Putty Connection Manager

I’m recently looking for tabbed Putty connection instances, as it is becoming cumbersome for me to work with a lot of putty screens on my desktop moving from one connection instance to the next. Fortunately I found one and It is called Putty Connection Manager. The market for ssh clients seems to be split from Putty (Free) and Secure CRT (Which is not Free), but for me as long as it does the job well and I can work with it then why go for a commercial version. There are pros and cons of course but for the mean time Putty CM will suffice for my work style.

* Tabs and dockable windows for PuTTY instances.
* Fully compatible with PuTTY configuration (using registry).
* Easily customizable to optimize workspace (fullscreen, minimze to tray, add/remove toolbar, etc…).
* Automatic login feature regardless to protocol restrictions (user keyboard simulation).
* Post-login commands (execute any shell command when logged).
* Connection Manager : Manage a large number of connections with specific configuration (auto-login, specific PuTTY Session, post-command, etc…).
* Quick connect toolbar to quickly launch a PuTTY connection.

Resetting Administrator Password in Windows XP

I recently forgot my Administrator password on one of my workstation and I need some of my important files in there. Good thing there’s a way to reset it. If you have your password reset disk then it will be handy and you will be online in no time. Or just buy a software to reset you administrator password better yet, just try this trick and it might still work. This password reset procedure will try to leverage the security hole found on Windows XP without moving your hardisk from one computer to another. This security hole unfortunately is still un-patched even if you are running the latest service pack 3. Get your Windows installer ready and your serial number before trying this procedure.

1. Place your Windows CD in your cdrom drive. Then press on any key to boot from your installer.
2. Setup will begin inspecting your computer until you are prompted to press enter to setup windows.
3. Accept the licensing agreement.
4. Select the option to repair your Windows installation by pressing R.
5. Let the repair run it will check your disk and copy the installation files.

Our Latest Development Work is Out

Our latest development work for CabOperator Company Limited United Kingdom is out (http://www.caboperator.co.uk). Our booking system solution created for Cabsites an online marketing solution for private hire industry conceptualized by CabOperator is launched finally after 4 months of development work. The system which is developed using CakePHP framework provides an automated transaction logging, vehicle and driver management, automated user transaction notification and back office alert and one click driver and vehicle assignment. A user of the system will benefit for its ease of use, it tracks the users frequently visited places for convenience and automatically pulled it down from the list of destinations if a user opt to do so these records can be easily removed by deleting it in their profile. It also provides them of transaction logging and automatic dispatch email at the start of transaction and up to the confirmation of their bookings request.

For the back office users it provides them of automatic alert notification that a transaction has been requested by a user and an action is required for them to process the users request by assigning the type of vehicle requested and the driver assigned to fetch the user. A copy of the vehicle assignments is sent to the user including the type vehicle requested, the color of the vehicle, the plate number and the name of the driver assigned which makes all transaction fully automated.

Connecting to TheChaw using Git Extension

Chaw is an application developed on CakePHP to handle some simple tasks needed for hosting code, providing information, and getting contributions from the world. It’s the repository for CakePHP rapid development framework and also home for everything useful for CakePHP developers like the debug_kit for CakePHP.

Here’s what I did to connect successfully to TheChaw repository, I use the GIT Extensions which can be found here: GIT EXTENSIONS I also use putty from the putty project download the complete package.

Create an SSH Key using Puttygen I use SSH-2 RSA 1024, save your private and public key to any directory. Make sure to enter a key phrase if you want to change it and also to secure it.

Copy your OpenSSH key (its the key that says: Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized key files) from your puttygen screen logged in to your account at the chaw repository http://thechaw.com and paste your SSH key in the field for the GIT in your account.

Configuring Apache server for Development to mimic production setup.

Most of the time a developer will need to test his programs against the production setup, to closely monitor the performance of the developed programs or if it will perform as expected when put into production. The best thing to do it is to enable Apache to mimic the production server setup so that the only thing a developer need to do is to transfer the files to the production server.

This is easily accomplished in Apache server using the virtual host configuration, wherein we can setup a server instance which exactly matched our production server. We just need to enable all the modules that we need and proceed in configuring the virtual host file.

Why do we need to enable virtual host?, you would say but apparently virtual host is needed if:

* you´re on multiple domains
* you need to test your projects with same configuration with the server
* test your projects without touching your public server
* you´re just organizing your projects into groups
* or setup a local copy of your blog or website