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OS X Mavericks: restoring my development enviromment

October 23, 2013October 24, 2013Aaron B. Russell1 Comment

I upgraded to OS X Mavericks last night. It’s great, my Mac is faster, and I’ve not touched a single byte of swap yet, even with a ton of stuff open. But like any OS upgrade, there are some things that are causing my dev environment to work strangely. Here’s how I’m fixing them. Apache […]

shareit: Simple FTP-based file sharing from the command line

September 18, 2012September 18, 2012Aaron B. RussellLeave a Comment

File sharing websites tend to have ads everywhere, and long running HTTP uploads of large files can be a pain in the backside, so I stopped using them a while back. Whenever I needed to share a file with someone, I’d figure out the file’s MD5 sum (to avoid naming collisions), fire up Transmit (the nicest Mac […]

Lock down SFTP without restricting SSH on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

January 11, 2009Aaron B. Russell23 Comments

If you’re running a Linux, Mac OS X or Unix server of any description, SSH is an invaluable tool when it comes to taking control of the machine while you’re not infront of it. In the world of web hosting, it’s also brings with it SFTP; a fantastic alternative to the very insecure FTP. Except […]