park - ancol dreamland (ni kira ala2 sunway lagoon la tp tak sempat gak pegi, lgpun hujan)
- monas - org ckp kalo pi jakarta mesti gi sini
- makan/minum - nasi padang mesti cuba, sup bontot sedappp (sup ekor daaa), ayam presto (ayam tu dia cook sampai tulang dia jadik rapuh so leh telan sekali), bakso, ikan barongan bakar, gado-gado, local kuih muih, avocado coklat, teh botol, teh kocok etc...
- spa/massage - try la martha tilaar or mustika ratu. pehhh sodappppp

lagi satu kat sini byk budak2 buat services bukan2 semata2 nak cari duit (cth: bukakkan pintu keta, angkatkan brg, sewakan payung kalo hujan, yg sedihnya bila kita sewa payung depa, depa lak berhujan selamba, macam2 lagi la) so ringan2 kan la menghulur berapa2 yg termampu ;)

last but not least belajar la ckp bahasa indonesia ye pak, so gampang nak berurus niaga :D

apa2 pun jakarta itu indah, seindah pondoknya (ni lagi details)

p/s: tapi tak semuamya indah la... especially on their traffic jam (lagi teruk dari KL) & banjir time musim hujan and lagi satu jurang kehidupan antara yg kaya dan yang miskin bagai langit dan bumi. yg kaya terlampau kaya, yg miskin even budak2 kecil buat apa saja utk mencari sesuap nasi... satu permandangan yg menghibakan...

rahsia bergambar

2008-12-24T15:23:00.008+08:00

Click here & key in the password to read this entry with picture

p/s: cubaan membuat password protected entry bergambar kat blogspot. password = taksecret

gi SINI cara2 nak buat.

rahsia

2008-12-24T14:32:00.001+08:00

Click here & key in the password to read this entry

p/s: cubaan membuat password protected entry kat blogspot. password = secret123

Tak buntu lagi

2008-12-01T11:20:00.004+08:00

My Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) CD finally arrived last week. This time they give away 1 CD & a few stickers only. Not even the Live CD :(

Tak macam dulu, berpuluh2 CD depa bagi ;)

For those who interested to get this CD for FREE, go here

Thanks ubuntu!

p/s: kat mana la aku nak install ni...

Rubik - Additional moves

2008-11-21T17:35:00.003+08:00

kalau dah terer solvekan rubik tu, try these steps lak...

Multicolored Cross:
R R L L U U D D F F B B

Square in the middle:
R Li U Di Fi B R Li

p/s: syok pulak aku layan rubik ni... ;)

Kiub Rubik

2008-11-20T10:37:00.069+08:00

member opis aku ntah ape angin dia, datang opis siap bawak 3x3x3 kiub rubik. mungkin sbb dah tak dpt main pool kot, layan rubik la pulak. so bila ade masa terluang jer, dia main rubik tu sambil matanya melihat nota kecil yg mengandugi formula cara2 nak solvekan. pehhh siap ade formula tu. yup mmg btul. mmg ade formula or algorithm utk kita solvekan rubik ni.

pastu dia siap ajak kitorang main rubik ni, selamber jer aku ckp "ko solvekan dulu, baru ajak kitorang main"

akhirnya selepas beberapa hari, dia pun dgn riaknya menunjukkan skill menyelesaikan rubik tanpa perlu merujuk ke nota kecil lagi. tak boleh jadik ni, aku pun terus suruh bini aku sambar rubik kat toy r us. mlm tu jugak aku bertapa selama 3 jam tanpa henti hingga sampai tahap aku nak campak rubik tu keluar balcony la, tapi akhirnya buat pertama kali berjaya jugak aku solvekan 3x3x3 kiub rubik ni. bangga siutttt ;) tapi yg tak bestnya still kena tgk steps yg dapat sekali time beli rubik ni. tapi sekarang dlm kepala dah semua ni hehehehe...

so aku nak sharekan 7 langkah menyelesaikan 3x3x3 kiub rubik ni. oleh kerana kebanyakkan howto/youtube kat internet semua in English, aku dgn bangganya nak tulis dlm Bahasa Malaysia :)

sebelum kita pegi ke 7 langkah tu, mari kita belajar cara2 memusingkan rubik ni. ooo sebelum tu, ni utk beginner yer... yg dah terer tu gi la buat menda lain, main chess pulak ke sudoku ke ;)

(rujuk gambar di atas) rubik ni ade 6 permukaan iaitu Front (F), Back (B), Left (L), Right (R), Up (U) and Down (D)
(ni sengaja aku tak pakai Kiri Kanan Depan Belakang takut nanti korang konfius lak)

tak kira warna apa pun, janji permukaan yg mengadap kita ialah Front (F) dan seterusnya. cara nak pusingkan pulak ialah dengan memusingkan 90° permukaan2 di atas mengikut pusingan jam atau melawan pusingan jam.

cth:
1. Pusing R - pusing permukaan R mengikut pusingan jam (seperti gambar di bawah)

2. Pusing R U - pusing permukaan R mengikut pusingan jam dan permukaan U mengikut pusingan jam (seperti gambar di bawah)

3. Pusing Ri (ade i maknanya pusing melawan pusingan jam or reverse) - pusing permukaan R melawan pusingan jam.
paham dak ni? kalo dah paham pi practice dulu ;)

so skrg mari kita cuba 7 langkah menyelesaikan 3x3x3 kiub rubik:

Langkah 1:
Objektif: dapatkan white cross utk permukaan U dan permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah
Cara: ni tak yah pakai formula la, sonang jor. seriuosly kalo tak dapat buat, dinasihatkan supaya main benda lain, tic-tac-toe ke ;)

Langkah 2:
Objektif: dapatkan full white utk permukaan U and permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah
Cara: Pusing Ri Di R D
make sure kedudukan bucu white seperti gambar di bawah baru pusing.
Langkah 3:
Objektif: terbalikkan kiub supaya full white tadi berada di permukaan D. dapatkan 2 layer utk permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah

Cara:
F to R = Pusing U R Ui Ri Ui Fi U F
tgk gambar bawah lagi senang nak ikut ;)
R to F = Pusing Ui Fi U F U R Ui Ri
tgk gambar bawah lagi senang nak ikut ;)
Langkah 4:

Objektif: dapatkan yellow cross utk permukaan U dan permukaan F R L B tidak berubah seperti gambar di bawah

Cara: Pusing F R U Ri Ui Fi
Nota: jgn sekali2 tukar kedudukan kiub ni

Langkah 5:

Objektif: dapatkan permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah dan yellow cross tadi tidak berubah

Cara: Pusing R U Ri U R U U Ri (jgn lupa try pusing U to check dah jadik ke belum)

at least mesti ada satu permukaan yg sama macam warna biru or merah tu. kalo ade 1, make sure permukaan tu berada di B. kalau ade 2 permukaan yg bertentangan, make sure 1 permukaan kat F, 1 lagi kat B. Kalau ada 2 permukakan yg bersebelahan, make sure 1 permukaan kat R satu lagi kat B

Nota: jgn sekali2 tukar kedudukan kiub ni

Langkah 6:

Objektif: dapatkan ke empat2 bucu permukaan U supaya kedudukannya berada sama dgn permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah. tak betul pun takper janji kedudukannya betul. cth: bucu kuning, biru & merah berada di permukaan F (biru), R (merah) dan U (kuning)

Cara: Pusing U R Ui Li U Ri Ui L

mulakan dgn bucu yg betul kedudukannya. kalo tak de, just pusing formula ni

Nota: jgn sekali2 tukar kedudukan kiub ni

Langkah 7:

Objektif: betulkan ke empat2 bucu permukaan U tadi supaya dapat menyelesaikan kiub rubik ;)

Cara: Pusing Ri Di R D (kalau korang perasan, formula ni sama ngan Langkah 2)

jangan risau kalau time pusing ni semua jadik berterabur, at the end semuanya akan jadik betul. just buat pusingan U supaya bucu yg belum dibetulkan berada kat bulatan O seperti gambar.
Nota: jgn sekali2 tukar kedudukan kiub ni

tahniah!!! anda berjaya menyelesaikan 3x3x3 kiub rubik. benda ni kena banyak practise baru senang nak ingat formula2 tu. tapi seriously bila dah selalu buat, automatik tau nak pusing mana. so selamat mencuba ;)

rujukan:
http://www.rubiks.com/World/~/media/Files/Solution_book_LOW_RES.ashx

p/s: sekarang ni tgh practise speedcube, so far masa terpantas 4minit 17saat. member aku tu ckp dia solve 56saat jer. tapi aku rasa dia tipu la :P

wii day

2008-10-30T13:58:00.004+08:00

wii

apart from playing pool or fussball or ping-pong ~~during~~ after office hour, we also have our wii day once a week in the office.

what the projector & meeting room for?

yup, playing wii hehehehe

my colleagues enjoying themselves

syiokkkkkkkk ;)

p/s: we're playing wii boxing. letih gak main benda ni...

birthday celebrations

2008-10-27T17:13:00.006+08:00

last week we celebrated our son 7th birthday

Happy Birthday Abang.
cam tak percaya jer dia dah 7 tahun. time really flies...

and a week before celebrated my 3xth birthday ;)

happy birthday to me!!!
thanks yang for the present & dinner luv u muahhhhss
ooo my 4yro daughter also bought me present
semoga panjang umur & murah rezeki hendaknya. amin

p/s: at my colleague open house, a lady from same office but different department said "eh i tot you're still single" when i introduce my wife and kids to her.
hehehehe still look young kot aku ni ;P

freebsd + postfix + sasl + openldap

2008-10-27T14:49:00.024+08:00

a week ago a friend of mine asked me to help him (read: side income ;)) to reconfigure his mail server to support smtp authentication.

so, for the past 3 days I've been trying to reconfigure the above combination but with no success especially to make postfix + sasl to use openldap for authentication. but after a lotttttt of googling, countless try an errors, few mugs of nescafe tarik etc... I've finally managed to resolve the issue :)

here is the configurations:

[root@mail ~]# uname -a
FreeBSD mail.domain.com.my 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386

recompile postfix with these options:

[root@mail ~]# cat /var/db/ports/postfix/options
# This file is auto-generated by 'make config'.
# No user-servicable parts inside!
# Options for postfix-2.5.1_2,1
_OPTIONS_READ=postfix-2.5.1_2,1
WITH_SASL2=true
WITH_TLS=true
WITH_OPENLDAP=true

cyrus-sasl:

[root@mail ~]# saslauthd -v
saslauthd 2.1.22
authentication mechanisms: sasldb getpwent kerberos5 pam rimap ldap httpform

openldap already compiled with these options:

[root@ldap ~]# cat /var/db/ports/openldap23/options
# This file is auto-generated by 'make config'.
# No user-servicable parts inside!
# Options for openldap-server-2.3.11
_OPTIONS_READ=openldap-server-2.3.11
WITH_SASL=true
WITH_PERL=true
WITH_SHELL=true
WITH_SLP=true
WITH_TCP_WRAPPERS=true
WITH_BDB=true
WITH_PROXYCACHE=true
WITH_PPOLICY=true
WITH_RWM=true
WITH_DYNAMIC_BACKENDS=true

ok 1st step is to configure the cyrus-sasl configuration files.

[root@mail ~]# cat /usr/local/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf
pwcheck_method: saslauthd
mechlist: PLAIN LOGIN
log_level: 5

[root@mail ~]# cat /usr/local/etc/saslauthd.conf
ldap_servers: ldap://192.168.1.8/
ldap_auth_method: fastbind
ldap_filter: uid=%u,ou=Users,dc=domain,dc=com,dc=my
ldap_search_base: dc=domain,dc=com,dc=my
ldap_bind_dn: cn=Manager,dc=domain,dc=com,dc=my
ldap_password: secret

start the service with this flag "-cra ldap" (put -d for debugging)

[root@mail ~]# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/saslauthd start
Starting saslauthd.

[root@mail ~]# ps aux|grep sasl
root 39276 0.0 0.4 4840 2784 ?? Ss 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap
root 39283 0.0 0.4 4840 2780 ?? S 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap
root 39284 0.0 0.4 4840 2780 ?? S 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap
root 39285 0.0 0.4 4840 2780 ?? S 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap
root 39286 0.0 0.4 4840 2780 ?? S 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap

test it out using testsaslauthd command

[root@mail ~]# testsaslauthd -u ashamril -p 1qaz2wsx
0: OK "Success."

this means the sasl can authenticates with your ldap server. yahoooo ;)

next configure the postfix. added these lines in /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf

smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd
smtp_sasl_type = cyrus
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous

smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated,
reject_unauth_destination

restart the postfix & test it out:

[root@mail ~]# printf "ashamril" | mmencode
YXNoYW1yaWw=
[root@mail ~]# printf "1qaz2wsx" | mmencode
MXFhejJ3c3g=
[root@mail ~]# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.domain.com.my ESMTP Postfix (By LinuxDotMy)
EHLO domain.com.my
250-mail.domain.com.my
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 512000000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
AUTH LOGIN
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
YXNoYW1yaWw=
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
MXFhejJ3c3g=
235 2.7.0 Authentication successful

yahooooo setel.

p/s: man hours: 1st day till 4am, 2nd day till 2am. 3rd day baru setel... bape ek nak caj?
and to all Hindu who celebrate Deepavali, A Very Happy Deepavali !

selamat hari raya

2008-09-30T11:35:00.004+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Maaf zahir & batin

p/s: semoga semuanya selamat ;)

Dell Quietkey Keyboard is not that quiet!!!

2008-09-13T00:22:00.009+08:00

we've just bought Dell Inspiron 530s Desktop few weeks ago. it comes together with what they called "Dell(TM) USB Quietkey(R) Keyboard with Silver Trim (English)"

the PC itself so far so good BUT is this what you call "quiet" keyboard!!???

i don't think so!!! i'm having a very hard time to sleep whenever my wife start typing ketuk ketak ketuk ketak... i think i should move the PC out from the bedroom!

p/s: that was my wife typing at 100wpm, or probably this keyboard is meant for people like me who type 20wpm :P

exotic bangkok

2008-09-01T08:00:00.004+08:00

bangkok

some tips for the travelers:

1. upon arrival at the airport, u can get public taxi-meter to go to the bangkok city. so no need to pay extra for airport limo/transfer. its should be around 400-500baht

long q in the immigration

diorang yg pakai uniform ni actually driver taxi tapi pakai motor, murah la sket tambang ;P

2. u can get the city maps from the airport for free.

3. in the city, before u get into the taxi or tuk-tuk, better deal the fare first because most of the taxi drivers don't use meter & tuk-tuk should not more than 200baht per trip. but be careful if they offer u with low fare, ada udang disebalik batu tu normally they will bring u to the other places first like jewellery/souvenir shops etc (they will get tips from the shop owners)

say NO!!!

4. or u can get into their BTS train or MRT. even cheaper!

ni maps BTS train. MRT dia tak sempat nak naik
nak dadah?

5. iman kena kuat especially for guys, "the girls" and "pretty boys" are almost everywhere. the pimps/bouncers will simply approach u to offer the services, even they themselves will approach u.

mau try?

6. in patpong night market, u can clearly see the pole girls dancing ~~half~~ naked. no cover charge to enter the clubs but don't be surprise with the drink prices, especially for the exotic shows. here they will simply drag u in to see the shows...

baru nak gi kerja...

7. must try/do - thai/foot massage (sure terlena lah), of cos tomyam (no need to tell la), sticky rice with mango (suuuuwitttttttt), tailor made suits/shirts (1 day boleh siap) among other things...

8. market or bazaar at Chatuchak, Patpong, Pratunam. cheap2 especially home decor, souvenir, clothing etc. bargain skills kena tahap tertinggi with no mercy ;)

9. halal meals/foods - mostly have 1 or 2 shops at their mall food courts like at Platinum, MBK etc. and of cos at Arab Street, Sukhumvit.

10. tax refund for tourist. but only at the shops with "VAT Refund". 7% of the total u spend.

these only the things i can recall. of cos the list should be longer but can't cover all in 4 days. overall bangkok is exotic place with a lot of things to explore! should go & check it out yourself ;)

long live the kings!

p/s: i asked my wife "can i go here again alone or with my frens?" well i think u can guess what her answer. apa tak nya, berdua dgn dia pun ade jugak nak goda2 aku :P
she covered all the details in her blog.