PortWatch, a UPnP gateway monitor applet

I got tired of having wacky issues with UPnP port forwarding on my router with no ability to determine what is going on. I had used miniupnpc in TankTank and so was familar with the interface so I took it and feedindicator, mashed them together and came up with my own app to list current UPnP port mappings off the router and pop up notifications when the current routings change.

Yay for lazy holidays. The code is up on github as always. Under GPL3 due to feedindicator doing the same. The code itself isn't pretty, I still don't claim to know python.

Encrypt Your Encryptors

EncFS + PAM = Delicious? Maybe. Don't change your password though, you will have to login until encfs stops letting you try login so your password will make it to GDM.

Execute Sticky

So,

ls -l
filename size date permissions
hosed.dat 900MB March 5, 2009 rwxrwxrwx
chmod -x
chmod +t
ls -l
filename size date permissions
hosed.dat ?? ?? ??

I thought I was crazy, but you must execute your sticky. 'man chmod'

RESTRICTED DELETION FLAG OR STICKY BIT
The restricted deletion flag or sticky bit is a single bit, whose interpretation depends on the file type. For directories, it prevents unprivileged users from removing or renaming a file in the directory unless they own the file or the directory; this is called the restricted deletion flag for the directory, and is commonly found on world-writable directories like /tmp. For regular files on some older systems, the bit saves the program’s text image on the swap device so it will load more quickly when run; this is called the sticky bit.

Yah, swap device.

I'll download your streams.

So, there are these magic pipes with trucks that get clogged if you ram your trucks then the 'premium content' stops flowing. Please, somebody think of the royalties.

"Streams mean not having to necessarily worry about copy protection - although the iPlayer team did have to make a few tweaks when some enterprising souls found a way to hack the streams.

Downloads mean you do have to worry about copy protection."

-Wii becomes home of online video

All of this means linux doesn't get content because the content might catch 'free'.