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Enabling PHP with Oracle Support with in RHEL / CentOS 5.5 -x86_64

**Issue** – How to install oci8 on centos 5 – This is the procedure in installing oci8 (oci8-1.4.7.tgz) support to a RHEL / CentOS 5.5 x86_64. Note : Before starting, you must install php, php-devel and httpd packages 1. Download oracle instant client (basic and devel) from : `http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/htdocs/linuxsoft.html` File Names : “` oracle-instantclient11.2-basic-11.2.0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm oracle-instantclient11.2-devel-11.2.0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm“` …

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Google Cloud Printer Clients For Your Desktop

Most of all offices now have a **Cloud Ready Printer** which is shared with your **Gmail / Google Apps** account. Now your job is to configure your Desktop so that you can see the Shared Printer in your Printer List. ** ** ### Windows XP / Vista / 7 etc – [Download](http://www.rarefind.com/paperlessprinter/download.html “Paperless Printer”) the …

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Remove Spam with Gmail’s Plus addressing

Hey, Do you know that you have unlimited mail ids if you have a single gmail id!!! This is called Gmail Plus addressing. **Quick Explanation** If your mail id is *[email protected]* , Then mail sent to *[email protected]* , *[email protected]* , *[email protected] *etc will be delivered to your *[email protected]* Inbox !!!. Interesting, right ? Let me give …

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IPTABLES rules to enable NFS share on a Redhat based Server.

Add the following rules to /etc/sysconfig/iptables with your favourite text editor. “` -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -p udp –dport 111 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport 111 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -p udp –dport 892 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -p …

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Openshift now supports Cron and Phpmyadmin with Cartridges

Now you can add Crons to your OpenShift application. Login to [Openshift](https://openshift.redhat.com “openshift.redhat.com”) – Click My applications. – Choose your application, and click “details” – Click “Add +” button on Cartridges section – Click cron 1.4 “select” – Thats it, You have installed the cron cartridge to your application, And you will be presented with …

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How to show the web server’s IP in browser

When you are migrating a website form one server to another or doing a production release, You often need to set an IP to your [/etc/hosts](/etc/hosts) (in windows c:windowssystem32driversetchost) file so that you can test the site without making it live or a DNS change. A hosts entry will look like this. `10.10.10.10 example.com www.example.com` …

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Screen Off widget for Android

Hey, Today, I was looking at **Screen Lock** button of my android mobile. Since i use this key frequently, It almost turned in to white colour from Silver. So i just searched in [Play store](https://play.google.com “Google Play Store”) and found an interesting Widget. Its “[Screen Off](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nd.android.surfaceaction.offscreen “Screen Off”)”  – One click to turn off screen …

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