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Extract CREATES from SQL dump

Extract CREATES from SQL dump If you are trying to extract the create routines from a SQL dump, this might help you! Basically it picks out the contents between “CREATE” and “\;” You can modify these two variables as need be..   [bash] cat dump.sql |awk ‘/CREATE/,/\;/ { print $0 ; }’ > create.sql   […]
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Perl – Fork and Kill a System Process on Timeout

Perl – Fork and Kill a System Process on Timeout [perl] $pid = open(PIPE, “$command |”) or die $!; eval { local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die “TIMEOUT” }; alarm($timeout); while (<PIPE>) { $data = $_; }; close(PIPE); alarm(0); }; if ($@) { die $@ unless $@ =~ /TIMEOUT/; kill 15, $pid; close(PIPE); $? ||= […]
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Removing the AVG secure search bar!!

Removing the AVG secure search bar This annoying install is a bit of a bugger and doesnt allow you to strictly change your home page back to normal. What you need to do is go to Start -> Control Panel -> Uninstall Programs and select ‘AVG Secure Search ToolBar’  In the next pop up, select […]
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Restrict Media Wiki Access

Restrict Media Wiki Access To prevent new user registrations add the following to LocalSettings.php # This snippet prevents new registrations from anonymous users # (Sysops can still create user accounts) $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; To prevent anonymous users reading pages add the following to LocalSettings.php #Disable reading line, for anonymous (not-logged-in => * ) : $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] […]
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