About : Albin Sebastian

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NAT with Port forwarding on Sun Oracle Virtual box

In a Guest OS with NAT network, out going traffic will show the host IP address. we use this mainly for access something form the guest OS. But some times we want to access the guest OS from the network. Normal case this is not possible and will reach only up to the Host server.
It [...]

[ More ] April 29th, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Networking, Servers |

Know the service running in a port – Linux

In our previous article we explained the steps for windows. Here you can find the steps to identify the service running in a port on linux . Here we used commands “fuser” and “PS”. I am using apache2 web server  on port 80. Replace your port number with 80 (my example with port 80 )
Run [...]

[ More ] April 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Security, Servers |

Find which application/service is running in a port – Windows

Most of the applications are using standard ports, some cases user or application will assign different ports for the application. For example Port 80 is the default port for IIS, if you are trying to start a different web applications it will say error message like “port 80 already in use” . Or you start [...]

[ More ] April 20th, 2010 | 8 Comments | Posted in Servers, Softwares |

Syslog server installation / configuration – Debian

Here is the step by step Installation procedure of a Syslog Server.  Here I Used Debian platform.  If you are in a different platform please check your file names and path.

[ More ] April 6th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Networking, Servers |

Debian lenny Colorful Bash prompt and file names

Fancy bash and ls color is helpful feature in linux. Once we install Debian lenny, the bash prompt and ls result will show in normal ( black and white ). so i planed to make some changes in the profile file. This will helpful for Linux server administrators.

To change in to a colorful prompt do [...]

[ More ] March 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Misc |

Bulk image resize with Microsoft office picture manager

You can resize large number of images at same time. Many time it is a main requirement to reduce the size of images and upload it to web. When we copy photos from a Digital camera, File size will be too large, It is not required that much resolutions for sharing images over the web.  [...]

[ More ] March 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Softwares |

Login multiple Gtalk account same time

you can login to multiple Gtalk accounts simultaneously. Many people have more than one google account (Personal, Official). You have to apply “nomutex” syntax for googletalk.exe to open multiple Google talk accounts.

[ More ] March 15th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Softwares |

Tabbed mobile browser – Opera Mini 5

Opera has released the new version of mobile browser Opera mini. This time opera introduce Mobile browser with Tabbed browsing. Opera mini 5 have some new features like speed dial, password manager, virtual keyboard etc. full screen mode is also a great advantage for Opera mini. Now Opera mini is also available for android. Opera [...]

[ More ] March 13th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Internet, Mobile |

BarCamp Kerala 8

We are holding BarCamp Kerala 8 on 28th of March(2010)!. Finally its here to refresh the minds with technical beverages – its Barcamp time.
Think barcamp is about lawyers? Or about alcoholics? Think again…
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense [...]

[ More ] March 11th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Misc |

Schedule tweets using desktop application – AutoTweeter

Have you ever thought of sending delayed tweets ? . Wished you could tweet 24×7 ? AutoTweeter is your answer.AutoTweeter is a simple desktop application to post delayed updates to your twitter account.Just queue up as many tweets as you want and then set a time interval for it.Start the AutoTweeter and simply leave it [...]

[ More ] March 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Servers |