Category: Internet

s3cmd ‘ERROR: Test failed: 403 (AccessDenied): Access Denied’ and ‘ERROR: Config: verbosity level ’20’ is not valid’ [SOLVED]

Posted on by rchapin

I’m working on a project that includes sending data via Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and was having some problems configuring and using the s3cmd client.

The first thing I discovered about s3cmd is not to trust what it tells you when invoking s3cmd –configure to get things set up to use the bucket.

$ s3cmd -v --configure s3://some-bucket/some-prefix/

Enter new values or accept defaults in brackets with Enter.
Refer to user manual for detailed description of all options.

Access
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Do Not Use Symlinks in Jetty’s webapps Directory

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I set up a development instance of Jetty on my local machine and have been happily coding, compiling and deploying via a shell script.  The script copies the war from my user’s target directory to the jetty users’s home dir changes the permissions and then moves it to the /webapp dir creating a symlink to the name of the .war that is referenced in a number of config files.

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How to Pick a Domain Name

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A domain name is an alphanumeric string of characters that identifies individual websites and e-mail addresses on the Internet. It must be less than 63 characters in length, not including the characters in the TLD (Top Level Domain) suffix (.com, .net, etc.). A TLD suffix is a part of all domain names and indicates the type of organization for a given domain. Following is a list of common TLDs:

  • com: commercial businesses
  • net: organizations involved with Internet infrastructure (ISPs
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FaceBook Allows 3rd Party Advertisers to Use Your Photos Without Your Permission

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or, how to modify your setting such that your content is better protected.

kdawson posted an article on Slashdot about the fact that FaceBook is allowing third party advertisers to use your photos in their ads. The article also includes a link to an article about how to modify your settings so that your photos don’t show up.

Here is how to make the change:

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The Nuts and Bolts of Domain Name Ownership

Posted on by rchapin

That’s not to say that the proper care and feeding of a domain is overly complex. But before we get into the those details let’s go over some core domain related terminology:

  • IP Address:  A unique numerical address for a server that hosts any Internet service.
  • DNS: Which stands for “Domain Name System.” The primary purpose of DNS is to make it easy for people to access web pages and send e-mails.  DNS translates a given domain name into the
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