How to set up ProFTP, MySQL and Virtual Users

ProFTP is a configurable FTP server available on most *nix platforms. I recently had the need to get this working and authenticating off a PHP maintained MySQL backend, and this post is primarily to aid my own memory should I ever have to do it again. Installing ProFTP In order to use MySQL as a […]

Marcus Povey

ProFTP is a configurable FTP server available on most *nix platforms. I recently had the need to get this working and authenticating off a PHP maintained MySQL backend, and this post is primarily to aid my own memory should I ever have to do it again. Installing ProFTP In order to use MySQL as a […]

Multiple site support with MP’s Multisite Elgg

Latest: Elgg Multisite is still active and has moved on to Github. Go join in! I have just Open Sourced an “itch scratching” project I’ve been hacking on for a little while. So, without much further ado, I’d like to introduce you to Marcus Povey’s Multisite Elgg! It is currently in Beta and the code […]

Marcus Povey

Latest: Elgg Multisite is still active and has moved on to Github. Go join in! I have just Open Sourced an “itch scratching” project I’ve been hacking on for a little while. So, without much further ado, I’d like to introduce you to Marcus Povey’s Multisite Elgg! It is currently in Beta and the code […]

[audioblog] Google buzz and privacy

Unless you have been living under a rock the last few days you will be aware of Google’s new social networking product – Google Buzz. Unfortunately it would seem that some assumptions made by the designers and the automatic opt-in nature of the service has lead to some serious issues. For me it underlines some […]

Marcus Povey

Unless you have been living under a rock the last few days you will be aware of Google’s new social networking product – Google Buzz. Unfortunately it would seem that some assumptions made by the designers and the automatic opt-in nature of the service has lead to some serious issues. For me it underlines some […]