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@aeurielesn
aeurielesn / util.php
Created July 31, 2011 03:47
Decode Unicode strings in PHP
<?php
#source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2934563/how-to-decode-unicode-escape-sequences-like-u00ed-to-proper-utf-8-encoded-char
function replace_unicode_escape_sequence($match) {
return mb_convert_encoding(pack('H*', $match[1]), 'UTF-8', 'UCS-2BE');
}
function unicode_decode($str) {
return preg_replace_callback('/\\\\u([0-9a-f]{4})/i', 'replace_unicode_escape_sequence', $str);
}
@dhoerl
dhoerl / KeychainItemWrapper.h
Last active June 19, 2025 07:10
KeychainItemWrapper ARCified. Added the ability to manage a dictionary in place of just a string - the #define PASSWORD_USES_DATA in the .m file switches the mode.
/*
File: KeychainItemWrapper.h
Abstract:
Objective-C wrapper for accessing a single keychain item.
Version: 1.2 - ARCified
Disclaimer: IMPORTANT: This Apple software is supplied to you by Apple
Inc. ("Apple") in consideration of your agreement to the following
terms, and your use, installation, modification or redistribution of
@marktheunissen
marktheunissen / pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Last active June 15, 2025 15:49 — forked from phred/pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Insanely complete Ansible playbook, showing off all the options
This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.
@jirutka
jirutka / rules-both.iptables
Created September 18, 2012 12:42
Basic iptables template for ordinary servers (both IPv4 and IPv6)
###############################################################################
# The MIT License
#
# Copyright 2012-2014 Jakub Jirutka <[email protected]>.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
@abulte
abulte / bootstrap.sh
Created October 19, 2012 10:21
Build a custom RPI image
#!/bin/bash
# Based on work by Klaus M Pfeiffer at http://blog.kmp.or.at/2012/05/build-your-own-raspberry-pi-image/
# you need to do: "sudo apt-get install binfmt-support qemu qemu-user-static debootstrap kpartx lvm2 dosfstools"
# run with "sudo bootstrap.sh /dev/sd[x]"
echo "Use like: sudo bootstrap.sh /dev/sd[x]"
#deb_mirror="http://ftp.debian.org/debian"
#deb_local_mirror="http://ftp.debian.org/debian"
@EmmanuelKasper
EmmanuelKasper / kvm-autostable
Last active February 21, 2018 09:28
A script to automatically install Debian Wheezy on a KVM guest
#!/bin/sh
# You can optionally connect to the VM with
# virt-viewer -c qemu:///system Debian7
export OS=Debian7
virt-install \
--connect qemu:///system \
--name ${OS} \
--ram 1024 \
--vcpus 1 \
@barryo
barryo / dovecot-10-auth.conf
Last active October 21, 2024 10:51
Configuration Files for ViMbAdmin on Ubuntu 13.10 with Dovecot and Postfix - referenced from https://github.com/opensolutions/ViMbAdmin3/wiki/Mail-System-Install-on-Ubuntu
auth_mechanisms = plain login
!include auth-sql.conf.ext
@preshing
preshing / build_cross_gcc
Last active May 29, 2025 18:21
A shell script to download packages for, configure, build and install a GCC cross-compiler.
#! /bin/bash
set -e
trap 'previous_command=$this_command; this_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
trap 'echo FAILED COMMAND: $previous_command' EXIT
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script will download packages for, configure, build and install a GCC cross-compiler.
# Customize the variables (INSTALL_PATH, TARGET, etc.) to your liking before running.
# If you get an error and need to resume the script from some point in the middle,
# just delete/comment the preceding lines before running it again.
@m-ou-se
m-ou-se / replace-debian-with-arch.txt
Last active July 3, 2025 21:23
Instructions to replace a live Debian installation with Arch
# Download latest archlinux bootstrap package, see https://www.archlinux.org/download/
wget 'ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/iso/latest/archlinux-bootstrap-*-x86_64.tar.gz'
# Make sure you'll have enough entropy for pacman-key later.
apt-get install haveged
# Install the arch bootstrap image in a tmpfs.
mount -t tmpfs none /mnt
cd /mnt
tar xvf ~/archlinux-bootstrap-*-x86_64.tar.gz --strip-components=1
@gwillem
gwillem / ansible-bootstrap-ubuntu-16.04.yml
Created June 16, 2016 21:59
Get Ansible to work on bare Ubuntu 16.04 without python 2.7
# Add this snippet to the top of your playbook.
# It will install python2 if missing (but checks first so no expensive repeated apt updates)
# [email protected]
- hosts: all
gather_facts: False
tasks:
- name: install python 2
raw: test -e /usr/bin/python || (apt -y update && apt install -y python-minimal)