Reset apple server 10.6 ( snow leopard ) root, admin and diradmin password

reset root and admin (local accounts) passwords with apple CD. reset open directory (LDAP) directory administrator password

sudo mkpassdb -dump | grep diradmin

this will give a slot no like this
slot 0001: 0x00000000000000000000000000000001

then type this

sudo mkpassdb -setpassword 0x00000000000000000000000000000001

enter the new password you good to go

Spam bots

if I don\’t post any thing for a while spam bots will go crazy. Lucy I have akismet protecting me. It\’s a wonderful service. I get about 100 spam messages a week and Akismet will put me all on a folder for me to click \”empty spam \” 😉

O2 broadband PPTP VPN issues

As many of you guys know O2 really messed up with their firmware update 8.22 for their O2 Wireless Box II ,  which stopped all users from using PPTP VPN which is widely used by the windows and less secure minded people 😉 .

 

I found a good site which help me resolve the issue by downgrading the router’s firmware.

http://www.o2help.co.uk/

1) http://www.o2help.co.uk/router-upgrade-firmware/ <— this will downgrade the router to 7.4

2)http://www.o2help.co.uk/router-close-port-7547/ <—- this will stop O2 updating the router’s firmware ever again.

Visited Vintage Computer Festival 2010 @ Bletchley Park

It was a fun day out, bigger event than I thought visited the computer museum and all other exhibitions at Bletchley Park.  retrocomputermuseum.co.uk had all the retro consoles where you can play it hands on it was fun.

Fun to see all the consoles and computers you read about them in real