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Howto shape or restrict bandwidth under Linux / UNIX / BSD

by on April 13, 2007 · 2 comments

There is a program called trickle. It is a portable lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper. It can run in collaborative mode (together with trickled) or in stand alone mode.

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Change Linux or UNIX system password using PHP script

by on August 3, 2006 · 69 comments

If you just wanted to change your own password or other user passwords use passwd command. I was asked to setup a PHP based interface to change the password. Since my knowledge of php is limited. Here is what I did: Required tools/setup: You must have following tools/software installed => Shell script to change password [...]

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